Exceptional performances in the June quarter from Jacobina, El Peñón, Minera Florida and Canadian Malartic have the company re-thinking plans.

Even though mining output is expected to fall by 16% in 2020, and exploration has sunk, officials say mining activities are gradually recovering.

Investors want the company to focus on precious-metal deals.

The silver-gold mine in Mexico will cease production in the third quarter of the year.

The miner churned out 596,545 ounces of silver and 5,817 gold ounces in Q2 — about 42% less than in 2019.

Researchers at the University of Michigan created a flexible transparent conductor that sandwiches a thin layer of silver between two “dielectric” materials and produces a conductive anti-reflection coating on the sheet of plastic.

Shares of Skeena Resources hit an all-time high Monday.