TSX- and NYSE-listed Americas Silver Corporation raised its silver output for the first quarter by 9% year-on-year to 1.8-million silver equivalent ounces, and 395 000 oz of silver, which was consistent with that produced in the first quarter of last year.
The company reported that milled tonnage at the Cosalá operations, in Mexico, increased by 24% year-on-year, with the San Rafael mine sustaining an average milling rate of about 1 750 t per operating day.