Of Yamana Gold’s (YRI-T, AUY-N, YAU-L) $125 million budgeted for exploration this year (a 10% increase over 2011), about $29.5 million or 23% is earmarked for northern Chile, where it owns 100% of the high-grade El Peñón…
The discovery of two new zones of copper mineralization at the Taca Taca project failed to lift the share price of Lumina Copper (LCC-V) largely due to widespread anti-Argentina sentiment in the wake of President Cristina Fernandez’s…
VANCOUVER — Recently-listed Atico Mining (ATY-V) has joined the many new companies exploring for gold in Colombia, but the company plans to set itself apart with its management team and strategy.
Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) took a mild beating after it named a new chief executive in a move to bolster its share price, leaving some analysts wondering if turbulent waters lie ahead.
VANCOUVER — As with many developing countries, there is a natural resource duality in Peru that can trigger tension between pro-mining interests and local communities. Switzerland-based mega-miner Xstrata PLC (XTA-L) is stuck in the…
Strong drill results from nine diamond drill holes at the Buritica gold project in Colombia sent shares of Continental Gold (CNL-T) up 28¢ or 3.9% to $7.38 apiece on June 4.
Sunward Resources (SWD-T) believes it could be sitting on top of Colombia’s next gold district and its latest resource estimate lends some credit to the notion.
GoldQuest Mining (GQC-V) shares have taken flight after the company revealed a monster gold intercept from its 15-hole program at the Las Tres Palmas project in the northest Dominican Republic, around 40 km east-southeast from the border with…
VANCOUVER — Canada’s third-largest gold producer Kinross Gold (K-T, KGC-N) has divested its 50% stake in the Crixas gold operation in central Brazil to South African partner AngloGold Ashanti (AU-N, AGG-A) in a cash deal worth…
When Lumina Copper (LCC-V) announced in early May that it had increased the size of its Taca Taca copper project in northwestern Argentina, mining analyst Adam Low of Raymond James raised his six- to 12-month target price on the stock by $2.50,…
Rio Verde Minerals (RVD-T) aims to add $15 million to its coffers to help fund exploration and development at its key potash and phosphate projects in northern Brazil, by selling its shares at a premium.
When mining entrepreneur Rob McEwen put US Gold and Minera Andes together to create McEwen Mining (MUX-T, MUX-N) he was working on the model that you could take one company that had cash flow and another company that had development…
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