Endeavour production dives in 1Q
Silver production fall by 21% & 24% lower gold production YoY Endeavour Silver Corp. reports its production results for the First Quarter (1Q), 2019 from the Company’s four silver-gold mines in Mexico: the Guanaceví mine in Durango State, the Bolañitos and El Cubo mines in Guanajuato state and the El Compas mine in Zacatecas state. Silver production in the First Quarter, 2019 was 1,071,355 ounces (oz) and gold production was 10,055 oz, resulting in silver equivalent production of 1.9 million oz at an 80:1 silver-gold ratio. The 21% lower silver production and 24% lower gold production compared to Q1, 2018 were due to the planned reduction of mine output at El Cubo, lower than planned throughput at Bolañitos and lower silver grades at Guanacevi. Bradford Cooke, Endeavour CEO, commented, “All four mines typically start slowly each year as we commence our annual capital investments, then production improves as the mines work toward achieving their annual mine pl