Arian Silver Corporation Limited (Arian) is a privately owned corporation was establihed in 2004 to acquire the interests of a number of primary silver projects in Mexico; these projects are considered "brown-field" sites, i.e. they have past production and in places mining infrastructure is still in place. All the projects currently in the portfolio are located with Zacatecas State, a short distance south of the world's largest producing silver mine, Penoles' Fresnillo.
