Silvermet Inc. Announces 2010 Q2 Results

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SILVERMET INC. ANNOUNCES 2010 Q2 RESULTS

Toronto, September 1, 2010: Silvermet Inc. (“Silvermet” or the “Company”) (TSXV: SYI) is pleased to announce the release of its results for the second quarter of 2010.

The financial statements and Managements’ Discussion and Analysis of its results (“MD&A”) can be found on SEDAR or the Company’s website. The Company reports its financial results in US dollars.

Highlights

For the three months ended June 30 For the six months ended June 30 2010 2009 2010 2009

Revenue $ 2,109,494 $ 837,001 $ 6,454,704 $ 837,001

(363,362) (1,105,101) (475,564) (1,601,489)

Comprehensive loss

Basic and diluted loss per share ($0.003) ($0.010) ($0.004) ($0.016)

Weighted average number of shares

outstanding, basic and diluted 125,333,095 112,251,380 125,261,800 100,827,693

Assets 9,030,083 8,330,801 9,030,083 8,330,801

The highlights of the Company’s 2010 year-to-date results include the following:

• produced 4,281 Dry Metric Tonnes (“DMT”) of zinc concentrate
• shipped 5,807 DMT of zinc concentrate to customers, including 1,581 DMT from inventory at December 31, 2009
• increased gross sales revenue from $0.8 million to $6.4 million
• switched to using only new EAFD from steel mills
• completed significant modifications and maintenance on the kiln
• experienced significant downtime due to maintenance, flood and coke quality issues
• continued improvement of operating and financial procedures
• hired a general manager and financial controller for the facility

“Silvermet is now cash flow positive.” said Stephen G. Roman, Silvermet’s CEO. “Our continuous efforts in operational improvements in order to increase throughput and profitability are bearing fruit. We have implemented seventeen environmental projects over the past three months. We have, for the past two months, been operating at record production levels. With currently favourable zinc prices, new EAFD sources and a stronger local management team, Silvermet can now focus on strengthening its balance sheet while continuing to modernize the operation.”

Silvermet held its Annual General Meeting yesterday, August 31, 2010, in Toronto. With a majority of shareholders present in person or by proxy, all of the resolutions, as recommended by management, were passed:

• The shareholders received the audited consolidated financial statements of Silvermet for the year ended December 31, 2009, and the auditors’ report thereon.
• Messrs. Stephen G. Roman, Rein A. Lehari, Derek C. Rance, Keith Spurr, Terence Ortslan, Douglas Scharf and Richard Faucher were elected as directors of the Company.
• PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP were reappointed as the Company’s auditors.
• The 10% rolling stock option plan was approved.

After the official part of the meeting, Mr. Roman made a presentation on Silvermet, summarizing achievements to date and current outlook, and answering questions from shareholders. The presentation is available on Silvermet’s website: www.silvermet.ca.

Today, the Company also announced that it has issued 2,000,000 options to its newly elected directors and 1,250,000 options to the appointed officers and management of the Company to acquire common shares. The stock options are exercisable at $0.15 per common share and expire on September 1, 2015.

About Silvermet:

Silvermet’s Waelz kiln facility in Iskenderun, Turkey has been operating since mid-2009 as an important Electric Arc Furnace Dust (“EAFD”) recycling business for the Turkish steel industry and producing zinc oxide concentrate that is sold to smelters throughout the world.

For further information, please contact:

Stephen G. Roman, Chairman, President & CEO Silvermet Inc.

Tel: (416) 203-8336 www.silvermet.ca

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