Every Economic Cloud Has a Silver Lining

ANTHONA CURIC, Versant Partners (04/06/2009)
Investment Highlights

Small-cap silver producer with strong production growth profile
  • 2008 silver production at Caylloma is up ~77% YoY relative to 2007 and expected to increase by another 86% in 2009 to 1.6M opa
  • Targeting production of 5.5M oz silver equivalent by 2011; driven largely by mill expansion at Caylloma and start-up of the San Jose mine
Operations located in attractive jurisdictions
  • Peru and Mexico provide low geopolitical risk
  • Active mining region with well-established infrastructure
Experienced operating and management team with proven track record
  • Fortuna senior and technical management are located in Lima, Peru, have a strong track record of doing business in Latin America and have excellent government and community relations
Healthy balance sheet with no net debt and a strong cash balance
  • Strong cash flow driven by low cash cost operations
Unhedged silver production

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