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| On the silver, it's probably not exactly where we expect to have it when you look at the gold silver ratio, but it's really supported by that strong industrial demand |
| And for that you should not sit on big debt, you should use that very carefully and you should always maintain a strong balance sheet and that gives you that flexibility |
| Lot of people that we added, very successful, I think, to the Pan American way how we do business |
| I think it's not the right time to do right now and very strong financial position |
| I think it has been a very, attractive price that we got but also very nice deal for both sides, really |
| So it's very recent, very successful integration, I think, of those assets, four mines, two very large, Peñón and Jacobina, but four mines |
| So that's… Michael Steinmann And as I said, it's really -- the strong balance sheet is really what helps |
| I look at it and say this is the best already built silver mine in the world |
| And that's -- I think it's a great way for us to harvest that value but not have to run the same side, but take advantage of the silver side |
| And when you layer on top of that strong industrial demand, some investment buying when that comes back that should be a pretty good run for the silver price |
| But good commitment to the process from all sides, which I think is the most important part to continue |
| But you know what, at the end, it's a really nice portfolio |
| And it's really because we maintained the mining in good shape, the plant in great shape, everything, to accelerate that process |
| Now we generate enough cash to easily do that, and we love paying dividend |
| But it took really -- a very nice process over the last, I would call it, year and a half, a lot of meetings, it's very prescribed how to do this |
| So I think layering on top of the strong dividend payment, share buyback, very opportunistic for this situation, makes a lot of sense |
| And there was a lot of very positive remarks that I received here |
| And it's -- I always said that, mining, you need strong balance sheets |
| We didn't find really the edge yet, we are close to 300 million ton in resource already and that will continue to grow |
| And maybe just a very quick recap of last year just because it was such an exceptional year last year |
| Actually, transaction increased our silver production last year by about 11%, but a 60% increase on the gold production at the moment as well, that will be followed up at some silver projects, of course, here down the road |
| I think when you look at country risks and this distribution, it's a very nice diversification that we have, and I really want to maintain that |
| Gold prices are obviously pretty strong too |
| It's great to have it |
| And I think we have the technology available to be very productive with underground mining |
| Jackie Przybylowski Does especially -- specialization that you have in Latin America give you an advantage in terms of negotiating with communities and governments or just interacting with governments in general? Do you feel like you have sort of a better understanding of the region than some of your peers might? Michael Steinmann Absolutely |
| But I think the reason is that we are very decentralized and that's really what helps us to run all these assets |
| And I think it's unbelievably important |
| It's good to have access to the to the property at least so you can do that |
| Would you -- is it fair to say your first impressions of the new mines minister and deputy are fairly pro mining or constructive so far? Michael Steinmann I think they're very, very constructive with the process of the consultation, that's really what we are focusing on it |
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| And you know, to be fair, quite some disappointments in our quarterly numbers, because we were just finding that ventilation problem that can only be solved with that ventilation shaft, which you do two or three rounds, a day, you can only dig that fast, and it just takes time |
| It's one of our biggest silver producers and has caused a lot of headaches over the last two years |
| Just because the metal price is a bit higher at a certain time doesn't really justify to buy a mediocre asset, because you know when you go through the cycles, you're going to have troubles with that |
| So it's very difficult for the precious metals sector to buyback shares |
| I think, you know, it was a bit of a slow process, the transition, bit issues on the transition side |
| I think it's probably fair to say that that change of government has probably slowed it a little bit down, just normal people have to get back up to speed, et cetera |
| When you look at the number quite a deficit in the silver market over the last few years |
| And the underground component, as we know, not only in Mexico but it will get harder and harder, I think, in the next 40, 50 years for big open pits |
| Obviously, you have to be reacting, able to react to opportunity |
| But we still have quite high metal prices |
| I think when you look at today where we stand, we have investor outflows on the ETFs and silver and gold continuously |
| One is a geological reason |
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