Return of former Marxist in Nicaragua chills Miners
Vancouver – The return to power of former Marxist Guerilla leader Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua has sent a chill throu…
Mexico and Central America
‘Everybody wins’ at Capstone’s Cozamin reopening (November 08, 2006)
Zacateca, Mexico — Just three years after acquiring the past-producing Cozamin property on the outskirts of this h…
Petaquilla expanding Molejon enroute to production
Vancouver – Drilling by Petaquilla Minerals (PTQ-T, PTQMF-O) at its Molejon gold project in north-central Panama ha…
Discovery adds lustre to Linear Gold’s Ixhuatan
Early stage drilling at the Cerro La Mina target area of the Ixhuatan property in Chiapas, Mexico, is returning some encouraging results for Linear Gold (LRR-T, LGCFF-O).
Discovery enhances Linear Gold’s Ixhuatan project
Early stage drilling at the Cerro La Mina target area of the Ixhuatan property in Chiapas, Mexico, is returning som…
Petaquilla lifts veil on Jinchuan talks (October 30, 2006)
Petaquilla Minerals (PTQ-T, PTQMF-O) has revealed that it is in talks with Chinese nickel producer Jinchuan Group to finance Petaquilla’s buyout of its partners at the Petaquilla copper project in Pan…
Goldcorp sees the future in Penasquito
It turns out that the driving force behind the proposed merger between Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) and Glamis Gold (GLG-T, GLG-N) is the Penasquito project in Mexico’s Zacatecas state, a low-grade, bulk-tonn…
Mexican projects shine at Silver Summit
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho — If the recent Silver Summit conference held in northern Idaho is any sign, Mexico is one of the premier destinations for explorers and producers of the white metal. The well-at…
Silver Eagle heads to test mining at Miguel Auza
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Silver Standard cuts wide mineralized zone at Pitarrilla (October 16, 2006)
Vancouver — Drilling by Silver Standard Resources (SSO-T, SSRI-Q) on its Pitarrilla project, in Durango state, Mexico, intersected a wide mineralized section in a stepout hole on the Breccia Ridge zo…
Quaterra tests Los Crestones
Vancouver — A 6-hole drill program by Quaterra Resources (QTA-V, QURAF-O) will test a hot spring gold-silver system at the 56.5-sq.-km Los Crestones property, situated 12 km east of the Inde mining d…
Frontera harvests copper cathodes at Piedras Verdes
Vancouver — The initial batch of cathodes at Frontera Copper’s (FCC-T, FRCPF-O) Piedras Verdes mine in Sonora state, Mexico have been stripped to yield the company’s first metal production….