Mr. Clynton Nauman reports

ALEXCO TO RELEASE FIRST QUARTER 2017 RESULTS ON MAY 9, 2017

Alexco Resource Corp. will release its first quarter 2017 financial results after close of market trading on Tuesday, May 9, 2017, followed by an audio webcast conference call to review those results at 11 a.m. Eastern Time (8 a.m. Pacific Time) on Thursday, May 11, 2017. To participate in the live call, please use one of the following methods:

Dial toll-free from Canada or the United States:  1-888-504-7961

Dial from outside Canada or the U.S.:  1-647-792-1278

Conference ID:  7717619

Participants should connect five to 10 minutes before the call.

The conference call will be recorded and an archived audio webcast will be available at the company's website.

About Alexco Resource Corp.

Alexco Resource holds the historical high-grade Keno Hill silver district located in Canada's Yukon. Employing a unique business model, Alexco also provides mine-related environmental services, remediation technologies and reclamation and mine closure services to both government and industry clients through the Alexco Environmental Group, its wholly owned environmental services division.

We seek Safe Harbor.