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                                                                       EXHIBIT 3

                          CERTIFICATION OF CEO AND CFO
            PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


In connection with the Annual Report of Pan American Silver Corp. (the
"Company") on Form 40-F for the year ended December 31, 2002, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), Ross J.
Beaty, as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and Anthony Hawkshaw, as Chief
Financial Officer of the Company, each hereby certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002, to the best of his knowledge, that:

     (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the
Company.



/s/  Ross J. Beaty
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Ross J. Beaty
Chief Executive Officer
May 20, 2003


/s/  Anthony Hawkshaw
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Anthony Hawkshaw
Chief Financial Officer
May 20, 2003

This certification accompanies the Report pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and shall not, except to the extent required by the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, be deemed filed by the Company for purposes of
Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.






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