Randy Smallwood, Silver Wheaton Corp.

Randy Smallwood is President and CEO of Silver Wheaton Corp. (TSX:SLW, NYSE:SLW). Randy, an engineer and geologist, co-founded Silver Wheaton. He has been its President since January 1, 2010, and its CEO since April of this year. Randy was Goldcorp Inc.’s Director of Project Development from 2002 to 2007, and has worked with Silver Wheaton from its formation in 2004. He is a Director of a number of other mining companies.

Founded in 2004, and headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, Silver Wheaton (TSX:SLW, NYSE:SLW) is what has come to be known as a ‘silver streamer’. Simplistically, Silver Wheaton purchases, in exchange for an upfront cash payment, the by-product silver production of mines that it does not own or operate. The prices that Silver Wheaton pays for future silver production are pre-determined by contractual agreement. Silver Wheaton currently is the world’s largest ‘silver streamer’, and a major Canadian Public Company success story. Its market capitalization has grown in the past seven years since its inception to approximately Cdn$$13 billion (at the close of trading on August 12).

Interviews Summary

August 9, 2021 – Operations and Prospects for Silver Wheaton Corp.

Interview date August 9, release date August 16, 2021

In Part 1 of this interview Randy Smallwood discusses the Silver Wheaton business model, important differences between Silver Wheaton and mining companies that either produce silver as a by-product or produce silver as their principal metal output, Corporate Governance, and Silver Wheaton’s share price in the context of the price of physical silver. In Parts 2 – 4 of this interview Mr. Smallwood provides in some considerable detail his current views with respect to Silver Wheaton’s prospective risks and opportunities.

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