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Pan American-La Colorado

Operational Mines

La Colorada is an underground polymetallic silver mine located in Zacatecas, Mexico, and was acquired by Pan American in 1998. Silver, gold, zinc, and lead mineralization is present as epithermal veins, breccia pipes, mantos, and lime stone replacements in three main zones known as Candelaria, Estrella, and Recompense. The mining method used at all three mines is cut and fill stoping.

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La Colorada is an underground polymetallic...


Peñasquito Polymetallic Mine

Operational Mines

The Peñasquito Polymetallic Mine is the fifth largest silver mine in the world and the second largest in Mexico. It is located in north-eastern corner of the State of Zacatecas and is wholly owned by Newmont Goldcorp. It is an open pit operation which began operations in March 2010, but still managed to produce 13,952,600 ounces of silver that year. Estimated reserves for the Peñasquito Mine...

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The Peñasquito Polymetallic Mine is the fifth...


Pitarrilla Mine

Operational Mines

The Pitarrilla deposit is a large silver deposit located in north central Mexico in the state of Durango. Pitarrilla represents one of the largest unexploited silver resources in Mexico and in the world having estimated reserves of 479 million oz of silver. The deposit also has reserves amounting to 157.2 million tonnes of ore grading 0.29% lead and 0.79% zinc.

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The Pitarrilla deposit is a large silver...


Planchas de Plata, Sonora

Operational Mines

Planchas de Plata (Spanish for slabs of silver), sometimes called Bolas de Plata (balls of silver) is a historic silver-mining district near Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, and a few miles south of the border with the US state of Arizona. Native silver was discovered here in 1736 by Antonio Siraumea, a Yaqui Indian, on the Rancho Arizona of Bernardo de Urrea. Historian Donald Garate believes Urrea's...

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San Juan Bautista de Sonora

Operational Mines

Real de San Juan Bautista de Sonora was the location of one of the first silver mines in Sonora, then part of New Spain.

Now ruined, it lies near to the town of Cumpas, founded in 1643 by the Jesuit missionary Egidio Monteffio.

The name of Sonora seems to have first been given to the principal valley or to the San Juan Bautista mining district, and later was used for the whole province.

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Real de San Juan Bautista de Sonora was the...


Imider Silver Mine

Operational Mines

Imider is the biggest mine on the African continent, and 7th largest producer of silver in the world. It is also home to a 5-year long fight (preceded by decades of mobilizations), as a group of protesters has been living on Mount Alebban, about 300km east of Marrakesh, since August 2011. The mine is run by Societe Metallurgique d'Imider (SMI), founded in 1969. SMI started extracting silver in...

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Imider is the biggest mine on the African...


Maya Gold & Silver

Operational Mines

Maya Gold & Silver’s goal is to create shareholder value by generating revenue and robust growth through acquisition and exploration programs. Our experienced team of directors and officers have, between them, opened and operated several precious and base metal mines around the world. Maya is concentrating its efforts on developing its flagship project, the Zgounder Silver Mine, to...

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Arcata Mine

Operational Mines

The Arcata unit is located in the Department of Arequipa in southern Peru, approximately 300 kilometres from the city of Arequipa, on a 47,000 hectare site, at an altitude of 4,600 metres above sea level. Arcata is a 100% owned underground operation. The Company began developing and preparing the Arcata mine in 1961 and the first concentrate was poured in 1964.

The Arcata mine is conformed by...

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The Arcata unit is located in the Department...


Azuca Mine

Operational Mines

The Azuca mine is a large silver mine located in the south of Peru in Ayacucho Region. Azuca represents one of the largest silver reserve in Peru and in the world having estimated reserves of 42.7 million oz of silver.

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The Azuca mine is a large silver mine located...


Buenaventura

Operational Mines

Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. is a Peruvian precious metals producer with over 64 years of experience in exploration, development, construction and mining operations.

We commenced our activities in 1953 with the acquisition of the Julcani Mine in Huancavelica. Ever since then, we have worked to develop a business culture based on caring for the environment, as well as the health and...

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Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. is a...


