Silver Wheaton Reports Record Revenue and Sales Volumes in 2016 and Announces Proposed Name Change to Wheaton Precious Metals

Silver Wheaton Corp. (“Silver Wheaton” or the “Company”) (TSX:SLW) (NYSE: SLW) is pleased to announce its results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2016. All figures are presented in United States dollars unless otherwise noted.
Silver Wheaton had record silver and gold sales volumes in 2016 at 28.3 million ounces and 330,000 ounces, respectively. Gold production was also a record at 353,700 ounces in 2016. In the fourth quarter of 2016, gold sales exceeded 100,000 ounces for the first time with over 73,000 ounces of gold sold from the Salobo mine alone. Silver Wheaton’s quarterly dividend increased for the second quarter in a row to $0.07 as the impact of growing sales volumes, especially in gold, resulted in operating cash flow growing to approximately $175 million in the fourth quarter of 2016.
As quoted in the press release:

“2016 was a record year for Silver Wheaton on many fronts. We sold more silver and gold than any other year and produced over 350,000 ounces of gold for the first time,” said Randy Smallwood, President and Chief Executive Officer of Silver Wheaton. “In the fourth quarter of 2016, we sold over 7.5 million ounces of silver and over 100,000 ounces of gold. Strong sales and production resulted in operating cash flow reaching $175 million in the fourth quarter alone, and over $580 million in 2016. Our portfolio of low cost, long life assets provides a solid foundation that we believe can continue to deliver strong production, sales, and cash flow.”
“Since 2013, our company has seen a marked increase in gold production, and in the second half of 2016, revenue was evenly split between silver and gold. In order to better align our corporate identity with underlying operations while maintaining a link to our past and the innovation that the ‘Wheaton’ name has become synonymous with, we have recommended changing our name to Wheaton Precious Metals. Over the company’s history we have created value through streaming both silver and gold from a diverse portfolio of high-quality assets, and the new name will reinforce our position as the leader in precious metals streaming.

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