<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001445305-14-002266.txt : 20140520
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001445305-14-002266
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		7
REFERENCES 429:			333-185498
FILED AS OF DATE:		20140520
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20140520
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20140520

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SILVER STANDARD RESOURCES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000921638
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MINERAL ROYALTY TRADERS [6795]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			A1
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-196116
		FILM NUMBER:		14858787

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P.O. BOX 49088
		STREET 2:		SUITE 800 -- 1055 DUNSMUIR STREET
		CITY:			VANCOUVER
		STATE:			A1
		ZIP:			V7X 1G4
		BUSINESS PHONE:		604-689-3846

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P.O. BOX 49088
		STREET 2:		SUITE 800 -- 1055 DUNSMUIR STREET
		CITY:			VANCOUVER
		STATE:			A1
		ZIP:			V7X 1G4
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(the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;) being registered hereby relate to the Silver Standard Resources Employee Share Purchase Plan.  </font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:24px;text-indent:-24px;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:0px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:9pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;">(2)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:24px;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:9pt;text-indent:-24px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;), this Registration Statement covers an indeterminable number of additional securities as may be offered or issued as a result of the anti-dilution provisions of the Silver Standard Resources Employee Share Purchase Plan.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:24px;text-indent:-24px;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:0px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:9pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;">(3)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:24px;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:9pt;text-indent:-24px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act and based upon the average of the high and low sales prices per Common Share on the Nasdaq Global Market on May 15, 2014.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:24px;text-indent:-24px;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:24px;text-indent:-24px;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:100%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">2</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="sCCC8C642F4D4D39B5BF6071E69C92BDC"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">PART I</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The document(s) containing the employee benefit plan information required by Item&#160;1 of Form S-8 and the statement of availability of registrant information and any other information required by Item&#160;2 of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants as specified by Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;).  In accordance with Rule 428 and the requirements of Part I of Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act.  Silver Standard Resources Inc. (the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;) will maintain a file of such documents in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428. Upon request, the Registrant will furnish to the Commission or its staff a copy of any or all of the documents included in such file.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">PART II</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 3. 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In addition, any information circular, unaudited interim consolidated financial statements, management's discussion and analysis, material change reports (excluding confidential material change reports) or business acquisition reports subsequently filed by the Registrant with securities commissions or similar authorities in the relevant provinces and territories of Canada after the date of this Registration Statement, and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement from the applicable Report on Form 6-K on which such document is furnished to the Commission</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Any statement contained herein, in any amendment hereto or in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently-filed amendment to this Registration Statement or </font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:100%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">1</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="sCCC8C642F4D4D39B5BF6071E69C92BDC"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">in any document that also is incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 4. Description of Securities.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Not applicable. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 5. 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Under Section 160 of the Act, the Registrant may, subject to Section 163 of the Act, indemnify an individual who:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:72px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(a) </font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">is or was a director or officer of the Registrant,</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:72px;text-indent:-24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:72px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(b) </font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">is or was a director or officer of another corporation (i) at a time when the corporation is or was an affiliate of the Registrant, or (ii) at the request of the Registrant, or</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:72px;text-indent:-24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:72px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(c) </font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">at the request of the Registrant, is or was, or holds or held a position equivalent to that of, a director or officer of a partnership, trust, joint venture or other unincorporated entity,</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">and, generally, the heirs and personal or other legal representatives of that individual (collectively, an &#8220;eligible party&#8221;), against a judgment, penalty or fine awarded or imposed in, or an amount paid in settlement of, a proceeding (an &#8220;eligible penalty&#8221;) in which an eligible party or any of the heirs and personal or other legal representatives of the eligible party, by reason of the eligible party being or having been a director or officer of the Registrant or an associated corporation or other entity, or holding or having held a position equivalent to that of a director or officer of the Registrant or an associated corporation or other entity (a) is or may be joined as a party, or (b) is or may be liable for or in respect of a judgment, penalty or fine in, or expenses related to, the proceeding (an &#8220;eligible proceeding&#8221;) to which the eligible party is or may be liable and the Registrant may, subject to Section 163 of the Act, after the final disposition of an eligible proceeding, pay the expenses actually and reasonably incurred by an eligible party in respect of that proceeding.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Under Section 161 of the Act, the Registrant must, subject to Section 163 of the Act, after the final disposition of an eligible proceeding, pay the expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the eligible party in respect of that proceeding if the eligible party (a) has not been reimbursed for those expenses, and (b) is wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the outcome of the proceeding or is substantially successful on the merits in the outcome of the proceeding.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Under Section 162 of the Act, the Registrant may pay, as they are incurred in advance of the final disposition of an eligible proceeding, the expenses actually and reasonably incurred by an eligible party in respect of that proceeding; provided the Registrant must not make such payments if they are prohibited under Section 163 of the Act or if it has not first received from the eligible party a written undertaking that, if it is ultimately determined that the payment of expenses is prohibited by Section 163, the eligible party will repay the amounts advanced.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Under Section 163 of the Act, the Registrant must not indemnify an eligible party against eligible penalties to which the eligible party is or may be liable or pay the expenses of an eligible party under Sections 160(b), 161 or 162 of the Act, as the case may be, if any of the following circumstances apply:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:100%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">2</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="sCCC8C642F4D4D39B5BF6071E69C92BDC"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:72px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(a) </font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">if the indemnity or payment is made under an earlier agreement to indemnify or pay expenses and, at the time that the agreement to indemnify or pay expenses was made, the Registrant was prohibited from giving the indemnity or paying the expenses by its memorandum or articles;</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:72px;text-indent:-24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:72px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(b) </font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">if the indemnity or payment is made otherwise than under an earlier agreement to indemnify or pay expenses and, at the time that the indemnity or payment is made, the Registrant is prohibited from giving the indemnity or paying the expenses by its memorandum or articles;</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:72px;text-indent:-24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:72px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(c) </font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">if, in relation to the subject matter of the eligible proceeding, the eligible party did not act honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Registrant or the associated corporation or other entity, as the case may be; or</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:72px;text-indent:-24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:72px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(d) </font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">in the case of an eligible proceeding other than a civil proceeding, if the eligible party did not have reasonable grounds for believing that the eligible party&#8217;s conduct in respect of which the proceeding was brought was lawful.