JUNIORMETRICS
Gold$4,479.95/oz
Silver$66.98/oz
Copper$6.00/lb

Sunshine Silver Mining & Refining CompanyS

SSMR·$17.85·$2.4B cap
Silveralso:Sunshine Mine (Sunshine Complex), Silver Valley, Coeur d'Alene Mining District, Shoshone County, Idaho Map

Sunshine Silver Mining & Refining Company is a Delaware-incorporated silver developer whose sole material asset is the historic Sunshine Mine in the Silver Valley of northern Idaho's Coeur d'Alene Mining District. The Sunshine Mine produced an estimated 365 million ounces of silver between the early 1900s and the cessation of production in the early 2000s, including 23.0 million ounces (plus copper, lead and antimony by-products) over its last five full years of operation (1996-2000). The company completed its IPO on the NYSE (ticker SSMR) on 4 June 2026 at $13.50 per share, raising approximately $310.5 million including the underwriters' full over-allotment option. A Technical Report Summary prepared under SEC Regulation S-K 1300 (SLR International Corporation and SRK Consulting (U.S.), Inc., effective 24 Feb 2026) delivered an Initial Assessment (the SEC-disclosure equivalent of a Preliminary Economic Assessment) modeling a 24-year mine life producing approximately 150 million ounces of contained silver at an all-in sustaining cost of $18.81/oz (excluding potential copper and lead by-product credits), for an after-tax NPV (5% discount) of approximately $1.43 billion and a 38.3% IRR at a constant $46.36/oz silver price assumption. No Mineral Reserves (Proven or Probable) have been declared -- only Mineral Resources. The company is advancing a Feasibility Study targeted for completion in Q2 2027, alongside separate feasibility studies for a new Antimony Plant and the refurbishment of the site's existing Silver-Copper Refinery (both also targeted for early 2027), and states major legacy permits from the mine's historical operation are already in place. Management's stated plan is a return of the Sunshine Mine to production in late 2028, subject to completion of the Feasibility Study and a positive Final Investment Decision. The company held $288.7 million in cash at 30 June 2026 (post-IPO) against minimal debt.

Notable vs. Peers

  • Jurisdiction risk score of 9/10 is meaningfully safer than the peer average of 6.9/10.

Lifecycle Milestones

Grassroots
Resource Def.
PEACurrent
PFS
Feasibility
Permitting
Construction
Production
Weak track recordStrong track record
6.4/10
Thin runwayWell-capitalized
9/10
High riskLow risk
How this is calculated
9.4/10
Weaker depositStronger deposit
8.3/10
Weaker profileStronger profile
Price Chart
$17.15$13.42$14.96$16.24$17.85JunJunJulAugSep
Jun 4, 2026Sep 4, 2026
$17.85
+42.7%from low-9%from high
$12.51$19.61
$2.4B
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$41.4M median
Price (USD - Local)
$17.85
Cash Position (USD)
$288.7M
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$17M median
Debt (USD)
$231.5K
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$17.8K median
$2.1B
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$35.4M median
143.7M
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138M median
Jurisdiction
United States
103,915,000 oz
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47.1M median
$20.45/oz
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$5.38/oz median
Cut-off: 8.8 opt (troy oz/short ton) Ag, per the Sunshine Technical Report Summary (SLR International Corp. / SRK Consulting (U.S.), Inc., S-K 1300, effective 24 Feb 2026)
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24 yrs
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10 yrs median
$18.81/AgEq oz
@5%$1.4B(at $46.36/oz)
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$396M median
1.68x
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0.91x median
$286.9M
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$332.2M median
5xClears Durrett's 2:1 bar
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1.7x median
$46.36/oz31% below spot ($66.98/oz)
38%Clears Durrett's 25% developer bar
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37% median
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Acquisition Susceptibility
6.6/10
Unlikely bolt-onFits the takeout profile

A relative ranking of how closely this company matches the profile of juniors that have actually been acquired — not a probability, and not a reason to buy. Acquisitions are rare: only a few dozen significant deals happen a year across a universe of thousands of juniors, so even a high score here describes a long shot. The strongest signal the underlying research identifies — whether a major already holds a JV, earn-in, or 5–19.9% strategic stake — isn't tracked yet and is absent from this score.

Overall Score Trend
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Management Team

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sunshine Silver Mining & Refining Company. Founder of Electrum Group, whose affiliated entities (ESUS, ESUS II) beneficially own the majority of the company's common stock.

Director and Chief Executive Officer of Sunshine Silver Mining & Refining Company since February 2024, after joining as Chief Operating Officer in January 2021. Previously SVP & COO of Nickel Creek Platinum (2017-2021), VP of mining at NOVAGOLD Resources (2011-2013), and senior management roles at Vale S.A. and Inco Ltd/PT Inco. President of White Mining Consulting Inc. since 2013.

