Endeavour Silver Reports Fatality at El Cubo Mine

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - April 7, 2014) - Endeavour Silver Corp. (NYSE:EXK)(TSX:EDR) regrets to report the death of an employee on Saturday, April 5, 2014 due to a rock fall underground at the V-Asuncion mine, part of the El Cubo mine operations in Guanajuato State, Mexico.

The V-Asuncion mine was closed immediately and an internal investigation has been completed. Endeavour is now working with the Mexican authorities to facilitate their investigation of this accident. Once the investigation is completed, Endeavour will review and implement any additional safety measures recommended to prevent such an accident from recurring.

As this is the second fatal accident at Endeavour's mining operations in Mexico in the last week, the Company has decided to immediately implement a full safety retraining program at all three mines. Each mine will shut down for two days so each shift in turn can receive a two day refresher course on safety policies and practices. In addition, Endeavour will retain a group of safety specialists to review the company safety programs and implement their recommendations. The Company is already ahead of its production plan for the year so the mine closures are not expected to impact production guidance.

Bradford Cooke, CEO of Endeavour stated, "We truly regret this accident and we offer our sincere condolences to the family of the deceased. The safety of our employees is a top priority for Endeavour. We have initiated stronger measures to try and prevent such accidents from recurring, and we will continue to seek out new initiatives to protect the health of our employees."

About Endeavour - Endeavour is a mid-tier silver mining company focused on growing its profits, production, reserves and resources in Mexico. Since start-up in 2004, Endeavour has posted nine consecutive years of accretive growth of its silver mining operations. The organic expansion programs now underway at Endeavour's three silver-gold mines in Mexico combined with its strategic acquisition and exploration programs should facilitate Endeavour's goal to become a premier senior silver producer.

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Forward-looking statements are based on assumptions management believes to be reasonable, including but not limited to: the continued operation of the Company's mining operations, no material adverse change in the market price of commodities, mining operations will operate and the mining products will be completed in accordance with management's expectations and achieve their stated production outcomes, and such other assumptions and factors as set out herein. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements or information, there may be other factors that cause results to be materially different from those anticipated, described, estimated, assessed or intended. There can be no assurance that any forward-looking statements or information will prove to be accurate as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements or information. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements or information.