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">If an eligible proceeding is brought against an eligible party by or on behalf of the Registrant or by or on behalf of an associated corporation or other entity, the Registrant must not either indemnify the eligible party against eligible penalties to which the eligible party is or may be liable in respect of the proceeding, or pay the expenses of the eligible party under Sections 160(b), 161 or 162 of the Act in respect of the proceeding.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Under Section 164 of the Act, the Supreme Court of British Columbia may, on application of the Registrant or an eligible party, among other things, order the Registrant to indemnify or to pay expenses, despite Sections 160 to 163 of the Act.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Under the Act, the articles of the Registrant may affect the power or obligation of the Registrant to give an indemnity or pay expenses to the extent that the articles prohibit giving the indemnity or paying the expenses. This is subject to the overriding power of the Supreme Court of British Columbia under Section 164 of the Act.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Under the articles of the Registrant, subject to the provisions of the Act, the Registrant must indemnify a director, former director or alternate director of the Registrant and the heirs and legal personal representatives of all such persons against all eligible penalties to which such person is or may be liable, and the Registrant must, after the final disposition of an eligible proceeding, pay the expenses actually and reasonably incurred by such person in respect of that proceeding. Each director and alternate director is deemed to have contracted with the Registrant on the terms of the indemnity contained in the Registrant&#8217;s articles. The failure of a director, alternate director or officer of the Registrant to comply with the Act or the articles of the Registrant does not invalidate any indemnity to which such person is entitled under the Registrant&#8217;s articles.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Under the articles of the Registrant, the Registrant may purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of any person (or such person&#8217;s heirs or legal personal representatives) who is or was serving as a director, alternate director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant, or as a director, alternate director, officer, employee or agent of any corporation of which the Registrant is or was an affiliate, or if at the request of the Registrant, is or was a director, alternate director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation or of a partnership, trust, joint venture or other unincorporated entity, or if at the request of the Registrant, holds or held a position equivalent to that of a director, alternate director or officer of a partnership, trust, joint venture or other unincorporated entity against any liability incurred by him or her as a director, alternative director, officer, employee or agent or person who holds or held such equivalent position.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The Registrant has entered into indemnity agreements with each of its executive officers and directors, which agreements provide for indemnification of the executive officer or director against certain judgments, penalties, fines, damages, including costs, charges and expenses, that the executive officer or director may incur in such capacity.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:100%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">3</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="sCCC8C642F4D4D39B5BF6071E69C92BDC"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Underwriters, dealers or agents who participate in the distribution of Common Shares may be entitled under agreements to be entered into with the Registrant to indemnification by the Registrant against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act and applicable Canadian securities legislation, or to contribution with respect to payments which such underwriters, dealers or agents may be required to make in respect thereof.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the Registrant has been informed that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the act and is therefore unenforceable.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Not applicable.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Item&#160;8. Exhibits.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#32;&#32;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The following documents are filed as a part of this Registration Statement or incorporated by reference herein:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Exhibit No.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Description</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">4.1</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Memorandum, Articles and Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to the Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form 20-F (File No. 0-26424), filed on July 13, 1995).</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">4.2</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Notice of Articles and Articles filed under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.2 to the Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 20-F (File No. 0-26424), filed on March 31, 2006).  </font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">4.3*</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Silver Standard Resources Employee Share Purchase Plan.</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">23.1*</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Consent of PricewaterhouseCooopers LLP.</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">23.2*</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Consents of F. Carl Edmunds, Andrew W. Sharp, BEng., FausIMM and Trevor J. Yeomans, B.Sc. (Hons), ACSM, P.Eng.</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">23.3*</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Consents of Warwick S. Board, P.Geo. and R. Bruce Kennedy, P.E.</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">23.4*</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Consents of Kelly G. Boychuk, MBA, P.Eng., Dawn H. Garcia, P.G., C.P.G. and Jeremy D. Vincent, B.Sc. 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Reid</font></div><div style="text-align:center;padding-left:13px;text-indent:-14px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Steven P. Reid</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Director</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:100%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">7</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="sCCC8C642F4D4D39B5BF6071E69C92BDC"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Pursuant to the requirements to Section 6(a) of the Securities Act, the undersigned has signed this Registration Statement solely in the capacity of the duly authorized representative of the Registrant in the United States on May 20, 2014.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:288px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">By:  </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">/s/ Richard Paterson</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:312px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(Authorized Representative)</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:312px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;Richard Paterson</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:312px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;Director</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:100%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">8</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="sCCC8C642F4D4D39B5BF6071E69C92BDC"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">EXHIBIT INDEX</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td width="15%"></td><td width="85%"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Exhibit No.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Description</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">4.1</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Memorandum, Articles and Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to the Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form 20-F (File No. 0-26424), filed on July 13, 1995).</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">4.2</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Notice of Articles and Articles filed under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.2 to the Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 20-F (File No. 0-26424), filed on March 31, 2006).</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><a style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;" href="a140520exhibit43espp.htm"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">4.3*</font></a></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="font-size:10pt;"><a style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;" href="a140520exhibit43espp.htm"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Silver Standard Resources Employee Share Purchase Plan.</font></a></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><a style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;" href="a140520exhibit231auditorsc.htm"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">23.1*</font></a></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="font-size:10pt;"><a style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;" href="a140520exhibit231auditorsc.htm"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Consent of PricewaterhouseCooopers LLP.</font></a></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><a style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;" href="a140520exhibit232consents.htm"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">23.2*</font></a></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="font-size:10pt;"><a style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;" href="a140520exhibit232consents.htm"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Consents of F. Carl Edmunds, Andrew W. Sharp, BEng., FausIMM and Trevor J. Yeomans, B.Sc. (Hons), ACSM, P.Eng.