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:

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).