South America

Drillers at Bellhaven Copper & Gold's La Mina gold-copper project in Central Colombia. Photo by Bellhaven Copper & Gold

Best intercept yet for Bellhaven in Colombia

Bellhaven Copper & Gold (BHV-V) hit its best intercept yet at its La Mina gold-copper project in Colombia, and the good news came out of an emerging zone on the property.


JV partners Regulus and Pachamama to merge

Already equal partners in the headline-grabbing Rio Grande copper-gold project in Argentina, Regulus Resources (REG-V) and Pachamama Resources (PMA-V) are making the arrangement formal and merging into one company.


Talon hits iron in fresh and weathered rock at Trairao

Vancouver – Talon Metals (TLO-T) has released a slew of drill results from its extensive 2011 exploration program, showing significant iron content in both weathered and fresh rock at its Trairao project in Brazil.


Nyrstar’s meteoric rise as a miner

Vancouver — Born of two established metals companies as a pure smelting play in 2007, Brussels-listed Nyrstar NV has since grabbed a commanding position in the zinc supply chain with no sign of slowing down.


Lumina hits long intersects at Taca Taca

The Taca Taca deposit in northwestern Argentina, 90 km east of Escondida, the world’s largest copper mine, has yielded the longest mineralized intercept to date—813 metres grading 0.60% copper equivalent including 134 metres of…






Drillers at Calibre Mining and B2Gold's Primavera gold project in northeast Nicaragua. Photo by Calibre Mining

Calibre and B2Gold hit long gold intercepts in Nicaragua

Calibre Mining’s (CXB-V) share price jumped to 50¢ from 19¢ with 42.5 million shares traded over two days after it announced three long gold-copper intercepts from its Primavera prospect in northeastern Nicaragua. B2 Gold (BTO-T)…


Molycorp meets Molymet, secures US$390M in funds

U.S. rare earths producer Molycorp (MCP-N) is giving Chile-based Molibdenos y Metales (Molymet) 12.5 million shares in exchange for US$390 million. That works out to US$31.20 apiece – a 10% premium to Molycorp’s 20-day volume weighted average…


But I came here for a grand opening!

Instead of the pomp of a new mine opening, Latin American Minerals (LAT-V) dashed investors hopes of any ceremony by announcing that it was suspending operations at what was set to become Paraguay’s first modern gold mine.


By continuing to browse you agree to our use of cookies. To learn more, click more information

Dear user, please be aware that we use cookies to help users navigate our website content and to help us understand how we can improve the user experience. If you have ideas for how we can improve our services, we’d love to hear from you. Click here to email us. By continuing to browse you agree to our use of cookies. Please see our Privacy & Cookie Usage Policy to learn more.

Close