Sabina Gold & Silver Receives Positive Recommendation from the Nunavut Impact Review Board for Continued Development of Back River Gold Project, Canada

Sabina Gold and Silver Corp.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - July 18, 2017) - Sabina Gold & Silver Corp (TSX:SBB), ("Sabina" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has received a copy of the Second Final Hearing Report (the "Report") from the Nunavut Impact Review Board (the "NIRB"). In the report, the NIRB has recommended to the Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada ("INAC") that development of the Company's 100%-owned Back River Gold Project ("Back River" or the "Project") in Nunavut, Canada, should proceed to the licensing phase.