VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 05/14/10 -- Silvermex Resources Ltd. ('Silvermex') (TSX VENTURE: SMR) is pleased to announce the planned commencement of a minimum 3,000 meter core drilling program at its San Marcial Silver project in southern Sinaloa, Mexico. The Company is also pleased to report on its recent investor relations initiatives and grant of 2,650,000 incentive stock options.