Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. explores for and mines precious and base metal deposits. It holds interest in the Caylloma silver, lead, and zinc mine in Peru, the San Jose silver and gold mine in Mexico, the Lindero gold project in Argentina, the Yaramoko gold mine in Burkina Faso, and the Séguéla gold mine Côte d'Ivoire. Known as Fortuna Ventures Inc. until 2005, the company was incorporated in 1990 and is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.