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The Escobal mine: location, history and output

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Escobal is a silver mine in San Rafael Las Flores, Santa Rosa. Goldcorp explored it from 2007, sold it to Tahoe Resources in 2011, and the state granted a 25-year exploitation license in April 2013. Between 2014 and 2017 it produced around 20 million ounces of silver a year with a capacity of 4,500 tonnes a day, according to Pan American Silver; that figure is a corporate claim and must be checked against Tahoe's annual reports.

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Figures

Exploitation licenseWikipedia (en), Escobal mine
25 years, granted April 20132013
Annual silver outputPan American Silver (afirmación corporativa)
~20 million ounces2014–2017
Processing capacityPan American Silver (afirmación corporativa)
4,500 t/day2014–2017

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production: corporate claim, to be checked against Tahoe's annual reports; history: secondary source

Sources

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  • GoldcorpOwner of the Marlin mine (gold, San Marcos): its own human rights assessment (17 May 2010) called for activities to stop; the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) ordered a suspension (20 May 2010, later modified); closure and remediation since June 2017.Company case
  • Tahoe ResourcesThe previous owner of Escobal; sued in British Columbia (Garcia v. Tahoe, June 2014) over shootings by its private security (April 2013); acquired by Pan American Silver in February 2019.Company case
  • Pan American SilverOwner of Escobal (it bought Tahoe Resources in February 2019): 264.5 Moz of proven and probable silver reserves, a 4,500 t/d plant, ~20 Moz a year in 2014-2017, in care and maintenance since 2017; it settled and issued a public apology in Garcia v. Tahoe (30 July 2019).Company case

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