Discovery Metals Announces Appointment of New CFO and Change in Fiscal Year-End

Discovery Silver Corp.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Dec. 18, 2017) - Discovery Metals Corp. (TSX VENTURE:DSV) ("Discovery" or "the Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Andreas L'Abbé as the new Chief Financial Officer effective immediately. Mr. L'Abbé is a Chartered Professional Accountant (Chartered Accountant) and brings over 10 years of financial and accounting experience in the mining sector. He has held key finance and strategy positions with a number of producing mining companies, most recently as Director of Finance at Tahoe Resources Inc. During his career Mr. L'Abbé also held the positions of VP Finance at Timmins Gold Corp. (now Alio Gold Inc.), and Financial Reporting Analyst for Goldcorp Inc. Prior to these roles, Mr. L'Abbé worked with Grant Thornton LLP in their Assurance and Business Advisory group.