Bear Creek Mining Corp

Bear Creek Mining Corp. engages in the business of acquisition, exploration, development, and operation of mineral properties with the objective of identifying mineralized deposits economically worthy of subsequent development and mining or sale to create value for shareholders. The company is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia and currently employs 859 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2000-04-10. The firm is engaged in the production and sale of gold and silver, as well as other related activities, including exploration and development of precious and base metal properties in Peru and Mexico. The 100% owned Mercedes Gold Mine is in the state of Sonora, northwest Mexico, approximately 250 km northeast of Hermosillo, Sonora’s capital city, and 300 km south of Tucson, Arizona, United States. The Mercedes property consists of 69,284 hectares of concessions. Mercedes is a fully mechanized, ramp-access underground mine with five underground mining areas: Marianas, San Martin, Lupita, Diluvio, and Rey de Oro. The 100% owned Corani silver-lead-zinc project (Corani) is in the Andes Mountains, approximately 160 kilometers southeast of Cusco, Peru, at roughly 4800 meters above sea level. The Corani Project consists of twelve mineral concessions forming a contiguous block covering approximately 6,000 hectares.