Crespo Mine

Operational Mines

The Crespo mine is a large silver mine located in the south of Peru in Ayacucho Region. Crespo represents one of the largest silver reserve in Peru and in the world having estimated reserves of 28.8 million oz of silver.

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The Crespo mine is a large silver mine located...


Inmaculada

Operational Mines

Inmaculada is a 20,000 hectare two-third gold and one-third silver mine consisting of 40 mining concessions located in the Ayacucho Department in southern Peru. Inmaculada is 112 kilometres from the Pallancata operation. The concession rights and interests in Inmaculada were owned by Minera Suyamarca S.A.C., through which the Group previously held a 60% controlling stake in Inmaculada, with...

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Inmaculada is a 20,000 hectare two-third gold...


Pallancata Mine

Operational Mines

The 100% owned Pallancata silver/gold property is located in the Department of Ayacucho in southern Peru, approximately 160 kilometres from the Arcata operation. Pallancata commenced production in 2007 and up until December 2013 was a joint venture, in which Hochschild held a controlling interest of 60% with International Minerals Corporation (“IMZ”). Following the purchase of IMZ,...

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The 100% owned Pallancata silver/gold property...


Pan American-Huaron mine

Operational Mines

The mine was acquired by Pan American in 2001. Silver, zinc, lead, and copper mineralization is present as epithermal veins, mantos, and limestone replacements. Mining is undertaken using a combination of mechanized sub-level long hole stoping, and mechanical and conventional cut and fill.

Huaron operates an 870,000 tonne per year nominal capacity mill using froth induced flotation technology...

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The mine was acquired by Pan American in 2001....


Pan American-Morococha Mine

Operational Mines

Pan American entered into an agreement in 2004 to purchase the mine and currently has a total ownership interest of approximately 92.3%. Silver, zinc, lead, and copper mineralization is present as a complex system of epithermal veins, mantos, and limestone replacements.

Underground mining operations at Morococha consist primarily of conventional and mechanized overhand cut and fill, long hole...

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Pan American entered into an agreement in 2004...


Polkowice-Sieroszowice mine

Operational Mines

The Polkowice-Sieroszowice mine is a large mine in the west of Poland near Polkowice and Sieroszowice, Polkowice County, 350 km south-west of the capital, Warsaw. Polkowice-Sieroszowice represents one of the largest copper and silver reserve in Poland having estimated reserves of 387 million tonnes of ore grading 2.65% copper and 54 g/tonnes silver. The annual ore production is around 11...

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The Polkowice-Sieroszowice mine is a large...


Gümüşköy mine

Operational Mines

The Gümüşköy mine is a large silver mine located in the west of Turkey in Aydın Province. Gümüşköy represents one of the largest silver reserve in Turkey and in the world having estimated reserves of 640 million oz of silver.

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The Gümüşköy mine is a large silver mine...


Coeur-Rochester

Operational Mines

The Rochester mine and associated heap leach facilities is a​n open pit silver and gold mine, located in Pershing County, Nevada, approximately 13 miles northeast of the city of Lovelock. The Company owns 100% of the Rochester mine through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Coeur Rochester, Inc.. The mine consists of the main Rochester deposit and the adjacent Nevada Packard deposit, southwest of...

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The Rochester mine and associated heap leach...


Coeur-Wharf

Operational Mines

The Wharf mine is an open pit, heap leach operation located in the Northern Black Hills of South Dakota acquired by Coeur in February 2015. The property consists of several areas of adjoining gold mineralization, and silver by-product, which have been mined as a series of open pits.

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The Wharf mine is an open pit, heap leach...


Silver Islet

Historical Mines

In 1868, one of the richest veins of silver was discovered on Silver Islet,a tiny Island located at the tip of the Sibley Peninsula in Lake Superior, by the Montreal Mining Company. The company sold it in 1870 to an American, Alexander H. Sibley, who formed the Silver Islet Mining Company.

The mine was extremely difficult to set up but it proved worthwhile as it ended up being one of the most...

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In 1868, one of the richest veins of silver...