New numbers for Angostura fail to give Greystar a lift
Now on a firmer environmental footing, Greystar Resources (GSL-T, GSL-L) is pushing ahead with the development…
South America
AQM and Teck re-jig Zafranal deal following long copper hits
Vancouver – The long copper hits coming out of the Zafranal project in southern Peru are starting to define a …
Magellan continues step-out drilling in Brazil
Vancouver – Continued drilling by Magellan Minerals (MNM-V) at its Brazilian gold projects has expanded known …
Xstrata to invest US$1.47 billion in new copper mine in Peru
As part of Xstrata’s (XTA-L, XSRAF-O) target of raising copper production by 50% and cutting costs by 20% befo…
Positive economics for Andean’s Cerro Negro (July 07, 2010)
Vancouver – A feasibility study on Andean Resources’ (AND-T, AND-A) Cerro Negro gold-silver project in Argenti…
Gold Hawk in Peru no more
The market likes a good deal, and it signaled its approval of Gold Hawk Resoruces’ (GHK-V) latest asset sale b…
Dorato hits more high grade at Cordillera Del Condor
Vancouver – The first drill program ever conducted at the Cordillera del Condor project in northwest Peru cont…
MBAC plans to mine phosphate in Brazil
Brazil has a fertilizer problem and a company called MBAC Fertilizer (MBC-T) is looking to capitalize on it by transforming a small phosphate mine, in a growing agricultural region of central Brazil, into a sizeable value-added operation by…
Time for a second look at Bolivia
LA PAZ, BOLIVIA — With national elections out of the way here and a spate of local polls completed and showing something of a setback for the populist Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) government, the political dust is settling in Bolivia and…
LETTERS TO EDITOR
In regards to the article “New challenge for Chile’s ‘Copper Man'” ( T. N. M., May 24-30/10), exploration would soar in Chile if junior mining companies were allowed to bid on even a percentage of the…
Argentex finds new silver-gold zone at Pinguino
The Tranquillo trend, a northwest regional feature that crosscuts 11 km of Argentex’s (ATX-V, AGXM-O) Pinguino property in Patagonia, Argentina, contains wide intervals of high-grade silver, the compa…
Quadra FNX loses Chinese partner for Sierra Gorda (June 28, 2010)
A Chinese utility company has walked away from a potential 50-50 joint-venture deal with recently-merged Quadra FNX Mining (QUX-T) for its Sierra Gorda copper-gold- molybdenum project and Franke coppe…