DGSE Companies, Inc. Announces Significant Expansion of Its USBullionExchange.com Website; Retail Customers Now Have Real-Time Online Precious Metals Trading Access.

DALLAS -- DGSE Companies, Inc. (Nasdaq:DGSE), which wholesales, retails and auctions fine watches, jewelry, diamonds and precious metal and rare coin products via traditional and Internet channels, and offers consumer loans via pawn stores and its' American Pay Day Centers, announced the significant expansion of its USBullionExchange.com precious metals trading activities. E[acute accent]"We are excited to have materially expanded our online precious metals capabilities. The totally remodeled USBullionExchange.com website was developed entirely by our internal staff and for the first time allows our customers to enter immediate real-time buy and sell orders in dozens of precious metals products. The newly redesigned functionality allows our customers to fix prices in real-time and to manage their precious metals portfolios in a comprehensive way," stated William H. Oyster, President and Chief Operating Officer of DGSE Companies, Inc. "This enhancement is just the beginning of the functionality envisioned for our precious metals customers. In the near term we expect to add precious metals storage at independent third party facilities as well as a host of other valuable services. Our plan is to provide our customers with a single comprehensive location where they can research, purchase and sell and manage their portfolio activities in precious metals." E[acute accent]DGSE Companies, Inc. wholesales and retails jewelry, diamonds, fine watches and precious metal bullion and rare coin products to domestic and international customers via traditional and Internet channels. DGSE also owns Fairchild International, one of the largest vintage watch wholesalers in the country. In addition to its retail and consumer loan facilities, the Company operates live proprietary Internet auctions in jewelry, rare coins, fine watches and a full catalogue of jewelry products at its website www.dgse.com. Real-time price quotations on precious metals products and full service customer accounts in commonly traded precious metals are provided on another DGSE web site at www.USBullionExchange.com. Wholesale customers can access our full vintage watch inventory through the restricted site at www.FairchildWatches.com. E[acute accent]The company is headquartered in Dallas, Texas and its common stock trades on THE NASDAQ STOCK MARKET under the symbol "DGSE".

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