Sabina Gold & Silver Provides Update on Corporate Office and Back River Site Operations

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sabina Gold & Silver Corp (SBB.T/SGSVF.OTCQX) (“Sabina” or the “Company”) is providing an update in response to the ongoing concerns around COVID-19 related to planned activities at its corporate office and at its Goose site on its 100%-owned Back River Gold Project (“Back River” or the “Project”) in Nunavut, Canada.

No positive COVID-19 cases have been reported from amongst the Company’s employee base.  However, out of concern for the well being of our employees, contractors, their families, and their communities, the Company has elected to implement a work from home policy for its corporate office employees in Vancouver (for which the Company has the appropriate IT support) and defer the spring drilling program at Goose until later this year.  We believe that this decision is aligned with and in the best interests of all our stakeholders and reflects Sabina’s commitment to operational safety and the safety of our employees.

The Goose site at Back River is currently accessible by air only. We have determined that if an employee or contractor onsite presented with symptoms, it would be difficult in a camp environment to properly isolate individuals or provide the best health care possible given the current situation. Out of an abundance of caution, we have decided to defer our drilling program and de-mobilize the camp staff prior to the commencement of drilling.

Additionally, given recent market disruptions largely driven by global impacts of the evolving COVID-19 crisis, the Company has elected to decelerate its project development activities until the environment becomes more stable and better information becomes available.

“We believe that this is the responsible course of action for Sabina and aligns with our responsibility to our Northern stakeholders,” said Bruce McLeod, President & CEO. “We are simply following advice from federal, provincial and territorial health authorities to do our part to flatten the curve of this virus.  In addition, in times like these, people need to be with their families. Sabina is extremely fortunate in that the Back River Project remains well funded and continues to be a stand out development project that demonstrates exceptional economics and opportunity for growth. This is a fluid situation, and we will provide updates as appropriate. Delaying project development activities will not create any issues with existing permits or agreements, as we have a great deal of flexibility on the timeline of future development of the Back River gold project.”

The Company had cash and cash equivalents of $26.2 million at Dec 31/19.

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Bruce McLeod, President & CEO
Suite 1800 – Two Bentall Centre
555 Burrard Street
Vancouver, BC V7X 1M7
Tel 604 998-4175     Fax 604 998-1051
http://www.sabinagoldsilver.com