Silver Seeker Report: This Week in Mining Issue #2

Companies covered in this weekly review:
$BTG $KOR.TO $EDV.TO $GCM.TO $MAG $SKE.V $AUY

MAG Silver: Construction of the world class Juanicipio silver project continues to progress. The underground mine will commence production ahead of schedule in mid-2020. Over 25km of underground development has been completed to date. There are slight capital-cost over-runs relative to the January 2018 estimate, now estimated at $440m ($194m attributable to MAG). The ramp up will take some time on this large underground mine but this won’t really impact profitability as silver grades are highest in the earlier years. The project is now expected to reach 85% of nameplate capacity in Q4 2021 (up from 65% previously) and 90-95% in 2022. Commissioning of the flotation plant will start mid-2021.