Golden Minerals Company's Profile

Golden Minerals is a junior silver producer with a strong growth profile, listed on both the NYSE Amex and TSX. The company is focused on the ramp-up and expansion of existing production at the Velardeña Mining District in Mexico, which contains a significant high-grade silver and gold resource with associated base metals that remains open laterally and at depth. In addition, Golden Minerals has a robust portfolio of exploration projects, including the Project Evaluation stage El Quevar project in the Salta Province in northwestern Argentina and the Advanced Drilling stage project in Zacatecas, Mexico.

Golden Minerals’ exploration business strategy is to enhance shareholder value through advancing projects from discovery through development into profitable operating mines. The company owns and controls a large number of exploration properties located primarily in the high potential mining districts in Latin America.

Golden Minerals is also actively pursuing growth through strategic opportunities, including acquisitions, joint ventures and asset consolidations. The company evaluates and pursues selected opportunities that can bring synergy to existing assets and leverage the strengths of its management team.

The Golden Minerals management team has a proven track record in all areas of mineral resource development, including acquisition and exploration, permitting, construction, ramp-up and optimization of production, commissioning all aspects of operations, mine reclamation and closure. The management team has held positions with major mining companies throughout the world.