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Dec. 31, 2014
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BASIS OF PRESENTATION | NATURE OF OPERATIONS Coeur Mining, Inc. (“Coeur” or “the Company”) is a large silver producer with significant gold production and mines located in the United States, Mexico, and Bolivia; streaming and royalty interests in Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Ecuador, and Chile; and exploration projects in Mexico and Argentina. The Company operates the Palmarejo, San Bartolomé, Kensington, and Rochester mines, and owns the Endeavor silver stream, all of which constitute the Company's principal sources of revenues.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for the nature of an entity's business, the major products or services it sells or provides and its principal markets, including the locations of those markets. If the entity operates in more than one business, the disclosure also indicates the relative importance of its operations in each business and the basis for the determination (for example, assets, revenues, or earnings). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 275 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6927468&loc=d3e6003-108592 + Details
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