SilverCrest Mines Inc. is pleased to announce that it continues to validate the results of 56 historic core holes drilled on its La Joya Property between 1979 and 2003 by previous operators. The historic holes included 37 holes on the Main Mineralized Trend, 6 holes on the adjacent Coloradito target and 4 and 1 on each of the Santo Nino and Esperanza targets respectively, and 8 holes outside of target areas. Archived core is available and being split for geochemical analysis for the entire length of the drill holes at Coloradito. Due to low metals prices at the time of the historical drilling, only sections of potentially high grade mineralization were of interest and assayed while large lower grade intercepts were ignored and not assayed. As announced on January 5, 2012, SilverCrest’s drilling on the Main Mineralized Trend to date has demonstrated intercepts of potentially economic mineralization over widths up to 230 metres. Please reference our website at www.silvercrestmines.com for more information, photos and figures on La Joya.