Poland’s KGHM seeks new acquisitions
With mining stocks falling, it is little wonder that talk of mergers and acquisitions has picked up. Unfortunately for most junior mining companies, much of the talk has remained just that – talk.
South America
Atacama adds heft to Cerro Maricunga
Atacama Pacific Gold (ATM-V) is looking to expand its position in the dry highlands of Chile.
Panoro’s big dreams for Cotabambas
Vancouver -In the northern reaches of south-central Peru’s Andahuaylas-Yauri belt, 50 km southwest of Cusco, three drill rigs are turning at Panoro Minerals’ (PML-V) Cotabambas copper-gold-porphyry project, where the company hopes to delineate…
Patagonia Gold digs into southern Argentina
Goldcorp.’s (G-T, GG-N) $3.6 billion acquisition last year of Andean Resources and its Cerro Negro deposit in Santa Cruz province may have showcased Argentina as a key gold producing region. But Patagonia Gold (PGD-L) had been working in the…
Carpathian hit with construction stoppage in Brazil
Vancouver – Carpathian Gold (CPN-T) has been forced to abruptly halt construction at its Riacho dos Machados gold project on environmental grounds barely a month after the Brazilian government approved the project.
Concordia looks to build on Argentinean assets
Being part of the team that unearthed one of the world’s great copper-gold deposits in Oyu Tolgoi hasn’t left Ed Flood to rest on his laurels. The founding president and former deputy chair of Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-N, IVN-T) is now throwing his…
Malaga makes headway in the Andes
Before Montreal-based Malaga Inc. (MLG-T, MLGAF-O) took over the Pasto Bueno mine in 2005, private owners in Peru had turned out nearly six million tonnes of tungsten–or 42,000 tonnes of tungsten concentrate–from just five veins they had…
Candente Copper a possible takeover?
Candente Copper’s (dnt-t) sizeable Canariaco Norte copper-gold deposit in northern Peru has been receiving a lot of buzz lately, with a few analysts tipping the project off as a possible takeover target.
Strong economics for Lithium One’s Sal de Vida
Lithium One (LI-V) is fast-tracking its Sal de Vida lithium and potash project at Salar del Hombre Muerto in Argentina based on encouraging economics that sketch out the project’s huge potential.
Wealth Minerals focuses on rare earths
With Chinese producers choking the supply of rare earths, there’s a race to get new, cheap production from outside of China. Explorer Wealth Minerals (WML-V) is part of that hustle, touting its Rodeo de los Molles deposit in Argentina as…
UPDATE:Atacama Pacific grows Cerro Maricunga
Atacama Pacific Gold (ATM-V) is looking to expand its position in the dry highlands of Chile.
Gran Colombia struggles with violence in Colombia
Vancouver – Several acts of violence in recent weeks have marred Gran Colombia Gold’s (GCM-T) grand plans in the South American country.