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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kangayou, post: 970482, member: 23111&quot;]I ran across this article today about the protests that have been going on in Bolivia:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1124448020100812" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1124448020100812" rel="nofollow">http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1124448020100812</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I know that a lot of us have been speaking about China this or China that &amp; have all heard how China is urging investments in gold &amp; silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well a couple things in the above article made me go HMMM.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The protests also brought to a halt the Cerro Rico silver mine, where thousands of independent miners work, and some key mines controlled by foreign investors, including San Bartolome, the world&#039;s largest pure silver mine run by Coeur D&#039;Alene.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>and</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;San Cristobal is one of the largest mines in landlocked Bolivia, producing some 1,300 tonnes of zinc-silver ore, and 300 tonnes of lead-silver ore per day. It is 100 percent owned by <a href="http://www.reuters.com/places/japan" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.reuters.com/places/japan" rel="nofollow">Japan</a>&#039;s Sumitomo Corp (<a href="http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=8053.T" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=8053.T" rel="nofollow">8053.T</a>).&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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