“ What differentiates us is deep local knowledge that allowed us to identify opportunities and an opportunistic moment when there was very little competition for silver mining assets ”
In 2021 , we made another strategic decision that wasn ’ t without controversy among our investors – to expand out of Latin America into West Africa . And again , for a company that for years had been leveraging its Latin American expertise , going into a new jurisdiction was also something that needed to be explained . We had to prove to ourselves , as well , that we could operate on a valuable level in a new continent and in a new mining jurisdiction . Balancing this is , I believe , a big part of the CEO ' s role and probably one of the bigger challenges at times .
Q . WHAT CAN WE EXPECT TO SEE FROM FORTUNA SILVER MINES IN THE NEAR FUTURE ?
» We have a new mine being developed , the Séguéla mine in the Côte d ' Ivoire . This is the most exciting development for us because it ' s our flagship mine . It ' s a low-cost , meaningful production asset . We ’ re very excited about this development .
Fortuna is now well-established in the most important mining regions in the world . We operate and are well established throughout the Latin American region , throughout the Cordillera from southern Mexico all the way to Argentina . We are also established in West Africa , which is the most important emerging mining region in the world over the last decade . There is no other place that exhibits the kind of growth in resources and growth in production . In the near future , we will be building upon our portfolio in those regions .
We are a company that has geographic dispersion : we ’ re established in five different countries , over two continents . In the future , you ' ll see us cement our presence in these areas , growing our business within the portfolio or in the jurisdictions where we are already established – we believe there ’ s plenty of opportunity to be identified in those areas . We will not be stepping out into new hunting grounds . You ' ll see us focused on where we have established the infrastructure that we can leverage in these two most prolific regions . miningdigital . com 17