Americas Silver Corporation Announces US$10 Million Investment BY Eric Sprott
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AMERICAS SILVER CORPORATION ANNOUNCES US$10 MILLION INVESTMENT BY ERIC SPROTT
TORONTO, ONTARIO—July 19, 2019—Americas Silver Corporation (TSX: USA) (NYSE American: USAS)
( “ A m e r i c a s S i l v e r ” o r t h e “ C o m p a n y ” ) i s p l e a s e d t o a n n o u n c e t h at Eric Sprott has agreed to purchase
3,955,454 common shares of the Company at a price of CDN$3.30 per share, for a total investment of
approximately US$10 million in a non‐brokered private placement the (“Private Placement”).
The Company also announces today that the agreement to sell the Company’s option on the San Felipe
p r oj e c t i n S on or a, M e x ic o ( “S an F el i p e”) t o a su b sid i ar y of Pr emier Gold Mines Limited (“Premier”) has
been terminated in accordance with its terms. The Company previ ously announced the agreement with
Premier on April 3, 2019 for total sales proceeds of US$10.8 million.
Following the termination of the Premier agreement, the proceed s of the Private Placement will be used
to satisfy the equity financing condition of the loan facility from Sandstorm Gold Ltd., as well as ongoing
San Felipe option payments and general working capital purposes.
“We are very excited to have Eric Sprott materially increase hi s ownership to above 8% and continue to
support the Company as a major shareholder,” said Darren Blasut ti, President & CEO of Americas Silver.
“We are also pleased to have ret ained the significant upside in the San Felipe silver‐zinc project for our
shareholders.”
The Private Placement is expected to close in due course and is subject to the satisfaction of certain
conditions, including receipt of all applicable regulatory appr ovals, including the approval of the Toronto
Stock Exchange and the NYSE American. The common shares to be issued under the Private Placement will
have a hold period of four months and one day from the closing date in accordance with applicable
Canadian securities laws. Medalist Capital Ltd. acted as an advisor on the Private Placement.
About Americas Silver Corporation
Americas Silver is a precious metal mining company focused on g rowth from its existing asset base and
execution of targeted accretive acquisitions. It owns and operates the Cosalá Operations in Sinaloa, Mexico
and the Galena Complex in Idaho, USA. The Company expects to begin producing gold in the fourth quarter
of 2019 at its fully funded, Relief Canyon Project, in Nevada, USA which is currently in construction. For
further information, please see SEDAR or americassilvercorp.com.
Cautionary Statement on Forward‐Looking Information:
This news release contains “forward‐looking information” within the meaning of applicable securities laws.
Forward‐looking information includes, but is not limited to, Ame r i c a s S i l v e r ’ s e x p e c t a t i o n s , i n t e n t i o n s ,
plans, assumptions and beliefs with respect to, among other things, Americas Silver’s expected timing and
completion of the Private Placement, including the expected use of proceeds therefrom ; construction,
production, and development plans at the Relief Canyon Project and performance expectations for the
R e l i e f C a n y o n P r o j e c t a n d i m p a c t o n A m e r i c a s S i l v e r ’ s f i n a n c i a l performance; and the estimated
construction timeline and costs for the Relief Canyon Project; and the estimated timeline for environmental
approvals for the second phase of the Relief Canyon Project;. Often, but not always, forward‐looking
information can be identified by forward‐looking words such as “anticipate”, “believe”, “expect”, “goal”,
“plan”, “intend”, “potential’, “e stimate”, “may”, “assume” and “will” or similar words suggesting future
outcomes, or other expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, as sumptions, intentions, or statements about
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future events or performance. Forward‐looking information is based on the opinions and estimates of
Americas Silver as of the date such information is provided and is subject to known and unknown risks,
uncertainties, and other factors that may cause the actual resul t s , l e v e l o f a c t i v i t y , p e r f o r m a n c e , o r
achievements of Americas Silver to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such
forward‐looking information. With respect to the Sandstorm financing, risks and uncertainties include the
ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to fulfill the conditions to drawing all the available funds under
the purchase agreement and conver tible debenture and the potent ial for, and consequences of, default
thereunder. With respect to the business of Americas Silver, th ese risks and unce rtainties include
interpretations or reinterpretations of geologic information; u nfavorable exploration results; inability to
obtain permits required for futu re exploration, development or production; general economic conditions
and conditions affecting the industries in which the Company operates; the uncertainty of regulatory
requirements and approvals; fluctuating mineral and commodity prices; the ability to obtain necessary
future financing on acceptable t erms or at all; the ability to develop, complete construction and operate
the Relief Canyon Project; and risks associated with the mining industry such as economic factors (including
future commodity prices, currency fluctuations and energy price s), ground conditions and other factors
limiting mine access, failure of plant, equipment, processes and transportation services to operate as
anticipated, environmental risks, government regulation, actual r e s u l t s o f c u r r e n t e x p l o r a t i o n a n d
production activities, possible variations in ore grade or reco very rates, permitting timelines, capital and
construction expenditures, reclamation activities, labor relations, social and political developments and
other risks of the mining industry. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those cont ained in forward‐looking information, there
may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated, or intended. Readers are
cautioned not to place undue reliance on such information. Addi tional information regarding the factors
t h a t m a y c a u s e a c t u a l r e s u l t s t o d i f f e r m a t e r i a l l y f r o m t h i s f orward‐looking information is available in
Americas Silver’s filings with the Canadian Securities Administrators on SEDAR and with the SEC, including
the management information circular of Americas Silver dated December 4, 2018. Americas Silver does not
undertake any obligation to update publicly or otherwise revise any forward‐looking information whether
as a result of new information, future events or other such factors which affect this information, except as
required by law. Americas Silver does not give any assurance (1) that Americas Silver will achieve its
expectations, or (2) concerning the result or timing thereof. All subsequent written and oral forward‐
looking information concerning Americas Silver, the Private Pla cement, the Sandstorm financing package,
or other matters attributable to Americas Silver or any person acting on its behalf are expressly qualified
in their entirety by the cautionary statements above.
For more information:
Darren Blasutti
President and CEO
Americas Silver Corporation
416‐848‐9503