Golden Minerals (AUMN) 10-Q 2003 Q2 Quarterly report

EXHIBIT 32

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Apex Silver Mines Limited (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2003, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), each of the undersigned hereby certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 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\ Keith R. Hulley

Keith R. Hulley

Chief Executive Officer

August 11, 2003

\s\ Mark A. Lettes

Mark A. Lettes

Chief Financial Officer

August 11, 2003

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or other document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the signature that appears in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement required by Section 906, has been provided to Apex Silver Mines Limited and will be retained by Apex Silver Mines Limited and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.