Exhibit 5.7
CONSENT OF MARTIN WAFFORN, P. ENG.
To: British Columbia Securities Commission
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Re: Expert Consent for Short Form Prospectus
Technical reports entitled:
1. “Technical Report for the Quiruvilca Property, La Libertad, Peru” dated effective July 31, 2007 relating to the Quiruvilca property;
2. “43-101 Technical Report — Huaron Property, Cerro de Pasco, Peru” dated effective December 31, 2006 relating to the Huaron property;
3. “Technical Report for the La Colorada Property, Zacatecas, Mexico” dated effective September 30, 2007 relating to the La Colorada property;
4. “Feasibility Study Volume I — NI 43-101 Technical Report for Alamo Dorado Project, Alamos, Sonora, Mexico” dated March 31, 2005 relating to the Alamo Dorado property;
5. “Technical Report for the San Vincente Mine Expansion Project, Potosi Bolivia” dated effective June 6, 2007 relating to the San Vincente property;
6. “Morococha Property Technical Report, Yauli Province, Peru” dated effective December 30, 2007 relating to the Morococha property; and
7. “Pan American Silver Corp. Navidad Project, Chubut Province, Argentine: Preliminary Assessment” and dated January 14, 2011;
(collectively, the “Technical Reports”)
were prepared for Pan American Silver Corp. (the “Corporation”) in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 — Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects by Martin Wafforn, P. Eng., in whole or in part, and filed with applicable securities regulatory authorities.
The undersigned does hereby consent to the written disclosure of the Technical Reports and the extracts from, or summary of, or references to the Technical Reports by the Corporation in the annual information form of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2011, which is included or incorporated by reference into the short form base shelf prospectus (including the documents incorporated by reference therein, the “Prospectus”) of the Corporation dated April 5, 2012, and in the registration statement on Form F-10 of the Corporation, dated April 5, 2012 and any amendments thereto and any registration statements filed pursuant to Rule 429 under the United States Securities Act of 1933 (as amended, including the documents incorporated by reference therein, the “Registration Statement”) and to the disclosure by the Corporation in the Prospectus and the Registration Statement of mineral reserve and resource estimates, and other scientific and technical information relating solely to the Corporation. The undersigned does also hereby consent to the reference to my name in the Prospectus and the Registration Statement.
The undersigned does hereby confirm that I have read the Prospectus and the Registration Statement and have no reason to believe that there are any misrepresentations in the information contained in the Prospectus or the Registration Statement that are (a) derived from the Technical Reports; or (b) within my knowledge as a result of the services I performed in connection with the Technical Reports.
Dated this 5th day of April, 2012.
/s/ Martin Wafforn |
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Martin Wafforn, P. Eng. |
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