THOMPSON FALLS, MT / ACCESSWIRE / April 3, 2017 / United States Antimony Corporation ("USAC," NYSE MKT: UAMY) reports the following production estimates for Q1, 2017:

Product

Q1, 2017

Q1, 2016

% Change

Antimony pounds

591,942

912,841

-35

Zeolite tons

3,356

3,097

+8

Gold ounces, North America

24.6

40.0

-38.5

Gold ounces, Australia

56.3867

34.977

+61.2

Silver ounces, North America

8,639

12,973

-33.4

Q1 2017 antimony production was lower than Q1 2016 due to the end of the processing of Australian concentrates. Since the beginning of 2017, the Company has accelerated the mining at Wadley and Soyatal to compensate for the Australian supply. During Q1 2017, these two properties produced an estimated 200,000 pounds of contained antimony for the Madero smelter. The smelter has only processed 132,092 pounds of metal that is being shipped to the United States as finished metal. During this period, more furnaces were brought on line at Madero.

The Rotterdam price of antimony grade I metal has increased during Q1 2017 from $7,350 per metric ton ($3.33 per pound) to $8,750 per metric ton ($3.97 per pound). USAC will benefit from the increased prices especially with Mexican production.

Processing of the legacy Los Juarez flotation concentrates continues using the alkaline leach procedure and a furnace that is being relined in Montana. Flotation milling of the stockpiled mill feed will resume during Q2 to determine how critical a cyanide leach will be. Recent correspondence indicates that the Company could have the cyanide leach permit for the Puerto Blanco mill within 90 days.

BRZ zeolite production during Q1 2017 was up from the same period in 2016 by 8%, despite heavy snow that curtailed access from the mill to the mine.

CEO, John Lawrence, said, "All efforts are focused on increasing Mexican antimony output and starting the Los Juarez gold, silver, and antimony production."

About U.S. Antimony

US Antimony is a growing, vertically-integrated natural resource company that has production and diversified operations in precious metals, zeolite, and antimony.

Forward-Looking Statements:

This Press Release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are based upon current expectations or beliefs, as well as a number of assumptions about future events, including matters related to the Company's operations, pending contracts and future revenues, ability to execute on its increased production and installation schedules for planned capital expenditures and the size of forecasted deposits. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements and the assumptions upon which they are based are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations and assumptions will prove to have been correct. The reader is cautioned not to put undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, as these statements are subject to numerous factors and uncertainties. In addition, other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are discussed in the Company's most recent filings, including Form 10-KSB with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

UNITED STATES ANTIMONY CORPORATION

PO Box 643, 47 Cox Gulch Rd.
Thompson Falls, Montana 59873-0643
406-827-3523
FAX: 406-827-3543
E-Mail: tfl3543@blackfoot.net

SOURCE: United States Antimony Corporation