Mr. W. John DeCooman Jr. reports

SSR MINING ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF INVESTMENT IN SILVERCREST METALS INC.

SSR Mining Inc. has completed the transaction with Silvercrest Metals Inc. to purchase, by way of private placement, 8,220,645 common shares of Silvercrest at a price of $3.73 per common share for total consideration of $30,663,006. This transaction was previously announced in SSR Mining's news release dated Nov. 29, 2018.