TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF TRADING IN SHARES OF SOTKAMO SILVER AB WITHOUT THE RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN RIGHTS ISSUE

In accordance with the decision in the Extraordinary General Meeting on May 22nd 2012, today May 25th, is the first day of trading in the Company’s shares with out the right to participate in the rights issue.

Other dates:

The registering date for determining which shareholders are entitled to subscribe for shares in the rights issue is: 29 May 29th 2012.

Trading of rights: June 1st to June 12th, 2012

Trading in paid and subscribed shares: June 1st to June 15th 2012

Stockholm, May 25th 2012

Timo Lindborg

CEO

About Sotkamo Silver AB:

Sotkamo Silver AB´s business concept is to exploit mineral deposits in the Nordic countries with regard to human society and environment. Sotkamo Silver owns, through its subsidiary mineral deposits, which contains silver and gold in Finland. The Company’s main development project is the Taivaljärvi Silver Mine.

Sotkamo Silver applies SveMin’s & FinnMin’s respective rules of reporting for public mining & exploration companies. Sotkamo Silver has chosen to report mineral resources and ore reserves according to the internationally accepted JORC or NI 43-101-code.

The company applies International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as approved by the European Union. The shares are traded at the Burgundy market place and NGM Equity in Stockholm.

The ticker symbol is SOSI. ISIN-code for Sotkamo Silver shares is SE0001057910.

Read more about Sotkamo Silver on www.silver.fi

For further information: Timo Lindborg, CEO, tel. +358 40 508 3 507