Orvana completes study on Taguas in Argentina
A preliminary economic assessment (PEA) of Orvana Minerals’ (TSX: OR) Taguas gold project, 25 km north of Barrick Gold’s (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) Veladero mine in Argentina, envisions a conventional…
South America
Argentina court upholds glacier protection law
SANTIAGO, CHILE — In a landmark ruling, Argentina’s Supreme Court has upheld radical legislation to protect the country’s glaciers, with major implications for the mining industry. The 2012 law aims…
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…
Sandspring fine-tunes strategy at Toroparu in Guyana
When American businessmen Rich Munson and John Adams made their first trip to Guyana as private investors in 1999 and picked up the rights to the 626 sq. km Toroparu…
Mining Energy Snapshot: Eight juniors active in world’s uranium hotspots
While uranium oxide prices continue to drift in the doldrums, several uranium companies have still raised a bit of money to explore and carry out modest programs. Here is a…
Blue Sky Uranium advances Amarillo in Argentina
Argentina has three nuclear reactors and plans for more, yet the country has no domestic uranium production. Blue Sky Uranium (TSXV: BSK; US-OTC: BKUCF) hopes to fill that void. “They…
The Northern Miner Podcast – Miner Moment #23: SolGold’s Nick Mather accepts TNM’s Mining Person of Year award
This podcast features SolGold CEO Nick Mather accepting The Northern Miner‘s “Mining Person of the Year” for 2018, first announced in March 2019. The award is in recognition of Nick’s…
South America Snapshot: Eight companies advancing assets
With its vast mineral potential and pro-mining business environment, South America has long been a home away from home for North American-listed mineral explorers, developers and miners. Here is a…
Site visit: New Pacific Metals blazes a trail at Silver Sand in Bolivia
BETANZOS, BOLIVIA — Vancouver-based junior New Pacific Metals (TSXV: NUAG; US-OTC: NUPMF) could be on the verge of a major silver discovery in south-central Bolivia, after clinching a pioneering deal…
Lumina Gold advances Cangrejos, Gran Bestia
Lumina Gold (TSXV: LUM) is on track to complete a first-ever resource estimate on its Gran Bestia gold-copper deposit and an updated resource on its Cangrejos gold-copper deposit before year-end….
Columbus Gold broadens footprint in French Guiana
Columbus Gold (TSX: CGT; US-OTC: CGTFF) wants to become a dominant player in the fledgling gold mining industry in French Guiana, an overseas department of France on the northeast coast…
Bolivian gov’t seeks a new deal with miners, says Minister Navarro
LA PAZ, BOLIVIA — The Bolivian government is “building a new relation between business and the state,” Bolivia’s Mining and Metallurgy Minister Cesar Navarro tells The Northern Miner in a…