TSX Venture Exchange-listed Fortuna Silver will begin trading on the Lima Stock Exchange when the market opens on Thursday, the firm said in a statement.

Fortuna also proposed on Wednesday to extend the expiry date of its private placement warrants, issued in January last year, by one year to July 11, 2009.

The company owns the Caylloma silver/zinc/lead mine in Peru, and is building a silver and gold mine in Mexico.

Fortuna shares slid 1,01% on Wednesday, to C$1,96 a share by 13:26 in Toronto.