Chief Financial Officer of Sunshine Silver Mining & Refining Company since March 2025. Previously CFO of Gatos Silver (2022-2025, through its acquisition by First Majestic Silver), CFO of Nevada Copper Corp. (2020-2022), and EVP & CFO of Golden Star Resources Ltd. Certified Public Accountant.

Insiders, Investors & Smart Money

Notable shareholders and insiders whose involvement is worth knowing about, plus what we're seeing from institutional/large-investor activity.

Smart money

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Reports, Presentations & Documents

Technical Report Takeaways

STAGE=PEA: the Sunshine Technical Report Summary's 'Initial Assessment' (S-K 1300 Subpart 1302(d) terminology) is the direct SEC-disclosure equivalent of a NI 43-101 PEA -- a full economic model exists (NPV/IRR/capex/AISC, both a 'Base Case' and an 'Indicated Only Case'), but the company is explicit a Feasibility Study is still in progress (targeted Q2 2027) and NO Mineral Reserves exist, only Mineral Resources -- not RESOURCE_DEFINITION (an economic study IS complete) and not PFS/FEASIBILITY (neither is complete). RECHECK ~Q3 2027 if the Feasibility Study lands as guided. TWO CASES, ONE HEADLINE CHOSEN: the Technical Report Summary presents a Base Case (mines both Indicated AND Inferred Resources: 24yr mine life, 7.9M tons, 150 Moz Ag contained/139 Moz payable, initial capital $286.9M, AISC $18.81/oz, after-tax NPV5% $1,434M, IRR 38.3%) and an Indicated Only Case (10yr mine life, 1.5M tons, 38 Moz Ag contained/35 Moz payable, initial capital $239.6M, AISC $24.06/oz, after-tax NPV5% $270M, IRR 21.1%), shown per Subpart 1302(d)(4) 'for illustrative purposes only.' The company states its OWN current evaluation and project planning is based on the Base Case -- that is the case written to dcfNpvUsd/irrPct/initialCapexUsd/aiscValue/mineLifeYears above, NOT the more conservative Indicated Only Case. Approximately 74% of Base Case tonnage and 68% of its contained silver is Inferred Resources (geologically speculative, no certainty the economic assessment is realized) -- a real, disclosed caveat on the headline figures, not a hidden one. RESOURCE (effective 24 Feb 2026, S-K 1300, SLR/SRK): Measured nil; Indicated 3,485 kst @ 29.8 opt Ag = 103,915 koz Ag; Measured+Indicated = 103,915 koz Ag (written to ouncesFound, this repo's M+I convention); Inferred 7,061 kst @ 22.6 opt Ag = 159,847 koz Ag (real, NOT folded into ouncesFound). Cut-off 8.8 opt Ag at an assumed $23.50/oz Ag price for resource-constraint purposes (DISTINCT from the $46.36/oz Ag price used in the Initial Assessment's own economic analysis -- two different, both real, disclosed price assumptions serving two different purposes; technicalReportPriceAssumptionUsd records the economic-analysis price, $46.36). COMMODITY: primary SILVER is unambiguous (100% of modeled Initial Assessment revenue). Secondary MinerCommodity COPPER added -- a real, historically-produced by-product (5.7 million lbs over the last 5 years of historical production, 1996-2000) with company-stated forward plans (Silver-Copper Refinery refurbishment feasibility study, targeted early 2027) -- but note the CURRENT Initial Assessment's AISC/revenue figures explicitly EXCLUDE copper and lead by-product credits, so copper is real but not yet economically quantified in the current study. Antimony and lead are ALSO real historical/planned by-products (a dedicated Antimony Plant feasibility study is in progress) but have no Commodity enum value and are recorded in this description/note only, not tagged as OTHER -- same restraint this repo applies elsewhere to a single non-primary by-product without a clean enum fit (see e.g. ORD/lithium precedent, Task #720). DEBT: debtUsd is the real $231,526 current 'Note payable' balance-sheet line item at 30 Jun 2026 -- NOT rounded to zero, even though the company's own 10-Q MD&A states 'As of August 12, 2026, we had no LONG-TERM debt' (a true but narrower claim that does not negate this real short-term note). MARKET CAP: computed directly as sharesOutstanding (143,726,603, matching the 10-Q's own 30 Jun 2026 balance-sheet share count) x the 2026-09-01 EOD close ($16.79), rather than taken from EODHD's own Highlights.MarketCapitalization field, which was stamped 2026-08-31 (one trading day stale) at seed time. Task #861/#863: this row closes a genuine universe-reconciliation gap -- see src/lib/universe-reconciliation.ts for the two independent, complementary code fixes this seed's investigation surfaced.