South America


Andean Advances Cerro Negro

SITE VISIT PERITO MORENO, SANTA CRUZ, ARGENTINA — The name Andean Resources (AND-T, AND-A) conjures images of snow-peaked mountains, but in reality, Cerro Negro, Andean’s advanced gold-silver exploration project, rises…


Americas Petrogas Eyes Potash

Branching out from its key oil and gas concessions in Argentina’s prolific Neuquen basin, Calgary-based oil and gas junior Americas Petrogas (BOE-V, APEOF-O) is taking on a new potash project along Pe…


Silver Standard Ramping Up Pirquitas

VANCOUVER — Stalwart junior explorer Silver Standard Resources (SSO-T, SSRI-Q), a force in mineral exploration for over two decades, is set to become a significant silver producer as it ramps up prod…


Xstrata’s Overture

Mega-merger talk kicked up again at the end of the 24th trading week of the year, as Xstrata unveiled its desire for a “merger of equals” with Anglo American.


BHP Delays Chilean Expansion Projects

The global recession has prompted BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L) to continue to delay a slate of expansion projects in Chile, the biggest among them an expansion of the world’s largest copper mine, Escon…


Exeter Set To Update Caspiche Resource

VANCOUVER — The drills have stopped turning for a winter break, but lengthy gold-copper intercepts keep rolling in from Exeter Resource’s (XRC-V, XRA-X) Caspiche project in Chile.


Panoro Reports Antilla Resource

If you asked Luquman Shaheen, president and chief executive of Panoro Minerals (PML-V, POROF-O), why he likes Peru he’d tell you about its long and rich history of private mining, its pro-mining cultu…


Quadra’s Franke In Home Stretch

Quadra Mining (QUA-T, QADMF-O) is banking that it is the right company to finally get the Franke copper project in Chile into gear.


Andean advances Cerro Negro

PERITO MORENO, SANTA CRUZ, ARGENTINA – The name Andean Resources (AND-T, AND-A) conjures images of snow-peaked moun…



Workers at Yamana Gold's Chapada copper-gold operation in Goias state, Brazil. Yamana has aimed to produce up to 155,000 oz. gold and 150 million lbs. copper at Chapada this year at cash costs of US$275-305 per oz. gold and US90¢-$1 per lb. copper.

Yamana Sells Off Mines To Aura

Latin America-focused Yamana Gold (YRI-T, AUY-N) is selling its three most costly gold mines to Aura Minerals (ORA-T, ORAUF-O) for US$200 million, putting some analysts on the lookout for a Yamana sho…


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