Crusher processing waste ore used on roads and foundations. Photo by Silver Bear Resources.

Silver Bear Resources (TSX:SBR) announced that construction of its Mangazeisky project in Russia is almost done and that plans to go forward with a first silver production early in the second quarter of 2018 are on track.

Mangazeisky is located 400 km north of Yakutsk, in the eastern Republic of Sakha, and covers an area of approximately 570 square kilometres. The property includes the high-grade Vertikalny deposit which, according to Silver Bear, is amongst the highest-grade silver deposits in the world.