</font></a></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><a style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;" href="a140520exhibit233consents.htm"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">23.3*</font></a></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="font-size:10pt;"><a style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;" href="a140520exhibit233consents.htm"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Consents of Warwick S. Board, P.Geo. and R. Bruce Kennedy, P.E.</font></a></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><a style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;" href="a140520exhibit234consents.htm"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">23.4*</font></a></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="font-size:10pt;"><a style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;" href="a140520exhibit234consents.htm"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Consents of Kelly G. Boychuk, MBA, P.Eng., Dawn H. Garcia, P.G., C.P.G. and Jeremy D. Vincent, B.Sc. (Hons), P.Geo.</font></a></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><a style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;" href="a140520exhibit235consents.htm"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">23.5*</font></a></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="font-size:10pt;"><a style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;" href="a140520exhibit235consents.htm"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Consents of Donald F. Earnest, P.G., Michael J. Lechner, P.Geo., Steve L. Milne, P.E., Robert M. Robb, P.E. and Clinton Strachan, P.E.</font></a></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">24.1*</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:8px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;text-indent:-48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages to this Registration Statement).</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">_______</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">*Filed herewith.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:100%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">9</font></div></div>	</body>
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style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><br><div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s9F5AF01EA73508B2CE88073CCD987AED"></a><div></div><br><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">TABLE OF CONTENTS</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Section I&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;-&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Definitions&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;1</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Section II&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;-&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Purpose&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;4</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Section III&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;-&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Eligibility and Enrolment&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;4</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Section IV&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;-&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Participant Contributions&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;5</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Section V&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;-&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Employer Contributions&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;7</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Section VI&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;-&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Investments&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;8</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Section VII&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;-&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sale or Withdrawal&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;9</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Section VIII&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;-&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Insiders&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;11</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Section IX&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;-&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Administration&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;11</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Section X&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;-&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Amendment and Termination&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;13</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Section XI&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;-&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Miscellaneous Provisions&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;14</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><br><div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s0900BCD4CC1509D29049073CCDB64905"></a><div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:right;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">Silver Standard Resources</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">Employee Share Purchase Plan</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Section I &#8211; Definitions</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">1.1&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;As used in the Plan:</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font 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Such amount of Participant Contributions must be equal to any whole percentage of the Participant&#8217;s Base Salary and may not exceed 5 percent of the Participant&#8217;s Base Salary (in one percent increments).  In the event that the Base Salary of a Participant varies at any time, future Participant Contributions of such Participant shall be automatically adjusted accordingly in order to reflect the same selected percentage applied to the Participant&#8217;s revised Base Salary.  Subject to Section 4.5, all Participant Contributions shall be made through payroll deductions.  Participant Contributions shall not earn any interest pending their use to purchase Shares. </font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Varying Participant Contributions</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:144%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">4.2</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">The Participant may give notice to the Employer to vary the amount of Participant Contributions to be deducted once per calendar year.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Stopping Participant Contributions</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:144%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">4.3</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">A Participant may at any time give written notice to the Employer to stop his Participant Contributions under the Plan on the date specified in such notice.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Paid Leave of Absence</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:144%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">4.4</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">A Participant on authorized paid leave of absence, including leaves with supplemental employment benefits, shall continue to make Participant Contributions through payroll deductions, as provided in Section 3.4, unless such Participant has given notice in writing to the Employee to stop Participant Contributions pursuant to Section 4.3</font></div></td></tr></table><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">- 3 -</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s0900BCD4CC1509D29049073CCDB64905"></a><div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:right;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">Silver Standard Resources</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">Employee Share Purchase Plan</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Unpaid Leave of Absence/Long Term Disability/Workers&#8217; Compensation</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:144%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">4.5</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:48px;"><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;text-indent:-48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;In the event a Participant goes on unpaid maternity or other unpaid leave approved by the Employer, at the discretion of the Committee or if such contributions are required by applicable laws, such Participant may continue to make Participant Contributions based on the Base Salary in effect immediately prior to the leave by way of post-dated cheques remitted to the Employer.  Such Participant Contributions may continue for up to one year from the first day of any such approved leave of absence.</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:96px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:144%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">b)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">In the event a Participant goes on approved long term disability leave or Workers&#8217; Compensation Leave, at the discretion of the Committee or if such contributions are required by applicable laws, such Participant may continue to make Participant Contributions based on the Base Salary in effect immediately prior to the leave by way of post-dated cheques remitted to the Employer.  Such Participant may continue contributions to the plan for up to two years from the first day of such approved leave of absence.</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:96px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:144%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">c)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Should the Employer not receive such cheques prior to the commencement of the Participant&#8217;s leave of absence in (a) or (b) above, or if any such checks are returned to the Employer for insufficient funds, such Participant shall be deemed to have given notice in writing to the Employer to have stopped Participant Contributions.