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EXHIBIT 23.3
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Amendment No. 1 to
Form S-1 on the Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated March 3,
2000 relating to the financial statements, which appears in Apex Silver Mines
Limited's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999. We
also consent to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in such
Registration Statement.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Denver, Colorado
August 18, 2000
