Silvercorp Metals Inc. (TSX: SVM) (NYSE American: SVM) today announced the closing of its previously announced private placement offering of US$150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.75% convertible senior notes due 2029, which includes the exercise in full of the initial purchasers’ option to purchase up to an additional US$20,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes.  The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering for the construction of copper-gold mining projects outside of China, for the exploration and development of other projects and for working capital.

The Notes are being offered on a private placement basis and are not being offered by way of a prospectus in Canada. The Notes and the distribution of Common Shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes have not been, and will not be, registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and the rules promulgated thereunder and applicable state securities laws.

This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes or any other securities and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in the United States or in any other jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration and qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction.

About Silvercorp

Silvercorp Metals Inc. is a Canadian mining company producing silver, gold, lead and zinc from the Ying Mining District and the GC Mine in China.  Silvercorp’s additional assets include the development-stage Curipamba copper-gold project, containing the El Domo deposit, and the exploration-stage Condor project in Ecuador.