Exhibit 99.7
Certificate of Qualified Person - Carlos Chaparro
I, Carlos Chaparro, do hereby declare that:
| 1) | I currently reside in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and am currently employed as Senior Geotechnical Engineer by EBA, Engineering Consultants Ltd., with office address at 9th floor, 1066 W Hastings Street, Vancouver, British Columbia. |
| 2) | I hold a Bachelors of Science in Civil Engineering from Universidad Javeriana in Bogota, Colombia and a Masters Degree in Civil Geotechnical Engineering from University of Illinois. I have practiced as geotechnical engineer in Colombia, USA, Canada and Mexico since 1995. |
| 3) | I am a member in good standing in the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia (APEGBC), member 148633. |
| 4) | I am a co-author and Qualified Person responsible for the preparation of the Technical Report entitled: |
“SANTA ELENA EXPANSION PRE-FEASIBILITY STUDY AND OPEN PIT RESERVE UPDATE”
SONORA, MEXICO
NI 43-101 TECHNICAL REPORT
PREPARED FOR SILVERCREST MINES INC.
July 25, 2013
Effective Date: April 30, 2013
| 5) | I am responsible for sections 16.2 and 26.2 of this Technical Report. |
| 6) | As a Qualified Person for this report, I have read the National Instrument 43-101 and Companion Policy and confirm that this report has been prepared in compliance to National Instrument 43-101. |
| 7) | I have visited the Santa Elena property on the 7th, 8th, 11th and 12th of July, 2012. |
| 8) | I have worked on and visited several underground and numerous open pit mines: underground projects in Central BC, Yukon, Nunavut and Mexico; open pit projects in Northwest Territories, Yukon, Nunavut, Ontario, Alaska, Greenland, Mexico and West Africa. |
| 9) | I am independent of SilverCrest Mines Inc. as independence is described in Section 1.5 of the National Instrument 43-101. In addition, I am currently not a shareholder of SilverCrest nor am I directly entitled to financially benefit from its success. |
| 10) | Prior to this report, I have no previous involvement with the property. |
| 11) | To the best of my knowledge, information and belief, as of the Effective Date of the report, the parts of the Technical Report for which I am responsible contain all scientific and technical information that is required to be disclosed to make the Technical Report not mis-leading. |
