Coeur d`Alene Mines Corporation and its subsidiaries engage in the operation, ownership, exploration, development, and mining of silver and gold properties located in South America, the United States, Australia, and Mexico. The company also explores for lead and zinc in its properties. It owns interests in the San Bartolome mine located in Bolivia; and the Palmarejo mine located in the Sierra Madre Occidental of northern Mexico. The company also holds interests in the Cerro Bayo mine located in southern Chile and Martha mine located in Santa Cruz, Argentina, as well as owns the Rochester mine, a surface mining operation located in northwestern Nevada. In addition, it holds non-operating interests in the Broken Hill mine and Endeavor mine located in New South Wales, Australia. Further, it owns the Kensington property located north of Juneau, Alaska, as well as conducts exploration activities in Argentina, Chile, and Mexico. The company was founded in 1928 and is based in Coeur d`Alene, Idaho.