Los Andes Copper envisions big project at Vizcachitas
Los Andes Copper (TSXV: LA) says its Vizcachitas project — a copper-molybdenum porphyry deposit 150 km northeast of Santiago, in central Chile — will be the South American country’s next…
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Anglo American has its eye on Angola
Commodities giant Anglo American (LON: AAL) has applied for exploration concessions for base metals in Angola. “We believe there is geological potential in Angola and have noted with interest the…
Panoro to drill new zone after expanding permit at Cotabambas
Now that Peru has approved Panoro Minerals’ (TSXV: PML; US-OTC: POROF) request for an expanded environmental impact assessment at its Cotabambas copper project in southern Peru’s Apurimac region, the company…
Lumina encouraged by results at Cangrejos in Ecuador
Lumina Gold (TSXV: LUM; US-OTC: LUMAF) has tabled a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its 63 sq. km Cangrejos gold project in Ecuador’s El Oro province, 30 km southeast of…
First Quantum backs out of disputed Pebble project
A framework agreement with First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) to help finance the controversial Pebble copper-gold project in Alaska has fallen apart — sending shares of Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSX:…
Jaguar doubles production at one gold mine while losing another
Jaguar Mining (TSX: JAG; US-OTC: JAGGF) says gold production at the company’s underground Pilar gold mine in Minas Gerais, 50 km east of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, will nearly double over…
US markets dip, Feb. 19-23
Gold closed at US$1,328.20, down 1.36% over the previous week, as U.S. markets slipped. The Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index fell 3.24% to 80.53 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average…