Cormark Initiates Coverage on FVI

MATTHEW O'KEEFE, Cormark Securities Inc. (10/14/2009)
"Fortuna Silver is a growing silver miner, developer and explorer with an operating mine in Peru and a development project in Mexico.

Its 100%-owned Caylloma silver-zinc-lead mine located in the mineral-rich Southern Peruvian Andes produces about 1.6 MMoz silver per year. The mine is situated within a highly prospective land package with 30 known silver veins currently being explored.

Fortuna is expected to start construction on its 100%-owned San Jose mine in Mexico early next year, which should provide the company with significant growth boosting production to over 5 MMoz silver per year.

The company is well-financed with a strong balance sheet with over $33 MM in cash and almost no debt. In addition to the positive free cash being generated at Caylloma, we expect Fortuna will be able to fund construction of $46 M San Jose mine internally.

Additional growth is expected to come from ongoing project enhancements, exploration and future acquisitions.

We are initiating coverage on Fortuna Silver with a Buy recommendation and a 12-month target price of C$2.30 per share."

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