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Nearly 20 years ago Thomas Kaplan made his first fortune in silver, buying options and turning that investment into one of the biggest zinc-silver mines in the world.
In an exclusive interview with Kitco News, the CEO of The Electrum Group says that he is now back in silver after going public with a new silver mine in Mexico. Last month Kaplan's commodity investment fund went public with Gatos Silver (NYSE: GATO, TSX: GATO) with its producing Cerro Los Gatos Mine in Northern Mexico.