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;padding-left:96px;text-indent:-48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Restarting Participant Contributions</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; 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font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:144%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">4.8</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Subject to Section VIII, and unless a later date is specified in the relevant notice received by the Company: </font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:102px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:144%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">a)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">The Employer shall, following receipt of notice from an Employee pursuant to Section 3.3, commence payroll deductions for Participant Contributions on the next Enrolment Date.&#160; </font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;padding-left:96px;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">b) &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The Employer shall, commencing on the Enrolment Date following receipt of a notice under Section 4.2, vary the amount of Participant Contributions as specified in the notice;</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;padding-left:96px;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">c)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The Employer shall following receipt of a notice under Section 4.3 ensure that no further deductions of the Participant Contributions are made by it under the Plan;</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:96px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:144%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">d)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">The Employer shall, following receipt of a notice under Section 4.7 to re-start deductions under the Plan, restart such Participant Contributions on the next Enrolment Date.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Termination of Employment, Retirement</font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">- 4 -</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s0900BCD4CC1509D29049073CCDB64905"></a><div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:right;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">Silver Standard Resources</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">Employee Share Purchase Plan</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:144%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">4.10</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">In the event of the termination of employment for any reason, retirement or death of a Participant, or in the event the Plan is terminated pursuant to Section 10.2, Participant Contributions shall be automatically stopped.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;text-indent:-48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Section V &#8211; Employer Contributions</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Employer Contributions</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:144%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">5.1</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">An Employer Contribution shall be made by the Employer on the next Business Day following the end of the Matching Period applicable to the related Participant Contributions.  </font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:144%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">5.2</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">The Employer Contribution shall be equal to fifty percent (50%) of the related Participant Contributions. </font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:144%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">5.3</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">The Employer Contribution is deemed to be a taxable benefit to the Employee and is subject to income tax, and any applicable statutory deductions in accordance with local tax regulatory authorities.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;text-indent:-48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Section VI &#8211; Investments</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Remittance of Contributions</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:144%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">6.1</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Participant Contributions withheld through payroll deduction by the Employer in each Pay Period, as well as Participant Contributions paid by way of post-dated cheques remitted to the Employer, shall be remitted by the Employer to the Administrative Agent, who shall remit such Participant Contributions to the Brokerage Agent, as soon as practicable following the end of the month in which such withholding is effected (hereinafter &#8220;Remittance Date&#8221;).</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:144%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">6.2</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Employer Contributions shall be remitted by the Employer to the Administrative Agent, who shall remit such Employer Contributions to the Brokerage Agent,  as soon as practicable following the end of the Matching Period applicable to the related Participant Contributions (hereinafter &#8220;Award Date&#8221;).</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Acquisition of Shares</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; 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font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:144%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">6.4</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">The price of Shares purchased in respect of a given month shall correspond to their market price at the time of purchase, provided however that where the Brokerage Agent has purchased Shares under the Plan at various prices in any given month, the purchase price of all such Shares shall correspond to the weighted average price paid for all purchases of Shares that are required to be made under the Plan in respect of such month.</font></div></td></tr></table><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">- 5 -</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s0900BCD4CC1509D29049073CCDB64905"></a><div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:right;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">Silver Standard Resources</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">Employee Share Purchase Plan</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Registration and Voting</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; 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Accounts.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;<br></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Section VII &#8211; Sale or Withdrawal</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;text-indent:-48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Right to Sell or Withdraw</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:144%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">7.1</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:48px;"><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;text-indent:-48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subject to Section VIII, a Participant may at any time give written notice to the Administrative Agent to sell some or all of that portion of the Shares in the Participant&#8217;s Account that were purchased with the Participant Contributions in which case, the Administrative Agent shall direct the Brokerage Agent upon receipt of such notice to proceed to sell the Shares on the open market and pay to the Participant an amount equal to the net proceeds of such sale, after deduction of any applicable brokerage fees and expenses associated with the sale of those Shares which have been sold at the Participant&#8217;s direction.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;padding-left:96px;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subject to Section VIII, a Participant may at any time give written notice to the Administrative Agent to withdraw (by way of certificate or transfer) some or all of that portion of the Shares in the Participant&#8217;s Account which were purchased with the Participant Contributions, in which case, the Administrative Agent shall direct the Brokerage Agent upon receipt of such notice to proceed to transfer and deliver to the Participant those Shares, after deduction of any applicable brokerage fees and expenses associated with the withdrawal, that have been withdrawn at the Participant&#8217;s direction.  </font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:144%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">7.2 </font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:48px;"><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;text-indent:-48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subject to Section VIII, a Participant may at any time following one year after the Award Date for any Employer Contribution(s) give written notice to the Administrative Agent to sell some or all of that portion of the Shares in the Participant&#8217;s Account that were purchased with that portion of any such Employer Contribution(s) and the Administrative Agent, upon receipt of such notice shall direct the Brokerage Agent to proceed to sell such Shares on the open market and pay to the Participant an amount equal to the net proceeds of sale after deduction of any applicable brokerage fees and expenses associated with the sale of those Shares which have been sold at the Participant&#8217;s direction.  The Participant will be responsible for paying any fees associated with these transaction types.  The Participant shall receive the cash equivalent for any fractional Shares credited to his or her Account.</font></div></td></tr></table><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">- 6 -</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s0900BCD4CC1509D29049073CCDB64905"></a><div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:right;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">Silver Standard Resources</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">Employee Share Purchase Plan</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;padding-left:96px;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subject to Section VIII, a Participant may at any time following one year after the Award Date for any Employer Contribution give written notice to the Administrative Agent to withdraw (by way of certificate or transfer) some or all of that portion of the Shares in the Participant&#8217;s Account that were purchased with that portion of the Employer Contribution(s) and in such case, the Administrative Agent shall direct the Brokerage agent upon receipt of such notice to transfer and deliver to the Participant those Shares that have been withdrawn at the Participant&#8217;s direction.  The Participant will be responsible for paying any fees associated with these transaction types.  The Participant shall receive the cash equivalent for any fractional Shares credited to his or her Account.