Apogee Silver Ltd. Announces Closing of CAD$3.5 Million Private Placement and Plans to Ramp Up Mining and Toll Milling Operat...

Apogee Silver Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:APE) ("Apogee" or the "Company") has closed a
private placement offering (the "Offering") of 70,370,000 Units of the Company
("Units"), at a price of $0.05 per Unit, for aggregate gross proceeds of
$3,518,500, subject to final approval from the TSX Venture Exchange (the
"TSXV"). 


Each Unit consists of one common share of the Company (a "Common Share") and 0.6
of a purchase warrant, with each whole Warrant entitling the holder thereof to
purchase one Common Share at an exercise price of $0.10 per share for a period
of 36 months following the closing of the Offering.


Neil Ringdahl, Chief Executive Officer, commented: "Apogee is pleased to
complete this successful private placement in very difficult market conditions.
We believe this reflects the quality of the resource assets and near-term
production potential of our Pulacayo project. Subsequent to our successful trial
mining and toll milling (processing) operations (see press releases dated
January 15, 2013 & March 1, 2013), we believe we are well positioned to increase
production to over 2,500 tonnes per month using a newly trained mining team
sourced from local communities. Our mining and processing activities will
continue to be conducted under the Company's mining environmental license with
full community support. 


"This funding provides Apogee with the opportunity to ramp up current mining and
toll processing activities with the aim of the Company becoming cash positive
within the next 12 months. It also provides sufficient time for the Company to
select an attractive funding option for our larger 1,000 tonnes per day mining
and milling production plan that was outlined in the recently disclosed positive
feasibility study (see press release dated 17 January, 2013)."


The Offering was completed with both brokered and non-brokered tranches. The
Units sold through the brokered tranche were sold pursuant to an agency
agreement between Apogee and D&D Securities Inc. (the "Agent"). 


The Agent will be paid a corporate finance fee equal to 2.5% of the aggregate
proceeds of the Offering payable in Units (being approximately 1,759,250 Units)
plus compensation options (the "Compensation Options") equal to 2.5% of the
aggregate Units subscribed for (being 1,759,250 Compensation Options).
Additionally, sub-agents were paid a cash commission equal to 6% (being $96,390)
plus Compensation Options equal to 3% of the aggregate proceeds received from
the brokered tranche of the Offering (being 963,900 Compensation Options). Each
Compensation Option entitles its holder to acquire a Unit that will be
exercisable for a period of 24 months from closing at a price of $0.05 per Unit.
In addition, the Company will also pay aggregate referral fees equal to $57,000
plus 570,000 Compensation Options in relation to the non-brokered tranche of the
Offering.


In order to maximize the proceeds of the Offering, the Company has also entered
into agreements dated April 4, 2013 with certain service providers (the "Service
Providers") of the Company to settle debts owed by the Company to the Service
Providers through the issuance of Units, rather than cash payments. Subject to
the receipt of approval from the TSXV, the Company proposes to issue an
aggregate of 3,720,000 Units to the Service Providers, in lieu of the $186,000
that is owing. 


All of the securities issued in connection with this placement are subject to
resale restrictions which expire on August 5, 2013. The financing remains
subject to receipt of final approval from the TSX Venture Exchange. 


The Company intends to use net proceeds to continue the development of its key
projects situated in Bolivia and for working capital purposes. 


Independent Qualified Persons 

Professor Jim Porter is a Fellow of the Southern African Institute of Mining and
Metallurgy and Director of the Centre for Mechanised Mining Systems at the
University of the Witwatersrand and is a Qualified Person as such term is
defined in National Instrument 43-101 and has reviewed and approved the
technical information and data in this press release. 


About Apogee Silver Ltd

Apogee Silver Ltd. is a mineral exploration and development stage company listed
on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol APE. Apogee targets advanced
silver-zinc-lead projects in South America that demonstrate potential to be
developed to production. Currently its projects are located in the historic
silver producing regions of southwest Bolivia and northern Chile. There are
currently 301,066,809 common shares of Apogee issued and outstanding. 


Its most advanced project is the 100% controlled Pulacayo-Paca project in
Bolivia. This project includes the property that covered the second-largest
silver mine in the history of Bolivia with a historical estimate of over 600
million ounces of past production.


On Behalf of Apogee Silver Limited,



Neil T. Ringdahl              G. Scott Paterson                             
Chief Executive Officer       Chairman                                      



Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Information:

This press release may contain "forward-looking information" or information
deemed to be forward-looking within the meaning of applicable Canadian
securities legislation. Forward-looking information includes, but is not limited
to, statements about the results of Apogee's technical reports and the
development potential of the Company and/or its projects; the timing and amount
of future exploration and development of its projects; and the future financial
or operating performance of the Company and/or its projects. Generally,
forward-looking information can be identified by the use of forward-looking
terminology such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected",
"budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or
"does not anticipate", or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or
state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might"
or "will be taken", "occur" or "be achieved". Forward-looking information is
subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may
cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of the
Company to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such
forward-looking information, including but not limited to: general business,
economic, competitive, geopolitical and social uncertainties; the actual results
of current exploration activities; other risks of the mining industry and the
risks described in the annual information form of the Company. Although the
Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking
information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as
anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such
information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could
differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly,
readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. The
Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking information, except in
accordance with applicable securities laws.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: 
Apogee Silver Ltd.
Marilia Bento
Vice President Corporate Development
[phone]
[e-mail]


Apogee Silver Ltd.
Neil T. Ringdahl
Chief Executive Officer
[phone]
[e-mail]
www.apogeesilver.com