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Silvercorp Metals Inc. (” Silvercorp” or the “Business”) (TSX: SVM) (NYSE American: SVM) is delighted to report state-of-the-art gold-silver-lead-zinc intercepts from its continuous diamond drilling program at the HPG mine in the Ying Mining District, China.

Emphasizes (all crossways remain in core lengths):

• Surface Area hole ZK1645 converged an 8.24 metre (” m”) period of vein H4 grading 4.31 grams per tonne (” g/t”) gold (” Au”), 15 g/t silver (” Ag”), and 2.10% lead (” Pb”), from 56.28 m depth, at an elevation of 819 m ;
• Underground hole ZK02N36 converged a 0.61 m period of vein H5E grading 3.86 g/t Au, 6,132 g/t Ag, 6.45% Pb, 8.47% zinc (” Zn”), and 0.33% copper (” Cu”) from 72.36 m depth, at an elevation of 331 m ;
• Surface area hole ZK3421 converged a 0.63 m period of vein H17_1 grading 23.80 g/t Au and 14 g/t Ag, from 71.95 m depth, at an elevation of 761 m ;
• Underground hole ZKH12N21 converged a 4.60 m period of vein H17 grading 1.23 g/t Au, 193 g/t Ag, 7.56% Pb, 3.79% Zn, and 0.38% Cu from 68.67 m depth, at an elevation of 329 m ;
• Underground hole ZK21N11 converged a 2.05 m period of vein H16_3 grading 3.75 g/t Au, 128 g/t Ag, 2.26% Pb, and 1.05% Zn, from 148.72 m depth, at an elevation of 381 m ;
• Underground hole ZKH21N20 converged a 2.69 m period of vein H16_3 grading 2.72 g/t Au, 269 g/t Ag, 1.02% Pb, 0.69% Zn, and 0.80% Cu from 147.79 m depth, at an elevation of 338 m ;
• Underground hole ZKH27N03 converged a 1.70 m period of vein H14a grading 10.49 g/t Au, 18 g/t Ag, 1.02% Pb, and 0.75% Zn, from 181.11 m depth, at an elevation of 440 m ;
• Underground hole ZKH21N22 converged a 0.95 m period of vein H16_3 grading 6.62 g/t Au, 507 g/t Ag, 1.77% Pb, 1.35% Zn, and 0.97% Cu from 151.45 m depth, at an elevation of 350 m ;
• Underground hole ZK19N15 converged a 0.45 m period of vein H10_1 grading 25.80 g/t Au and 216 g/t Ag, from 148.64 m depth, at an elevation of 599 m ;
• Underground hole ZK04N14 converged a 1.01 m period of vein H13 grading 0.62 g/t Au, 930 g/t Ag, 25.93% Pb, 0.30% Zn, and 1.24% Cu from 63.67 m depth, at an elevation of 683 m ;

Figure 1: Area of the HPG mine within the Ying mining district.

From January 1, 2022 to November 15, 2023 , an overall of 45,046 m in 297 diamond drill holes, consisting of 215 underground holes and 82 surface area holes, were finished at the HPG mine. Assay results for 270 holes have actually been gotten, with 139 holes obstructing mineralization. Presently, there are 8 rigs drilling at the HPG mine.

The drilling program at the HPG mine has actually been concentrated on 3 primary locations (Figure 2): 1) near surface area gold-silver-lead-zinc (Au-Ag-Pb-Zn) vein structures within the resource location which have actually seen restricted expedition drilling and tunneling (upper zone – U); 2) infill drilling above or listed below previously-mined stopes where production stopped due to greater than anticipated irregularity in grades, vein densities, and mindsets of the vein structures (production zone – P); and 3) evaluating the Au-Ag-Pb-Zn mineralization capacity and level within a rhyolitic breccia dyke that is located within the existing underground mining facilities (breccia zone – B).

Figure 2: Area of drill holes and target locations at HPG mine suitable to the reporting duration.

Drilling Near Surface Area Au-Ag-Pb-Zn Vein Structures within the Resource Location– Upper Zone (U)

Previous drilling was mainly concentrated on evaluating the strike and downdip level of recognized vein structures with a minimal focus being put on the up-dip capacity at shallower elevations above 600 m above mean sea level (” amsl”). Comprehensive drilling from surface area and underground drill carbines yielded intercepts of state-of-the-art Au-Ag-Pb-Zn vein structures at greater elevations, that include the H13 series, H15 series, H16 series, H17 series, H32 series, H42 series, H5, H13, H14, H18, and H29 (Table 1).

Drilling Above or Underneath Previously-Mined Stopes within the Resource Location– Production Zone (P)

Most of the drilling project targeted locations of recognized Au-Ag-Pb-Zn vein structures that were formerly underexplored due to greater than anticipated variation in the density and pattern of the high grade ore shoots of the veins within the resource locations listed below the 600 m amsl elevation. The state-of-the-art intercepts are generally related to the northwest-dipping H5 series, H 15 series, H16 series, H17 series, H11, H13, and H14, and the east-dipping H20 series, H41 series, H32 series, H29, H40 and H42 veins. These intercepts have actually caused considerable growth and updating of state-of-the-art resources (Table 2).

