Avino Closes Previously Announced Acquisition of Common Shares of Bralorne Gold Mines Ltd.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - July 9, 2014) - Avino Silver and Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:ASM)(NYSE MKT:ASM)(FRANKFURT:GV6) "Avino" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that further to its press release dated June 26, 2014, it has privately acquired 9,500,000 common shares (the "Shares") of Bralorne Gold Mines Ltd. ("Bralorne") for a purchase price of CAD$0.28 per share (CAD$2.66 million in total), representing approximately 33.3% of Bralorne's total issued and outstanding shares. Other than 179,149 common shares of Bralorne previously held by Avino (the "Prior Holdings"), neither Avino, nor any other persons acting jointly or in concert with Avino, previously held any other securities of Bralorne. Accordingly, Avino owns upon completion of the transaction, a total of 9,679,149 common shares of Bralorne, representing approximately 34% of the total issued and outstanding shares of Bralorne.

Avino intends to hold the Shares and the Prior Holdings for investment purposes. Depending upon market conditions and other factors, Avino may from time to time acquire additional securities of Bralorne, dispose of some or all of the existing or additional securities it holds in Bralorne, or will hold or continue to hold its current position. Avino has made an offer to acquire all of the remaining common shares of Bralorne not already owned by Avino by the issuance of common shares of Avino to the shareholders of Bralorne pursuant to a proposed plan of arrangement, as publicly announced on June 30, 2014.

Avino has filed an Early Warning Report containing further details of the acquisition on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) under Bralorne's profile.

About Bralorne

Bralorne is a Canadian junior mining and exploration company, whose current project is a 100% interest in the Bralorne Gold Mine, located 241 kilometres north east of Vancouver, British Columbia. The Bralorne mining camp has a golden history with past production of 4 million ounces of gold from three mines (Bralorne, Pioneer and King) that fed two mills with a combined capacity of 875 tons per day with gold grades that averaged half an ounce per ton until 1971. Historically, the focus was on mining high grade material delineated by driving drifts on the veins at successively lower levels in the mines. Minimal exploration work was conducted beyond the known veins, and the areas between the historical mines were left undeveloped. Under Bralorne's management, new mill facilities have been developed, permitted, and are fully operational, and new discoveries have been made within the gap areas between the old mines, using geochemical surveys followed by diamond drilling. On November 21, 2012, Bralorne filed on SEDAR a preliminary economic assessment report on the Bralorne Mine property prepared by Beacon Hill Consultants (1988) Ltd., which reported as at August 31, 2012 measured and indicated mineral resources of 170,583 ton grading 0.266 oz gold/ton, and inferred mineral resources of 272,089 tons grading 0.256 oz gold/ton (mineral resources are not mineral reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability).