Avino Silver & Gold Mines announces normal course issuer bid

Avino Silver & Gold Mines announced that the Toronto Stock Exchange has accepted the Company’s Notice of Intention to make a Normal Course Issuer Bid to repurchase, for cancellation, up to an aggregate of 8,428,566 common shares of Avino, representing approximately 5% of the Company’s issued and outstanding Common Shares, being 168,571,331 Common Shares as of March 31, 2026. Purchases can be made at prevailing market prices during a 12-month period commencing on April 8, 2026 and ending on the earlier of April 7, 2027 and the date on which the Company reaches the maximum purchases permitted under the NCIB. Under the NCIB, purchases will be made through the facilities of the TSX, the NYSE American and/or permitted alternative trading systems in Canada and the United States at prevailing market prices or such other prices as permitted under the rules and policies of the TSX and the NYSE American, as applicable, and applicable securities laws. All Common Shares purchased by the Company under the NCIB will be cancelled. Daily purchases on the TSX under the NCIB will be limited to a maximum of 248,266 Common Shares, representing 25% of 993,067, the average daily trading volume of the Common Shares on the TSX for the six months ending March 31, 2026, subject to any purchases made pursuant to the block purchase exception. In connection with the NCIB, the Company has entered into an automatic share purchase plan in relation to purchases made under the NCIB