South American Silver Corp. To Present at PDAC International Convention, Toronto, Canada
03.03.2011 | ABN Newswire
16:29 AEST Mar 3, 2011 ABN Newswire (C) 2004-2011 Asia Business News PL. All Rights Reserved.Vancouver, Canada (ABN Newswire) - South American Silver Corp. (TSE: SAC) (PINK: SOHAF) is pleased to participate in the upcoming Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada International Convention, Trade Show & Investors Exchange Mining Investment Show March 6th-9th, 2011. The Company will be represented at booth 2109 of the exhibitor exchange hall and President and CEO, Greg Johnson, will present on March 8th at 3:40pm in Room 802 AB at the Metro Toronto Convention Center\'s South Building.
Mr. Johnson, formerly Vice President of Nova Gold Resources, will present updates on the Company\'s two large-scale properties: the Malku Khota project in Bolivia, one of the world\'s largest silver-indium resources, and the high-potential Escalones, copper-gold project in Chile.
Over the last year, South American Silver has experienced considerable growth, outperforming both the silver and gold price and equity indices for the greater part of 2010 resulting in the Company being one of the year\'s top performing development stage silver companies.
Mr. Johnson will discuss key drivers that have contributed to the mounting value for South American Silver over the last year and into 2011 including compelling supply/demand dynamics for the high-technology strategic metal, indium, emerging new high-technology uses for silver and the announcement of a $31.9 million strategic investment by a key regional player, Zamin Precious Minerals, which will allow the Company to advance its Malku Khota project into feasibility and Escalones project to the resource definition stage.
He will also share key project milestones planned for the 2011 including an updated resource estimate, PEA and initiation of the pre-feasibility study at Malku Khota and exploration drill program at Escalones.
For more information about South American Silver, please contact Ms. Kristina Knopp or visit our website at: www.soamsilver.com.
For more information on the PDAC International Convention, please visit: http://www.pdac.ca
About South American Silver Corp.:
South American Silver Corp. (TSX:SAC) (OTC:SOHAF) is a growth focused mineral exploration company creating value through the exploration and development of the 100% owned Malku Khota silver-indium project in Bolivia, one of the world's largest undeveloped silver and indium deposits, and the 100% owned large-scale Escalones copper-gold project in Chile. The Company's approach to business combines the team's track record of discovery and advancement of large projects, key operational and process expertise and effective community relations to increase shareholder value. Management has over 100 years of combined experience in the global exploration and mining industry with much of that focused in Bolivia, Chile, Peru and Argentina. The Company's shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol \"SAC" and on the US OTC market as \"SOHAF." Additional information related to South American Silver Corp. is available at www.soamsilver.com and on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
Contact:
South American Silver Corp.
Greg Johnson
President & CEO
Kristina Knopp
Investor Relations
Tel: +604-681-6926
Toll-Free: +1-855-681-6926
http://www.soamsilver.com