VANCOUVER, BC--(Marketwired - May 27, 2016) - Endeavour Silver Corp. (NYSE: EXK) (TSX: EDR) announces that at yesterday's Annual General Meeting in Vancouver, shareholders voted in favour of all items of business, including the re-election of each director nominee. A total of 58,802,520 million votes were submitted by proxy, representing 54.34% of the outstanding common shares as of the record date. The following is a tabulation of the votes submitted by proxy:

Director                   Votes for  Votes withheld Percent for Percent withheld
Ricardo M. Campoy   24,270,814 429,293        98.26%      1.74%
Bradford J. Cooke   24,261,572 438,535        98.22%      1.78%
Geoffrey A. Handley 23,788,421 911,686        96.31%      3.69%
Rex J. McLennan     24,278,219 421,888        98.29%      1.71%
Kenneth Pickering   24,226,441 473,666        98.08%      1.92%
Mario D. Szotlender 23,710,923 989,184        96.00%      4.00%
Godfrey J. Walton   23,783,343 916,764        96.29%      3.71%

Shareholders also voted in favour of re-appointing KPMG LLP as auditors, and to authorize the Board of Directors to fix the auditor's remuneration for the ensuing year.

At the Board of Directors meeting following the AGM, Geoff Handley was re-appointed Chairman of the Board and Chair of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee; Rex McLennan was re-appointed Chair of the Audit Committee; Ricardo Campoy was re-appointed Chair of the Compensation Committee; and Ken Pickering was appointed Chair of the Sustainability Committee. In addition, Ken Pickering was appointed a member of the Audit Committee.

About Endeavour - Endeavour Silver is a mid-tier precious metals mining company that owns three high grade, underground, silver-gold mines in Mexico. Since start-up in 2004, the company has grown its mining operations to produce 11.4 million ounces of silver and equivalents in 2015. We find, build and operate quality silver mines in a sustainable way to create real value for all stakeholders. Endeavour Silver's shares trade on the TSX (symbol EDR) and on the NYSE (symbol EXK).

Contact Information - For more information, please contact: Meghan Brown Director Investor Relations Toll free: 1-877-685-9775 Tel: 604-640-4804 Fax: 604-685-9744 Email: mbrown@edrsilver.com Website: www.edrsilver.com