AVINO SILVER & GOLD MINES LTD

Term Limits

The members of the Board are elected annually. The present directors of the Company cease to hold office immediately before the election of directors at the Meeting and the directors are eligible for re-election. The Board has not adopted a formal maximum term limit for directors. The Board strives to be constituted to achieve a balance between experience and the need for renewal and fresh perspective. The Board believes, however, that the imposition of director term limits on a board implicitly discounts the value of experience and continuity amongst Board members and runs the risk of excluding experienced and potentially valuable Board members as a result of an arbitrary determination. The Board believes that it is better served with a regular assessment of the effectiveness of the Board, Board committees and individual directors rather than on arbitrary term limits.