Aurcana Corporation

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Aurcana Corporation
Company typePublic
Genre TSX-V:  AUN
PredecessorCane Silver Mines Limited
Headquarters,
Key people
Kevin Drover [2]
Website aurcana.com

The Aurcana Corporation is a Canadian mining company active in the United States and formerly active in Mexico. [3] It is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. [1] It is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange. [1] [3]

Assets

Through its Mexican subsidiary, Real de Maconi S.A. de C.V. , it operated the La Negra mine, a silver, copper, zinc and lead mine in Querétaro, Mexico. [1] [3]

Through its American subsidiary, Silver Assets Inc., it operates a silver mine in Shafter, Presidio County, Texas, USA. [1] [3]

Through its American subsidiary, Ouray Silver Mines, Inc., it operates the Revenue-Virginius mine in Ouray, Colorado.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Aurcana Corp". Financial Times. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  2. "Metals and Mining Company: Overview of Aurcana Corporation: Kevin Cameron Drover". Bloomberg Business. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Aurcana Corp". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved January 3, 2016.