Oremex Silver Initiates Underground Drilling Program at Chalchihuites

- The Company commenced four-hole, 524 meter underground drill program at the Chalchihuites Silver Project

- The underground drilling is the initial follow-up on the surface and underground mapping and sampling that yielded values up to 3,540 g/t silver

- Hole 1 and Hole 2 completed with assay results pending

- Numerous drill targets have been identified, with drilling being done from historic underground workings


TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 11/10/11 -- Oremex Silver Inc. ('Oremex Silver' or the 'Company') (TSX VENTURE: OAG) (OTCQX: ORAGF)(FRANKFURT: OSI) is pleased to report the commencement of a four-hole, 524 meter underground drilling program at the Chalchihuites Silver Project held by its wholly owned Mexican subsidiary Minera Mantos S. de R.L. de C.V. Hole 1 and Hole 2, totaling 182.9 meters, have been completed with assay results pending.

Michael R. Smith, President & CEO, commented: 'This drill program is designed to delineate the extent of the high grade mineralization sampled. Upon completion of the underground drilling, we plan a follow up surface drilling program to advance and further define the resource potential at Chalchihuites.'

Mineralization on the Chalchihuites property is hosted by two parallel, silver, gold, and base metal mineralized shear zones, separated by approximately 100 meters, and hosted by a granodiorite stock in rhyolite dikes and in limestone adjacent to the stocks. The shear zones have been traced for 300 meters and 75 meters along strike length. Results from surface and underground sampling program include:

SAMPLES FROM                     TARGET        METAL     MAXIMUM     MINIMUM
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Santa Teresa Mine - 76       Shears and       Silver     611 g/t       2 g/t
 Underground Samples             Mantos
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                                                Gold   1.209 g/t   0.010 g/t
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                                                Lead       11.4%     0.0049%
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                                                Zinc       6.95%     0.0042%
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Purisima, Tepozan, La       Sheared and       Silver   3,540 g/t       3 g/t
 Palma Mines - 101          Mineralized
 Surface and Underground          Dikes
 Samples
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                                                Gold   3.405 g/t   0.010 g/t
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                                                Lead      13.20%     0.0159%
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                                                Zinc      0.364%     0.0012%
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Outcrops and Santa Maria      Skarn and       Silver     350 g/t       2 g/t
 Pit - 49 Surface                Shears
 Samples
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                                                Gold   2.484 g/t   0.010 g/t
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                                                Lead       7.04%     0.0069%
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                                                Zinc       5.41%     0.0091%
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Chalchihuites - 351         All Samples       Silver   3,540 g/t     0.5 g/t
 Samples
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                                                Gold   3.405 g/t   0.010 g/t
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                                                Lead      13.20%       0.00%
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                                                Zinc       6.95%       0.01%
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Subject to regulatory approval, the Company has granted three million stock options to Officers, Directors, employees and consultants of the Company. Each option granted has a strike price of $0.19, vests immediately and will expire five years from the date of grant.


About Oremex Silver Inc.

Oremex Silver Inc. is a Canadian company focusing on the exploration and development of silver projects along the highly productive mineralized belt in Mexico. The Company has a portfolio of silver Projects including a mineral resource of 50.8 million ounces of silver at its Tejamen deposit. The company's projects are located in mining-friendly jurisdictions and the Management Team has successful track record of mine building in Mexico.


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