as tsx svm nyse svm industry mining & exploration founded october 31 1991 spokane resources ltd. headquarters vancouver canada area served china canada key people rui feng chair ceo myles jianguo gao pres coo dir products silver lead zinc number of employees 800 dec 10 divisions yangtze mining co. ltd yangtze gold ltd. website www.silvercorpmetals.com silvercorp metals inc. silvercorp is a canadian based china focused precious metals company engaged in the acquisition exploration and development of silver containing properties . it is china s largest primary silver producer . the company is publicly traded on the toronto stock exchange in canada and the nyse in the u.s. as of 2009 silvercorp metals was operating and developing four silver lead zinc mines in an area encompassing the ying silver lead zinc project hou ping gou project the tlp silver lead project and the long men project the ying mining district owned through its 77.5 % and 70 % chinese subsidiary companies respectively . silvercorp metals other material property the gaocheng project in guangdong province owned through a 95 % chinese subsidiary company has not reached commercial production and is in the exploration stage . during the month of december in 2009 shehzad inc. acquired 12 % of silvercorp metals over a period of a week . shehzad inc. manages the equities and investing on behalf of silvercorp . yangtze mining ltd. holds a 95 % interest in anhui yangtze mining co. ltd. the chinese company holding silver lead and zinc exploration permits on the gaocheng project and shimentou project in the guangdong province . in june 2008 silvercorp metals acquired yangtze gold ltd. contents 1 history 2 fraud 3 references 4 external links history edit the company started out as a minor explorer trading on the tsx venture exchange from november 1991 to october 2005 was incorporated under the british columbia company act in 1991 . at first it was known as spokane resources ltd until 2001 when it was renamed skn resources ltd. in 2005 the same year it graduated from the tsx venture exchange to the larger toronto exchange it adopted its current name . in 2006 silvercorp donated rmb1 .25 million towards the construction of a youth center in luoning county henan province china . 1 fraud edit in 2011 a canadian nationalized chinese kun huang investigated silvercorp for his employer eosfunds and found strong differences between their reports filed in china and in canada . 2 further investigation lead to further proofs for fraud e.g. regarding the reported amount of silver produced . as reaction of detecting the fraud mr. huang was convicted and imprisoned in china for his investigation . after release mr huang pressed charges against silvercorp in canada for false imprisonment . 3 references edit silvercorp donates rmb1 .25 million yuan towards the construction of a youth center . description of the investigation of kun huang against silvercorp . canadian stock researcher sues silvercorp over false imprisonment in china . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title silvercorp metals & oldid 633183993 categories companies listed on the toronto stock exchangecompanies listed on the new york stock exchangemining companies of canadasilver mining companies navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 november 2014 at 03 46 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view