Cyprium Mining (TSXV:CUG) had a banner day on the markets Wednesday after announcing that it has put the Potosi silver mine back into production after a four-year hiatus.
With the expansion, Escondida is targeting an average output of 1.2 million tonnes a year over the next decade, up from about 940,000 tonnes it produced last year.
More environmentalists were murdered in Latin America in 2015 than anywhere else in the world, with anti-mining causes claiming the most lives, a report by Global Witness shows.