Fresnillo Share Price (FRES)

FRES - Fresnillo Investor Summary

Fresnillo is a Public Limited Company (listing code FRES on the London Stock Exchange). It is Mexican based and a mining company of precious metals, headquartered in Mexico City and incorporated in the United Kingdom. The Company is the world's most prominent producer of primary silver (silver made from ore) and it is also Mexico's second largest miner of gold. Fresnillo was listed on the FTSE 100 in September 2008 and was later moved into the FTSE 250 in 2008.

The company has a long and strong tradition of mining as well as a well established track record of developing mines and replacing reserves. It also operates a cost efficiency programme of low cost production and is in the lowest quarter of costs for silver and gold.

Fresnillo operates 3 silver and gold mines in its home country of Mexico. The largest mine of silver output is situated near Fresnillo City in Zacatecas. The Company's other mines are in Durango (Cienaga) and Sonora (in Herradura.) The company produced over 34 million ounces of silver in 2007 as well as 279 ounces of gold. It alsp produced around 20 tons of lead and zinc and has mining concession interests covering over 1.3 M hectares in Mexico. Fresnillo Plc also has over twenty active gold and silver exploration projects located across Mexico and has signalled its intent to use IPO raised funds for expansion plans in Chile and Peru. The company's intention is to keep its top position as the world's most prominent producer of silver, and it aims to double production of silver in the next decade whilst increasing gold production at the same time.