Year: 2016

Kootenay Silver Inc.and Northair Silver Corp. are pleased to announce that they have completed the previously announced business combination by which Kootenay has acquired 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of Northair by way of a court approved plan of arrangement.

The delay is due to internal accounting staff and external auditor transition. The Company is working with its auditors to complete the audit of the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2015 as soon as possible and anticipates filing such financial statements, MD&A and related Certifications by the end of May, 2016.

Silver Spruce Resources Inc. announces that it has closed its previously announced non-brokered private placement and raised gross proceeds of $410,795.00. The offering will consist of the issuance of 5,477,266 shares and 2,738,633 warrants.

Wealth Minerals Ltd. announces that Mergent Inc’s Editorial Board has approved the Company for a listing in Mergent Manuals and News Reports TM. Wealth’s corporate profile, which includes descriptive text data as well as news and financial statements, will be accessible via Mergent’s online and print products. As part of Mergent’s listing services, the new description will be highlighted separately atwww.mergent.com.

Silver Bull Resources, Inc. is pleased to announce the detailed voting results on the items of business considered at its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on April 20, 2016. A total of 99,192,126 or 62.4% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares were represented at the Meeting. The following nominees, as listed in Silver Bull’s Management Information Circular, were re-elected as directors of the Company:

Total production in Q1 was 37,958 gold equivalent ounces(1), a 14% increase over Q1 2015.

Increased production guidance for 2016 to 144,000 gold equivalent ounces.

Acquired the Net Smelter Return (NSR) royalty on our El Gallo Mine and El Gallo Silver deposit.

Strong balance sheet: $43 million(2) in liquid assets and no debt!

The Corporation also announced today that it has been granted conditional approval – subject to shareholder consent – by the Canadian Securities Exchange to implement the Corporation’s proposed change of business from a “Mining & Exploration” company to a “Merchant Bank” and its proposed name change from “Silver Shield Resources Corp.”, to “Gunpowder Capital Corp”.