Avino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd. at the Annual General Meeting of shareholders ("AGM") of the Company held on June 21, 2022. Mr. Peter Bojtos has been appointed as Chairman of the Board of Avino effective immediately. Peter has been a member of Avino's Board of Directors since June 2018.

He is a Professional Engineer and Geologist with over 50 years of worldwide experience in the mining industry. He has an extensive background in corporate management and financing, as well as in all facets of the industry from exploration through the feasibility study stage to mine construction, operations and decommissioning. Peter graduated from the University of Leicester, England in 1972, following which he worked at open-pit iron-ore and underground base-metal and uranium mines in West Africa, the United States and Canada.

Following that, he worked in Toronto for Kerr Addison Mines Ltd., a Noranda Group company, in increasingly senior management and officer positions for 12 years. Following several years as CEO of various mining companies operating in the USA, Central and South America, from 1996 Peter has acted as Independent Director of numerous exploration and mining companies operating globally. In addition, he has also led a number of companies in recent years such as President of Pembridge Resources PLC that in 2019 acquired the Minto Copper Mine in Yukon.

In addition, the company would like to say thank to Gary Robertson, who has retired as Avino's Chairman of the Board of Directors after 12 years, and a member of the Board for 17 years. The entire team at Avino will miss his insight and conversations, and wish Gary and his family all the best following his retirement.