Pan American Silver Corporation is a mining company based in Canada with operations in Latin America. The company has mines and other projects in Mexico, Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina.
It is one of the world's biggest silver producers;[1] in 2017 the company extracted 25 million ounces of Silver, 160,000 ounces of Gold, 55,300 ounces of Zinc, 21,500 tonnes of Lead, and 13,400 tonnes of Copper.[2]
History
Pan American Silver was founded in April 1994 by Ross Beaty.[3] Beaty had previously founded and run Equinox Resources, which he eventually sold to an American mining company.[3] It listed on NASDAQ in 1995 and acquired its Quiruvilca