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Exhibit 23.2

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

        We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated March 8, 2004 relating to the financial statements, which appears in the 2003 Annual Report to Shareholders, which is incorporated by reference in Apex Silver Mines Limited's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003. We also consent to the incorporation by reference of our report dated March 8, 2004 relating to the financial statement schedules, which appears in such Annual Report on Form 10-K.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Denver, CO
July 6, 2004

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CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM