Endeavour Silver Corp. provided production guidance for the year 2017 for its three producing mines in Mexico: the Guanaceví mine in Durango state and the Bolanitos and El Cubo mines in Guanajuato state. In 2017, the company's plan is to produce at slightly lower throughput and higher silver grades compared to 2016, resulting in similar silver production and slightly lower gold production forecasts. Endeavour plans to continue investing significantly in exploration and development programs to extend the existing mine lives and build new mines to fuel future growth. Silver production is expected to be in the range of 5.2-5.7 million oz and gold production is expected be in the 50,000-53,000 oz range. Silver equivalent production is forecast to be 8.9-9.7 million oz using a 75:1 silver:gold ratio. In 2017, the company plans to drill 64,000 metres and spend $15.2 million on brownfields and greenfields exploration, development engineering, and land payments across its portfolio of properties. At the three existing mines, 20,000 metres of core drilling is planned at a cost of $3.0 million. At the exploration and development projects, 44,000 metres will be drilled at a cost of $10.5 million.