Golden Minerals Company Golden Minerals Company is a precious metals exploration and mining company focused on gold, silver, and copper deposits; it holds interests in projects including the Rodeo gold mine and Velardeña and Chicago gold-silver properties in Durango State, Mexico, the Sarita Este project in Argentina, the Yoquivo gold-silver project in Mexico, and the El Quevar silver project. The company conducts exploration, development, and limited production activities, generating revenue from residual metal recovery at suspended operations such as Rodeo, where mining ceased in mid-2023, alongside potential royalty streams like the 1.5% net smelter return on the Santa Maria project. Founded in 1996 as a spin-off from Apex Silver Mines Limited, which rebranded to Golden Minerals Company in March 2009, it maintains headquarters in Golden, Colorado, with operations primarily in Mexico, Argentina, and Nevada, United States. Recent developments include signing a binding agreement in October 2024 with AVM Exploration to sell the Yoquivo gold-silver project for up to $2.5 million subject to due diligence and regulatory approvals, alongside announcing intent to divest the El Quevar silver project subsidiary in 2024 to enhance liquidity, and suspending active mining at Rodeo while evaluating portfolio assets for joint ventures or sales.