</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Sale or Withdrawal on Termination of Employment or Plan Termination</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:144%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">7.3 </font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">In the event of the termination of employment with the Company or any other Employer for any reason, including retirement or death of a Participant, or in the event the Plan is terminated pursuant to Section 10.2, the Administrative Agent shall, as directed by the Participant, the Participant&#8217;s beneficiary or the legal representatives of the Participant&#8217;s estate, as applicable, direct the Brokerage Agent to transfer and deliver or sell all the Shares in the Participant&#8217;s Account and deliver the net proceeds to the Participant, the Participant&#8217;s beneficiary or the legal representatives of the Participant&#8217;s estate, as applicable.  The Participant, beneficiary or legal representatives of the Participant&#8217;s estate, as applicable, shall provide the Administrative Agent with directions in accordance with this Section 7.3 within 90 days of the termination of employment, retirement or death of a Participant or Plan termination, as applicable.  If no direction is received by the Administrative Agent within such time period, the Administrative Agent shall direct the Brokerage Agent to a) for Canadian Participants, direct the Brokerage Agent to transfer and deliver the Shares in the Participant&#8217;s Account to an individual account; b) for non-Canadian Participants, direct the Brokerage Agent to sell all Shares and deliver the cash proceeds to the Participant.  The Participant will be responsible for paying any fees for issuance of share certificates or transfer requests.  Share may be sold to cover fees associated with these transaction types.  The Participant shall receive the cash equivalent for any fractional Shares credited to his or her Account.  </font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">7.4</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The Participant shall be responsible for ensuring compliance with the provisions of the </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">Income Tax Act </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(Canada) the Code, as well as any applicable U.S. state laws (U.S.A.) in respect of the tax consequences resulting from any transfer or sale of Shares from a Participant&#8217;s Account.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;text-indent:-48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Section VIII &#8211; Blackout Periods </font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:144%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">8.1 </font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">No Employee or Participant shall be permitted to enrol in the Plan, commence, vary, stop or restart Participant Contributions or sell or withdraw any Shares from the Plan while such Employee or Participant is subject to a Blackout Period. Any notice to enrol in the Plan, commence, vary, stop or restart Participant Contributions or sell or withdraw Shares will shall only be effective as set out in Section 8.2.   </font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:144%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">8.2</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">In respect of Employees or Participants affected by the provisions of Section 8.1:</font></div></td></tr></table><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">- 7 -</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s0900BCD4CC1509D29049073CCDB64905"></a><div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:right;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">Silver Standard Resources</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">Employee Share Purchase Plan</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:144%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:24px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">a)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">for purposes of enrolment in the Plan under Section 3.3, in the event that the first Business Day of a calendar quarter falls within a Blackout Period, enrolment will be effective on the first Business day after the Blackout Period ends; </font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:144%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:24px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">b)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">for purposes of the commencement of Participant Contributions under Section 4.1, in the event that the first Pay Period for the calendar quarter following receipt of notice occurs during a Blackout Period, payroll deductions will commence with the first payroll period following the end of the Blackout Period;&#160; </font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:144%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:24px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">c)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">for purposes of varying Participant Contributions under Section 4.2, stopping Participant Contributions under Section 4.3 or restarting Participant Contributions under Section 4.7, in the event the notice to vary, stop or restart Participant Contributions is received during a Blackout Period or should the first Pay Period following the receipt of such notice occur within a Blackout Period, Participant Contributions will be varied, stopped or restarted commencing on the first Enrolment Date following the end of the applicable Blackout Period.&#160;</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:144%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:24px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">d)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">any notice to sell or withdraw Shares made by Participant under Sections 7.1 or 7.2 will only be valid if the notice is served and the sale or withdrawal occurs outside of a Blackout Period.&#160; &#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;<br></font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;text-indent:-48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Section IX &#8211; Administration and Participant Accounts</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Administration</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; 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The Committee may delegate to any persons, group of persons, including Employees of the Company, or to the Administrative Agent, such administrative duties and powers as it sees fit.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Participant Accounts</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:144%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">9.4</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">The Administrative Agent shall maintain, or cause to be maintained, one or more separate accounts for each Participant.  The Administrative Agent shall credit to the account of a Participant all Participant Contributions made by such Participant, all Employer Contributions awarded, and all Shares acquired.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Participant Account Statements</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:144%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">9.5</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">The Administrative Agent shall provide a statement of account to each Participant setting out the activity relating to the Participant&#8217;s Account on an annual basis. The statement of account to each Participant shall include information as agreed to between the Administrative Agent and the Company.</font></div></td></tr></table><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">- 8 -</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s0900BCD4CC1509D29049073CCDB64905"></a><div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:right;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">Silver Standard Resources</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">Employee Share Purchase Plan</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:144%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">9.6</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Except as otherwise provided in this plan, the Employer shall pay all costs of administering the Plan, including without limitation all the fees and expenses of the Administrative Agent.  All brokerage fees relating to the acquisition of Shares shall be borne by the Company or the applicable Employer.  All brokerage and other fees relating to the sale or withdrawal of Shares shall be paid by the relevant Participants.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">No Share Value Guarantee</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:144%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">9.7</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">The Company makes no representation or warranty as to the future market value of any Shares acquired in accordance with the provisions of the Plan.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;text-indent:-48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;text-indent:-48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Section X &#8211;Amendment and Termination</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Amendment</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:144%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">10.1</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">The Committee may amend or suspend at any time, and from time to time, all or any of the provisions of the Plan at its sole and complete discretion, except that no such amendment shall operate so as to deprive a Participant of any Shares or any Employer Contributions credited to a Participant&#8217;s Account or otherwise due to a Participant prior to the date thereof.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any provision of the Plan contravenes any applicable law or regulation or any rule, regulation, by-law or policy of any regulatory authority or stock exchange having jurisdiction or authority over the Company, any other Employer or the Plan, then the Committee may amend such provision, retroactively or prospectively, to the extent required to bring such provision into compliance therewith.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Plan Termination</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:144%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">10.2</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">The Committee reserves the right, in its sole and complete discretion, to terminate the Plan, in whole or in part, at any time provided that no such termination shall operate so as to deprive a Participant of any Shares or Employer Contributions credited to a Participant&#8217;s Account or otherwise due to a Participant prior to the date thereof.  </font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;text-indent:-48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Section XI &#8211; Miscellaneous Provisions </font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Participant&#8217;s Rights not Transferable</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:144%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">11.1</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Except as provided herein or as required by applicable legislation, the rights of a Participant pursuant to the provisions of the Plan are non-assignable and non-transferable, in whole or in part.  No attempted assignment or transfer thereof, otherwise than in accordance with the provisions hereof, shall be effective.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">No Effect on Employment</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:144%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">11.2</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Participation in the Plan by an Employee shall be voluntary.  The terms of employment of an Employee shall not be affected by his or her participation in the Plan.  Nothing contained in the Plan or in any documentation pertaining thereto shall confer upon any Participant any right with respect to continuance of employment by the Employer or interfere in any way with the right of the Employer </font></div></td></tr></table><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">- 9 -</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s0900BCD4CC1509D29049073CCDB64905"></a><div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:right;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">Silver Standard Resources</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">Employee Share Purchase Plan</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:144%;padding-left:48px;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">to terminate the employment of any Participant.  Under no circumstances shall any person, who is or has at any time been a Participant, be able to claim from the Employer or any related person any sum or other benefit to compensate for loss of any rights or benefits under or in connection with this Plan or by reason of his or her participation herein.  For greater certainty, a period of notice or payment in lieu thereof, if any, upon termination of employment, wrongful or otherwise, shall not be considered as extending the period of employment for purposes of the Plan.</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Jurisdiction</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:144%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">11.3</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">This Plan shall be construed, enforced and administered in accordance with the laws of the Province of British Columbia and laws of Canada applicable therein. </font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;padding-left:96px;text-indent:-48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Withholdings</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:144%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">11.4</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">The Company, or any applicable Employer, may withhold or cause to be withheld from any amount payable to a Participant, either under this Plan or otherwise, such amount as may be required by law to be withheld with respect to any tax or other required deductions and may, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, cause to be sold a Participant&#8217;s Plan Shares to the extent required in order to effect any such withholding or other required deduction.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;padding-left:96px;text-indent:-48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Information to be Provided</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:144%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">11.5</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Each Participant and other person entitled to benefits under the Plan shall, upon request, furnish such information as may be required by the Employer, Committee or the Administrative Agent in order to administer the Plan including, without limitation, to make the payments under Section 7.2.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;padding-left:96px;text-indent:-48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Severability</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:144%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">11.6</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">If any provision or part of the Plan is determined to be void or unenforceable in whole or in part, such determination shall not affect the validity or enforcement of any other provision or part of the Plan.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">11.7&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 409A</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:96px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:144%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:72px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">(a)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">This Plan and the benefits provided under it to U.S. Participants are intended to comply with the short-term deferral exemption under Section 409A of the Code (&#8220;Section 409A&#8221;), and the regulations and other interpretive guidance promulgated thereunder, as in effect from time to time.  Notwithstanding the forgoing or any provisions of the Plan to the contrary, if the Company determines that such exemption is not applicable to the Plan benefits, or any provision of the Plan contravenes Section 409A or could cause the U.S. Participant to incur any tax, interest or penalties under Section 409A, the Committee may, in its sole discretion and without any Participant&#8217;s consent, modify such provision and any appropriate policies and procedures, including amendments and policies with retroactive effect, and take such other actions as the Committee determines necessary or appropriate (x) to comply with, or avoid being subject to, Section 409A, or to avoid the incurrence of any taxes, interest and penalties under Section 409A, and/or (y) preserve, to the maximum extent practicable, the intended tax treatment of the benefits provided by the Plan without materially increasing </font></div></td></tr></table><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">- 10 -</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s0900BCD4CC1509D29049073CCDB64905"></a><div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:right;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">Silver Standard Resources</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">Employee Share Purchase Plan</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:144%;padding-left:96px;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">the cost to the Company or contravening the provisions of Section 409A. This Section 11.7(a) does not create an obligation on the part of the Company to modify the Plan and does not guarantee that Plan benefits will not be subject to taxes, interest and penalties under Section 409A. </font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:96px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:144%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:72px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">(b)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">If a U.S. Participant becomes entitled to receive payment from such Participant&#8217;s Account as a result of his or her &#8220;separation from service&#8221; (within the meaning of Section 409A), and the U.S. Participant is a &#8220;specified employee&#8221; (within the meaning of Section 409A) at the time of his or her separation from service, and the Committee makes a good faith determination that (i) all or a portion of the Participant Account constitutes &#8220;deferred compensation&#8221; (within the meaning of Section 409A) and (ii) any such deferred compensation that would otherwise be payable during the six-month period following such separation from service is required to be delayed pursuant to the six-month delay rule set forth in Section 409A in order to avoid taxes or penalties under Section 409A, then payment of such &#8220;deferred compensation&#8221; shall not be made to the U.S. Participant before the date which is six months after the date of his or her separation from service (and shall be paid in a single lump sum, without interest, on the first day of the seventh month following the date of such separation from service) or, if earlier, the U.S. Participant&#8217;s date of death.  </font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">- 11 -</font></div></div>	</body>
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<a name="s91C00E9437279C97E43607413B67AE70"></a><div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Silver Standard Resources Inc. of our report dated February 20, 2014 relating to the consolidated financial statements and the effectiveness of the internal control over financial reporting, which appears in Silver Standard Resources Inc.&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 40-F for the year ended December&#160;31, 2013.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</font></div><div style="line-height:130%;padding-bottom:6px;padding-top:6px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Chartered Accountants</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Vancouver, British Columbia <br>May 20, 2014</font></div><div style="line-height:130%;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:130%;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><br><div></div>	</body>
