EXHIBIT 23.6
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                        CONSENT OF KNIGHT PIESOLD LLC 

We hereby consent to references to our name, Knight Piesold LLC, and to any 
analyses performed by us in our capacity as an independent consultant to Apex 
Silver Mines Limited (the "Company") which are set  forth in the Registration 
Statement on Form S-1 filed by the Company with the Securities Exchange 
Commission ("Commission") on August 29, 1997 or in any related, abbreviated 
registration statement filed by the company with the Commission pursuant to Rule
462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.


                                        KNIGHT PIESOLD LLC
                                        By: Knight Piesold Management Corp.
                                                its manager



                                        /s/ DONALD R. EAST
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                                        Donald R. East, President

Denver, Colorado
August 19, 1997