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First Majestic Silver Corp T.AG

Alternate Symbol(s):  AG

First Majestic Silver Corp. is a mining company. It is focused on silver and gold production in Mexico and the United States. It owns and operates the San Dimas Silver/Gold Mine, the Santa Elena Silver/Gold Mine, and the La Encantada Silver Mine, and a portfolio of development and exploration assets, including the Jerritt Canyon Gold project located in northeastern Nevada, United States. It also owns and operates its own minting facility, First Mint, LLC, and offers a portion of its silver production for sale to the public. The San Dimas Silver/Gold Mine is located over 130 kilometers (km) northwest of the city of Durango, Durango State, Mexico and consists of 71,868 hectares of mining claims located in the states of Durango and Sinaloa, Mexico. The Santa Elena Silver/Gold Mine is located over 150 km northeast of the city of Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. The La Encantada Silver Mine is an underground mine located in the northern Mexico State of Coahuila, 708 km northeast of Torreon.


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Comment by b00gn1shon Aug 15, 2008 12:51pm
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RE: Second Quarter Financial Results

RE: Second Quarter Financial ResultsThe market is reacting to distressed selling in silver overnight.  Rumor is that an Asian hedge fund was forced to sell a silver position in a margin call.  The greater than 11% drop overnight certainly supports that rumor.  All silver producers are down because of the selling in silver.

In response to the follow-up question about what capital expenses they could have, you need to realize that exploration drilling and incremental improvements to their mines and mills are all capital costs.  If the company is spending money to find, extract, or improve effeciency on their mines that money spent is likely a capital cost.  It's the nature of the business, and frankly I'm surprised so many investors are expecting these emerging silver producers to be showing a profit.  If you want a profitable and boring silver company, look at SLW or the like.  If you want growth, expect the company to plow more back into finding and extracting resources than their operational cashflow.  That's how it works, imho.
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