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<a name="s98DE2AFEA903494A063E07481B056875"></a><div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">CONSENT OF EXPERT</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Reference is made to the report, Technical Report for the San Luis Project Feasibility Study, Ancash Department, Peru dated June 4, 2010 (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Report</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;), and the information contained in the Report that I reviewed and approved.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">In connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Silver Standard Resources Inc. dated May 20, 2014 and any amendments thereto, including any post-effective amendments (collectively, the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Registration Statement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;), I, F. Carl Edmunds, consent to the use of my name and references to the Report, or portions thereof, in the Registration Statement and to the inclusion or incorporation by reference of information derived from the Report in the Registration Statement. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">I have read the Registration Statement and have no reason to believe that there are any misrepresentations in the information contained therein that are derived from the Report or that are within my knowledge as a result of the preparation of the Report. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Dated this 20th day of May, 2014.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Yours truly,</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;">&#160;&#160; /s/ F. Carl Edmunds</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">F. Carl Edmunds</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="sA41F1A9A6604AA68402607481B37E4E5"></a><div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">CONSENT OF EXPERT</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Reference is made to the reports, NI 43-101 Technical Report on the Pitarrilla Project, Durango State, Mexico dated effective December 14, 2012 and Technical Report for the San Luis Project Feasibility Study, Ancash Department, Peru dated June 4, 2010 (collectively, the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Reports</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;), and the information contained in the Reports that I prepared, or reviewed and approved.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">In connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Silver Standard Resources Inc. dated May 20, 2014 and any amendments thereto, including any post-effective amendments (collectively, the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Registration Statement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;), I, Andrew W. Sharp, consent to the use of my name and references to the Reports, or portions thereof, in the Registration Statement and to the inclusion or incorporation by reference of information derived from the Reports in the Registration Statement. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">I have read the Registration Statement and have no reason to believe that there are any misrepresentations in the information contained therein that are derived from the Reports or that are within my knowledge as a result of the preparation of the Reports. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Dated this 20th day of May, 2014.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Yours truly,</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;">&#160;&#160; /s/ Andrew W. Sharp</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Andrew W. Sharp, B.Eng., FausIMM</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="sC15BF72453DC58AE132D07481B5FCFB0"></a><div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">CONSENT OF EXPERT</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Reference is made to the reports, NI 43-101 Technical Report on the Pirquitas Mine, Jujuy Province, Argentina dated December 23, 2011, NI 43-101 Technical Report on the Pitarrilla Project, Durango State, Mexico dated December 14, 2012 and Technical Report for the San Luis Project Feasibility Study, Ancash Department, Peru dated June 4, 2010 (collectively, the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Reports</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;), and the information contained in the Reports that I prepared, or reviewed and approved.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">In connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Silver Standard Resources Inc. dated May 20, 2014 and any amendments thereto, including any post-effective amendments (collectively, the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Registration Statement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;), I, Trevor J. Yeomans, consent to the use of my name and references to the Reports, or portions thereof, in the Registration Statement and to the inclusion or incorporation by reference of information derived from the Reports in the Registration Statement. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">I have read the Registration Statement and have no reason to believe that there are any misrepresentations in the information contained therein that are derived from the Reports or that are within my knowledge as a result of the preparation of the Reports. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Dated this 20th day of May, 2014.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Yours truly,</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;">&#160;&#160; /s/ Trevor J. Yeomans</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Trevor J. Yeomans, B.Sc. (Hons), ACSM, P.Eng.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div>	</body>
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<a name="sD6E3202B677B5DD8967A074B01F98B3F"></a><div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">CONSENT OF EXPERT</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Reference is made to my report, NI 43-101 Technical Report on the Pirquitas Mine, Jujuy Province, Argentina dated December 23, 2011 (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Report</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;). </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">In connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Silver Standard Resources Inc. dated May 20, 2014 and any amendments thereto, including any post-effective amendments (collectively, the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Registration Statement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;), I, Warwick S. Board, consent to the use of my name and references to the Report, or portions thereof, in the Registration Statement and to the inclusion or incorporation by reference of information derived from the Report in the Registration Statement. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">I have read the Registration Statement and have no reason to believe that there are any misrepresentations in the information contained therein that are derived from the Report or that are within my knowledge as a result of the preparation of the Report. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Dated this 20th day of May, 2014.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Yours truly,</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;">&#160;&#160; /s/ Warwick S. Board&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Warwick S. Board, P.Geo.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:56px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s7E75E137A5FE17505C50074B0217C630"></a><div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">CONSENT OF EXPERT</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Reference is made to my report, NI 43-101 Technical Report on the Pirquitas Mine, Jujuy Province, Argentina dated December 23, 2011 (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Report</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;). </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">In connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Silver Standard Resources Inc. dated May 20, 2014 and any amendments thereto, including any post-effective amendments (collectively, the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Registration Statement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;), I, R. Bruce Kennedy, consent to the use of my name and references to the Report, or portions thereof, in the Registration Statement and to the inclusion or incorporation by reference of information derived from the Report in the Registration Statement. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">I have read the Registration Statement and have no reason to believe that there are any misrepresentations in the information contained therein that are derived from the Report or that are within my knowledge as a result of the preparation of the Report. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Dated this 20th day of May, 2014.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Yours truly,</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;">&#160;&#160; /s/ R. Bruce Kennedy&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">R. Bruce Kennedy, P.E.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div>	</body>
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<a name="sB20F3AA2F03304E47F9F074CB14CDD0C"></a><div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">CONSENT OF EXPERT</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Reference is made to my report, NI 43-101 Technical Report on the Pitarrilla Project, Durango State, Mexico dated effective December 14, 2012 (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Report</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">In connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Silver Standard Resources Inc. dated May 20, 2014 and any amendments thereto, including any post-effective amendments (collectively, the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Registration Statement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;), I, Kelly G. Boychuk, consent to the use of my name and references to the Report, or portions thereof, in the Registration Statement and to the inclusion or incorporation by reference of information derived from the Report in the Registration Statement. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">I have read the Registration Statement and have no reason to believe that there are any misrepresentations in the information contained therein that are derived from the Report or that are within my knowledge as a result of the preparation of the Report. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Dated this 20th day of May, 2014.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Yours truly,</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;">&#160;&#160; /s/ Kelly G. Boychuk&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Kelly G. Boychuk, MBA, P.Eng.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="sE3CC2994AA8439D8201B074CB17E71C0"></a><div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">CONSENT OF EXPERT</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Reference is made to my report, NI 43-101 Technical Report on the Pitarrilla Project, Durango State, Mexico dated effective December 14, 2012 (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Report</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;). </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">In connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Silver Standard Resources Inc. dated May 20, 2014 and any amendments thereto, including any post-effective amendments (collectively, the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Registration Statement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;), I, Dawn H. Garcia, consent to the use of my name and references to the Report, or portions thereof, in the Registration Statement and to the inclusion or incorporation by reference of information derived from the Report in the Registration Statement. