AbraSilver Resource Corp. engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral resource properties in Argentina. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario and currently employs 38 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2000-02-23. The firm is focused on advancing its 100%-owned Diablillos silver-gold project in the Salta and Catamarca provinces of Argentina. In addition, the Company has an earn-in option and joint venture agreement with Teck Resources Limited on the La Coipita project, located in the San Juan province of Argentina. Diablillos is a 79 square kilometer property located in the Argentine Puna region, which is the southern extension of the Altiplano of southern Peru, Bolivia, and northern Chile. The Diablillos property comprises 15 contiguous and overlapping mineral concessions. The firm has an option agreement to acquire a 100% interest in La Coipita, which encompasses a large area, totaling approximately 70,000 hectares, in a region hosting several major porphyry deposits. La Coipita is located in a geological setting similar to deposits in the same belt, including the Filo del Sol and Los Azules projects.
