Silver Wheaton mining at Lusimin Operations in Mexico.
Silver Wheaton Corp. says its net earnings almost tripled in second quarter reaching a record $148.1-million (U.S.) helped by higher sales results.
The Vancouver-based company said the results were equal to 42 cents per share for the three month period.
That compares to $15.2-million of profit, or four cents a share, in the same quarter a year earlier.
Revenue more than doubled to a record $194.8-million.