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">I have read the Registration Statement and have no reason to believe that there are any misrepresentations in the information contained therein that are derived from the Report or that are within my knowledge as a result of the preparation of the Report. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Dated this 20th day of May, 2014.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Yours truly,</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;">&#160;&#160; /s/ Dawn H. Garcia&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Dawn H. Garcia, P.G., C.P.G.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s821A569924D2D9592A2D074CB19CE679"></a><div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">CONSENT OF EXPERT</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Reference is made to my report, NI 43-101 Technical Report on the Pitarrilla Project, Durango State, Mexico dated effective December 14, 2012 (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Report</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">In connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Silver Standard Resources Inc. dated May 20, 2014 and any amendments thereto, including any post-effective amendments (collectively, the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Registration Statement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;), I, Jeremy D. Vincent, consent to the use of my name and references to the Report, or portions thereof, in the Registration Statement and to the inclusion or incorporation by reference of information derived from the Report in the Registration Statement. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">I have read the Registration Statement and have no reason to believe that there are any misrepresentations in the information contained therein that are derived from the Report or that are within my knowledge as a result of the preparation of the Report. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Dated this 20th day of May, 2014.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Yours truly,</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;">&#160;&#160; /s/ Jeremy D. 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<a name="s812E5B8AC4F88B690F6C074E86E1BEB2"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">CONSENT OF EXPERT</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Reference is made to my report, Technical Report for the San Luis Project Feasibility Study, Ancash Department, Peru dated June 4, 2010 (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Report</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">In connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Silver Standard Resources Inc. dated May 20, 2014 and any amendments thereto, including any post-effective amendments (collectively, the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Registration Statement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;), I, Donald F. Earnest, consent to the use of my name and references to the Report, or portions thereof, in the Registration Statement and to the inclusion or incorporation by reference of information derived from the Report in the Registration Statement. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">I have read the Registration Statement and have no reason to believe that there are any misrepresentations in the information contained therein that are derived from the Report or that are within my knowledge as a result of the preparation of the Report. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Dated this 20th day of May, 2014.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Yours truly,</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;">&#160;&#160; /s/ Donald F. Earnest&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Donald F. Earnest, P.G.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s1CE53DE6233D086A79BD074E8709FFE9"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">CONSENT OF EXPERT</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Reference is made to my report, Technical Report for the San Luis Project Feasibility Study, Ancash Department, Peru dated June 4, 2010 (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Report</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">In connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Silver Standard Resources Inc. dated May 20, 2014 and any amendments thereto, including any post-effective amendments (collectively, the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Registration Statement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;), I, Michael J. Lechner, consent to the use of my name and references to the Report, or portions thereof, in the Registration Statement and to the inclusion or incorporation by reference of information derived from the Report in the Registration Statement. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">I have read the Registration Statement and have no reason to believe that there are any misrepresentations in the information contained therein that are derived from the Report or that are within my knowledge as a result of the preparation of the Report. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Dated this 20th day of May, 2014.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Yours truly,</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;">&#160;&#160; /s/ Michael J. Lechner&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Michael J. Lechner, P.Geo.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s1898F9A3DCE487F5F167074E873BB428"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">CONSENT OF EXPERT</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Reference is made to my report, Technical Report for the San Luis Project Feasibility Study, Ancash Department, Peru dated June 4, 2010 (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Report</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">In connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Silver Standard Resources Inc. dated May 20, 2014 and any amendments thereto, including any post-effective amendments (collectively, the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Registration Statement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;), I, Steve L. Milne, consent to the use of my name and references to the Report, or portions thereof, in the Registration Statement and to the inclusion or incorporation by reference of information derived from the Report in the Registration Statement. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">I have read the Registration Statement and have no reason to believe that there are any misrepresentations in the information contained therein that are derived from the Report or that are within my knowledge as a result of the preparation of the Report. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Dated this 20th day of May, 2014.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Yours truly,</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;">&#160;&#160; /s/ Steve L. Milne&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Steve L. Milne, P.E.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s6E478016A79C2A88BF3B074E875960DB"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">CONSENT OF EXPERT</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Reference is made to my report, Technical Report for the San Luis Project Feasibility Study, Ancash Department, Peru dated June 4, 2010 (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Report</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">In connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Silver Standard Resources Inc. dated May 20, 2014 and any amendments thereto, including any post-effective amendments (collectively, the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Registration Statement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;), I, Robert M. Robb, consent to the use of my name and references to the Report, or portions thereof, in the Registration Statement and to the inclusion or incorporation by reference of information derived from the Report in the Registration Statement. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">I have read the Registration Statement and have no reason to believe that there are any misrepresentations in the information contained therein that are derived from the Report or that are within my knowledge as a result of the preparation of the Report. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Dated this 20th day of May, 2014.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Yours truly,</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;">&#160;&#160; /s/ Robert M. 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Robb, P.E.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="sD4D6FB786AD920AA4244074E878B8971"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">CONSENT OF EXPERT</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Reference is made to my report, Technical Report for the San Luis Project Feasibility Study, Ancash Department, Peru dated June 4, 2010 (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Report</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">In connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Silver Standard Resources Inc. dated May 20, 2014 and any amendments thereto, including any post-effective amendments (collectively, the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Registration Statement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;), I, Clinton Strachan, consent to the use of my name and references to the Report, or portions thereof, in the Registration Statement and to the inclusion or incorporation by reference of information derived from the Report in the Registration Statement. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">I have read the Registration Statement and have no reason to believe that there are any misrepresentations in the information contained therein that are derived from the Report or that are within my knowledge as a result of the preparation of the Report. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Dated this 20th day of May, 2014.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Yours truly,</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;">&#160;&#160; /s/ Clinton Strachan&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Clinton Strachan, P.E.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div>	</body>
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