Dec 1 (Reuters) - Great Panther Silver Ltd GPR.TO :
* Great Panther temporarily halts processing at its Topia mine to facilitate transition to new tailings facility
* Great Panther Silver Ltd - Accounting for plant shutdown, company expects production for 2016 to come in just over 3.9 million silver equivalent ounces
* Great Panther Silver - reaffirming expectation to achieve lower end of guidance ranges for cash cost of $4.00 - 5.00 per payable silver ounce
* Mine operations will continue through plant shutdown and all ore will be stockpiled and processed in 2017 Source text for Eikon: ID:nCNW3T25la Further company coverage: GPR.TO