Endeavour Silver Implements Plans to Minimize COVID-19 Risks; Initiates Internal Review of Terronera Prefeasibility Study

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 18, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Endeavour Silver Corp. (TSX: EDR, NYSE: EXK) advises that it has implemented plans to minimize the risks of the COVID-19 virus, both to employees and to the business.  To date, there have been no known or suspected cases of COVID-19 reported at any of the Company’s work places in Canada, Mexico and Chile.

At each site, Endeavour is following government health protocols and is closely monitoring the situation with local health authorities.  The Company has posted health advisories to educate employees about the COVID-19 symptoms, best practices to avoid catching the virus, and procedures to follow if symptoms are experienced.

Bradford Cooke, Endeavour CEO, commented, “During these turbulent times, we are fully committed to reducing the health risk to our employees and any potential disruptions to our business. We will continue to work proactively to protect the health of our employees, local stakeholders and our communities as we navigate the current situation.”

Endeavour has initiated the following health and business precautions:

• Encouraging social distancing (minimum 2 meters) and minimizing interpersonal contacts where possible
• Encouraging regular and thorough hand cleansing
• Cancelled all non-essential travel in favour of video conferencing
• At the head office, working from home until further notice
• At the operations, extra cleaning in common and food service areas
• At the operations, all workers will be screened for temperature on arrival at the gates
• Any employees experiencing symptoms and or a temperature of +38*C are immediately sent home to self quarantine and report to the health authority
• Back-up plans have been created for certain key jobs to ensure continuity of work
• Educating contractors and suppliers similar to employees
• Back-up plans if a contractor or supplier cannot perform their duties
• Increasing critical supplies and spare parts inventories to minimum three months

There have been no business restrictions to date in Mexico and no disruptions to either metal sales or supply chains for the Company’s operations.