Coeur Mining to buy Silvercrest in $1.7 billion deal

Coeur Mining (NYSE: CDE) has reached an agreement to acquire Canadian precious metals producer Silvercrest (TSX: SIL) (NYSE: SILV) in an all-share deal valued at $1.7 billion.  The addition of Silvercrest's Las Chispas mine Mexico, one of the world’s lowest-cost,...