Business Summary
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Silver Wheaton Corp. (Silver Wheaton) is a mining company, which generates its revenue primarily from the sale of silver. As of December 31, 2009, the Company had entered into 13 long-term silver purchase agreements and two long-term precious metal purchase agreements. The Company has nine business segments: the silver produced by the Luismin, Zinkgruvan, Yauliyacu, Penasquito, Cozamin, Barrick and Other mines, the silver and gold produced by the Minto mine and corporate operations. Its 100% wholly owned subsidiaries include Silver Wheaton (Caymans) Ltd. and Silverstone Resources (Barbados) Corp. The Luismin operations consist of the San Dimas mine, the Los Filos mine and the San Martin mine. The Yauliyacu mine is located in central Peru.The Company has an agreement to acquire an amount equal to 25% of the silver produced from Goldcorp’s Peñasquito mining operations in Mexico for the life of mine.
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