Alexco to Release Fourth Quarter and Year End 2013 Results

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - March 17, 2014) - Alexco Resource Corp. (TSX:AXR)(NYSE MKT:AXU) today advises that it will release its 2013 year end and 2013 fourth quarter financial results after the close of market trading on Tuesday, March 25, 2014, followed by an audio webcast conference call to review those results at 11:00 a.m. Eastern (8:00 a.m. Pacific) on Wednesday, March 26, 2014. To participate in the live call, please use one of the following methods:

Participants should connect five to ten minutes before the call.

The conference call will be recorded, and an archived audio webcast will be available at www.alexcoresource.com. Through April 26, 2014, a replay of the call will be available by telephone at the following:

About Alexco

Alexco Resource Corp. holds substantially all of the historic, high grade Keno Hill Silver District located in Canada's Yukon Territory, including the Bellekeno silver mine. Employing a unique business model, Alexco also provides mine-related environmental services, remediation technologies and reclamation and mine closure services to both government and industry clients through the Alexco Environmental Group, its wholly-owned environmental services division.

Please visit the Alexco website at www.alexcoresource.com.

Some statements ("forward-looking statements") in this news release contain forward-looking information concerning the Company's anticipated results and developments in the Company's operations in future periods, made as of the date of this news release. Forward-looking statements may include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to the timing of activities and reports. Forward-looking statements are subject to a variety of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which could cause actual events or results to differ from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on certain assumptions that management believes are reasonable at the time they are made. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. The Company expressly disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as otherwise required by applicable securities legislation.