Fortuna Silver to release second quarter financial results on August 12, 2013;

Conference call at 12 p.m. Eastern on August 13, 2013

Vancouver, August 7, 2013-- Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. (NYSE: FSM | TSX: FVI | BVL: FVI |

Frankfurt: F4S.F) is pleased to announce that it will release its financial statements and MD&A for the second quarter on Monday, August 12, 2013.

A conference call to discuss the financial and operations results will be held on Tuesday, August 13, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. Pacific | 11:00 a.m. Lima | 12:00 p.m. Eastern. Hosting the call will be Jorge A. Ganoza, President and CEO and Luis D. Ganoza, Chief Financial Officer.

Shareholders, analysts, media and interested investors are invited to listen to the live conference call by logging onto the webcast at:

http://www.investorcalendar.com/IC/CEPage.asp?ID=171413 or over the phone by dialing just prior to the starting time.

Conference call details:

Date: Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Time: 9:00 a.m. Pacific | 11:00 a.m. Lima | 12:00 p.m. Eastern

Dial in number (Toll Free): +1.877.407.8035

Dial in number (International): +1.201.689.8035

Replay number (Toll Free): +1.877.660.6853

Replay number (International): +1.201.612.7415

Replay Passcodes (both are required for playback):

Conference ID #: 418597

Playback of the webcast will be available until November 14, 2013. Playback of the conference call will be available until 11:59 p.m. Eastern on August 28, 2013. In addition, a transcript of the call will be archived in the company’s website.