United States Antimony Corporation : U.S. Antimony Reports Production

THOMPSON FALLS, MT / ACCESSWIRE / February 6, 2017 / United States Antimony Corporation ("USAC") (NYSE MKT: UAMY) reported production estimates for 2016 and 2015 as follows:

Antimony production during 2016 increased 18.1% over that of 2015 due to the increased supply of raw materials. During the first half of 2016, the Rotterdam price for metal hit a low of $2.40 per pound and by the end of the year it reached $3.52, an increase of $1.12, or 46.7%, per pound.

During January 2017, some 90,000 pounds of antimony were shipped from two of our Mexican mines to the smelter at Madero for processing into metal that will be sold to U.S. markets. This will provide a large savings in freight and processing costs compared to processing in Montana. Mine production is being ramped up as quickly as possible from internal cash flow. USAC will realize the full amount of antimony price increases by utilizing its own mines in Mexico.

The alkaline leach plant in Mexico to recover gold and silver from the flotation concentrates from the Los Juarez property has been successfully tested. The flotation mill will be started during February 2017 to begin processing more Los Juarez feed to verify grades and flotation recoveries before we accelerate production. SEMARNAT (the Mexican equivalent of the EPA) has said they will have additional information on the cyanide leach circuit by the middle of March 2017. USAC does not claim any reserves in these properties in accordance with SEC definitions or per Canadian National Institute 43-101.

Bear River Zeolite customers are being increased with our new sales team that are visiting potential customers from coast to coast. They have focused on the dairy industry, but are now starting on the poultry, hog, and beef cattle industries.

CEO John Lawrence said, "Increasing antimony prices and the start of production from USAC properties in Mexico are expected to increase antimony profitability. The start of Los Juarez production should identify USAC as an emerging precious metal producer."

About U.S. Antimony

U.S. 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

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

SOURCE: United States Antimony Corporation