History
Endeavour Silver grew from two small Mexican silver mines into a larger producer through acquisitions, sales and repeated share and debt financings, building Terronera to commercial production in 2025.
2008-2009: Two mines and small raisings
By early 2008 Endeavour operated two Mexican mines, Guanacevi and Guanajuato. Estimates to the end of 2007 showed proven and probable silver reserves up 50% to 14.9 million oz, helped by the Guanajuato acquisition in 2007. A year later reserves were reported at 7.8 million oz, although the company said the two figures were not directly comparable because they used different assumptions.
Money was tight. In December 2008 it arranged a placement at CA$1.30 a share, and in January 2009 it closed about CA$3 million, smaller than the CA$4 million sought. In February 2009 it closed CA$14 million of five-year 10% convertible debentures, its first disclosed debt, convertible at CA$1.90. Drilling brought results: the Lucero vein at Guanajuato, found in September 2008, was in production from March 2009 and supplied about half the mine's ore. A new high-grade zone at Porvenir Cuatro near Guanacevi followed. In October 2009 a public offering of 6,152,500 units at $3.00 raised about $18.5 million.
2010-2011: Exploration and expansion
Endeavour widened its search. In February 2010 it took an option on the San Sebastián properties in Jalisco from IMMSA (Grupo Mexico). It also tried to buy Cream Minerals for Cdn$0.12 a share to gain the Nuevo Milenio property, but its conditions were not met and the bid lapsed in December 2010. It then proposed a property deal instead.
At Guanajuato, new veins (Karina and Fernanda, later La Joya and Belen) supported a plant expansion. The company said it was completed on time and on budget in 2011, with throughput reaching 1,000 tonnes per day in October. In 2011 it drilled 71,440 m, but its Chile options disappointed and it planned to drop them.
2012-2014: The El Cubo purchase
In April 2012 Endeavour agreed to buy AuRico Gold's El Cubo mine and the Guadalupe y Calvo project for up to US$250 million. The purchase closed in July 2012 with US$100 million in cash and US$100 million in 11,037,528 new shares, leaving AuRico with about 11% of the company. Up to US$50 million more could be payable on certain events. Endeavour's own El Cubo reserves of 7.04 million oz silver were far below the 18.5 million oz AuRico had reported, though it said the deal still added value per share. The original Guanajuato mine was renamed Bolanitos. In September 2013 it raised 2013 guidance to 6.0 million oz silver and 68,000 oz gold. The record is then quiet until 2020, apart from a reserve update in February 2014 whose figures are not shown.
2020-2021: Pandemic, Terronera and pruning
In April 2020 Mexico's COVID-19 emergency led Endeavour to suspend its Mexican mining until April 30. It then opened at-the-market programs, letting it sell shares gradually, of up to US$23 million in May and US$60 million in October. Meanwhile Terronera in Jalisco, which grew from the San Sebastián drilling, advanced: a prefeasibility update in August 2020, Don Gray appointed chief operating officer and the feasibility study awarded to Wood plc in September 2020, and the report filed in October 2021.
El Cubo, bought for up to US$250 million, was sold to VanGold Mining for US$15 million plus contingent payments, announced in December 2020 and closed in April 2021. In September 2021 it bought the Bruner Gold Project in Nevada, its first US asset. In October 2021 it raised 2021 guidance to 7.7-8.0 million oz silver equivalent.
2022-2024: Pitarrilla and building Terronera
In January 2022 Endeavour said it would acquire the Pitarrilla silver project in Durango, and in March closed a US$46 million bought deal. An initial Pitarrilla resource followed in December 2022. For 2022 it produced 9.0 million oz silver equivalent, above the top of its guidance. In April 2023 it decided to build Terronera, with a US$120 million senior secured debt commitment, and the first drawdown came in April 2024. To help pay, it set up at-the-market programs of up to US$60 million in June and December 2023, the latter to fund Terronera, Pitarrilla and Parral work. In November 2024 it closed a US$73 million bought deal. Shares on issue rose from 141.7 million at the end of 2019 to 262.3 million by the end of 2024.
2025-2026: Terronera online, portfolio reshaped
In April 2025 Endeavour closed a US$45 million bought deal, and on May 1 completed the Minera Kolpa acquisition. In June it added a US$15 million facility to its project loan, and in July announced another US$60 million at-the-market program. Terronera reached commercial production on October 16, 2025.
In November 2025 it agreed to sell Bolanitos to Guanajuato Silver, completed on January 15, 2026. On December 4, 2025 it completed a US$350 million convertible senior notes offering, which can convert into shares. On August 5, 2026 it announced a US$25 million revolving term credit facility. At that date it held Terronera, Guanacevi, Kolpa, Pitarrilla, Parral and the Bruner project, and no longer held Bolanitos or El Cubo.
Written from the 58 story beats below (2008 to 15 Jan 2026), which come from the company's own announcements and filings.