Evaluating Au-Ag-Pb-Zn mineralization within the Rhyolitic Breccia Dyke– Breccia Zone (B)

Drilling has actually been continuous to evaluate the mineralization within a northwest trending rhyolitic breccia dyke (breccia zone B8) (Table 3) hosting distributed Au-Ag-Pb-Zn-Cu mineralization throughout a presently specified zone measuring 50 m long, 30 m high, and 20m large. The freshly found B8 orebody has actually been mined because October 2023 by methods of long-hole stoping.

In addition to the drilling detailed above, which concentrated on drilling vein structures within the existing mining facilities, some drillholes were focused on evaluating the down-dip extension of significant vein structures consisting of H15, H16, and H17 listed below 300 m amsl elevation within the Deep Zone (zone D). Preliminary drilling validated noteworthy mineralization and down dip extension of mineralization along the targeted vein structures (Table 4).

Table 1: Picked intercepts from the drilling programs at the U zone of the HPG mine

Table 2: Picked intercepts from the drilling programs at the P zone of the HPG mine

Table 3: Picked intercepts from the drilling programs at the B zone of the HPG mine

Table 4: Picked intercepts from the drilling programs at the D zone of the HPG mine

Quality Assurance

Drill cores are NQ size. Drill core samples, restricted by obvious mineralization contacts or shear/alteration contacts, were divided into halves by sawing. The half cores are saved in the Business’s core shacks for future referral and checks, and the other half core samples are delivered in safely sealed bags to the Chengde Huakan 514 Geology and Minerals Test and Research Study Institute in Chengde, Hebei Province , China , 226 km northeast of Beijing , the Zhengzhou Nonferrous Expedition Institute Laboratory in Zhengzhou , Henan Province , China , and SGS in Tianjin, China All 3 laboratories are ISO9000 licensed analytical laboratories. For analysis, the sample is dried and squashed to minus 1 mm and after that divided into a 200-300 g subsample which is more crushed to minus 200 mesh. 2 subsamples are prepared from the crushed sample. One is absorbed with aqua regia for gold analysis with atomic absorption spectroscopy (” AAS”), and the other is absorbed by two-acid food digestion for analysis of silver, lead, zinc, and copper with AAS.

Channel samples are gathered along sample lines perpendicular to the mineralized vein structure in expedition tunnels. Spacing in between tasting lines is usually 5 m along strike. Both the mineralized vein and the modified wall rocks are cut by constant sculpt cracking. Test length varieties from 0.2 m to more than 1 m , depending upon the width of the mineralized vein and the mineralization type. Channel samples are ready and assayed with AAS at Silvercorp’s mine lab (” Ying Laboratory”) situated at the mill complex in Luoning County, Henan Province , China The Ying laboratory is formally recognized by the Quality and Innovation Keeping Track Of Bureau of Henan Province and is certified to supply analytical services. The channel samples are dried, squashed and crushed. A 200 g sample of minus 160 mesh is gotten ready for assay. A replicate sample of minus 1 mm is made and kept in the lab archives. Gold is evaluated by fire assay with AAS surface, while silver, lead, zinc, and copper are assayed by two-acid food digestion with AAS surface.

A regular quality assurance/quality control (” QA/QC”) treatment is embraced to keep an eye on the analytical quality at each laboratory. Qualified referral products (CRMs), pulp duplicates and blanks are placed into each batch of laboratory samples. QA/QC information at the laboratory are connected to the assay certificates for each batch of samples.

The Business preserves its own extensive QA/QC program to guarantee finest practices in sample preparation and analysis of the expedition samples. Job geologists frequently place CRMs, field duplicates and blanks to each batch of 30 core samples to keep an eye on the sample preparation and analysis treatments at the laboratories. The analytical quality of the laboratories is more assessed with external checks by sending out roughly 3-5% of the pulp samples to greater level laboratories to look for laboratory predisposition. Information from both the Business’s and the laboratories’ QA/QC programs are examined on a prompt basis by task geologists.

Guoliang Ma , P. Geo., Supervisor of Expedition and Resource of the Business, is the Certified Individual for Silvercorp under NI 43-101 and has actually examined and offered grant the technical details consisted of in this press release.

About Silvercorp

Silvercorp is a rewarding Canadian mining business producing silver, lead and zinc metals in focuses from mines in China The Business’s objective is to continually develop healthy go back to investors through effective management, natural development and the acquisition of successful tasks. Silvercorp balances success, social and ecological relationships, workers’ health and wellbeing, and sustainable advancement. For additional information, please visit our site at www.silvercorp.ca

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