Mr. Morgan Poliquin reports

ALMADEN FILES UPDATED PRELIMINARY ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT TECHNICAL REPORT FOR ITS IXTACA GOLD-SILVER DEPOSIT, MEXICO

The independent NI 43-101 preliminary economic assessment update technical report for its gold-silver Ixtaca deposit, Mexico, has been completed and filed on SEDAR. A summary of findings from the PEA was announced in Almaden's press release issued Sept. 3, 2014. The full report, "Preliminary economic assessment of the Ixtaca project," prepared by Moose Mountain Technical Services, can be obtained from SEDAR.

The independent qualified persons responsible for preparing the Ixtaca preliminary economic assessment are Jesse Aarsen, PEng, and Tracey Meintjes, PEng, of MMTS, Ken Embree, PEng, of Knight Piesold Ltd., Kris Raffle, PGeo, of Apex Geoscience Ltd., and Gary Giroux, MASc, PEng, of Giroux Consultants Ltd., all of whom act as independent consultants to the company, are qualified persons as defined by National Instrument 43-101 and have reviewed and approved the contents of this news release.

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