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The Silver Institute is a non profit international association that draws its membership from across the breadth of the silver industry. This includes leading silver mining houses, refiners, bullion suppliers, manufacturers of silver products and wholesalers of silver investment products. Established in 1971, the Institute serves as the industry’s voice in increasing public understanding of the many uses and values of silver. The goals of The Silver Institute are to, encourage the development and uses of silver and silver products, help develop markets for silver and its product, foster research and development related to the present and prospective uses of silver, collect and publish statistics and other information about production, distribution, marketing, consumption and the uses of silver and silver products and to spread knowledge and understanding of the uses of silver.

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Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation is one of the world's leading silver companies and also a significant gold producer. The Company’s three new long-life mines include the San Bartolomé silver mine in Bolivia which began operations in 2008, the Palmarejo silver/gold mine in Mexico, which began operations in 2009, and the Kensington gold mine in Alaska, which begins operations in the third quarter 2010. The Company also owns underground mines in southern Chile and Argentina and one surface mine in Nevada , and owns a non-operating interest in a low-cost mine in Australia . The Company conducts exploration activities in Alaska, Argentina, Chile and Mexico. Coeur common shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CDE, the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol CDM, and its CHESS Depositary Interests are traded on the Australian Securities Exchange under symbol CXC.

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Fresnillo plc is the world’s largest primary silver producer and Mexico’s second largest gold producer, listed on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol FRES. The company has four producing mines, all of them in Mexico - Fresnillo, Ciénega, Herradura and Soledad-Dipolos; one development project - Saucito; and three advanced exploration prospects - San Juan, San Julián, Orysivo, as well as a number of other long term exploration prospects and, in total, has mining concessions covering approximately 1.75 million hectares in Mexico. Fresnillo has a strong and long tradition of mining, a proven track record of mining development and reserves replacement, and a low cost of production, being in the lowest quartile of the cost curve for both silver and gold. Fresnillo's goal is to maintain the Group’s position as the world’s largest primary silver company, producing 65 million ounces of silver and over 400,000 ounces of gold by 2018.

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ETF Securities is a provider of Exchange Traded Products (ETFs, Commodity ETCs and Currency ETCs). The management of ETF Securities pioneered the development of ETCs, with the world's first listing of an ETC, Gold Bullion Securities in Australia and London in 2003 and then the world's first entire ETC platform which was listed on the London Stock Exchange in September 2006.

ETF Securities now offers more than 180 Exchange Traded Products (ETPs). The ETPs provide investors with a wide variety of investment strategies, with ETPs offering access to asset classes such as equities, currencies and commodities with physical, long, forward, leveraged and short exposure.

ETPs are simple to access as they are traded in five currencies (EUR, USD, GBP, JPY and AUD) and listed on nine major exchanges globally including the London Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange, the Tokyo Stock Exchange, NYSE-Euronext Paris, NYSE-Euronext Amsterdam, Deutsche Börse, Borsa Italiana, the Australian Securities Exchange and the Irish Stock Exchange.

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Pan American Silver Corp. was founded in 1994 with the mission to be the world’s largest and lowest cost primary silver mining company and to achieve this by constantly increasing its low cost silver production and silver reserves.

In 2009, Pan American commissioned the Manantial Espejo mine in Argentina and the San Vicente mine expansion in Bolivia. Today, Pan American owns eight silver mining operations in Mexico, Peru, Argentina and Bolivia. Pan American also owns the Navidad project, one of the largest undeveloped silver deposits in the world and is the operator of the La Preciosa silver joint-venture project.

In 2009, the Company produced a record 23 million ounces of silver and over 100,000 ounces of gold. In 2010, Pan American expects to produce 23.5 million ounces and 85,000 ounces of gold at its eight operating mines. This year, Pan American also expects to finalize a resource definition and metallurgical testing program at the La Preciosa silver project, which will ultimately lead to a full feasibility report by the end of the year and to commence a resource definition drilling and metallurgical testing program at the Navidad project.

Pan American has a world-class portfolio of development projects and the second-largest silver resource in its sector.

Please visit: www.panamericansilver.com

 

 

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FT Mandate is essential reading for buy-side decision makers, providing unrivalled coverage of the global institutional investment arena. It features interviews with senior industry figures from the world’s leading investment banks, pension schemes and fund groups to bring you in-depth analysis of all the key trends in asset management, trading, technology and securities.

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PWM is the only title dedicated to the European wealth management and fund distribution markets. Each issue provides detailed information on investment product mechanics, in-depth analysis of market trends and comparative data on rival products.

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Europe’s most influential mining news website, Minesite is a free daily e-newspaper that provides informed and independent comment on mining companies, markets, metals and minerals. Minesite contains insight into thousands of mining and exploration companies across the globe in articles written by some of the industry’s most respected names.

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