Mansfield Expands Lindero
Vancouver — Drilling by Mansfield Minerals (MDR-V, MFMNF-O) on its Lindero gold project in Salta province, northwestern Argentina, continues to encounter zones of blind, non-outcropping mineralizatio…
South America
Northern Peru Copper Gets Positive Prefeasibility for Galeno
Vancouver — A positive prefeasibility study for Northern Peru Copper’s (NOC-T, NPUCF-O) Galeno project in Peru’s Yanacocha district indicates good preliminary economics for an open-pit operation on t…
Wealth raises $6 million for Argentina uranium
Vancouver – News that Wealth Minerals (WML-V) has raised $6 million to finance exploration at the companys uraniu…
Editor’s Picks: Top stories of the week
The small club of global nickel miners was the top newsmaker during the week ended Feb. 2, 2007, with substantial d…
Southwestern, Meridian up on Peru drilling
Vancouver Shares of Southwestern Resources (SWG-T) rose on active trading after the company tabled phase one dril…
Stronger Chavez can’t tarnish Gold Reserve’s lustre
North American gold companies operating in Venezuela were spared the sting from increasing powers for Latin America…
Barrick exploration head says easy gold has all been found
Vancouver – Life in the gold exploration sector is not getting any easier, especially for major mining companies wh…
Strike stalls IamGold mine in Suriname
Vancouver – IamGold (IMG-T, IAG-N, IGD-A) has suspended production at its Rosebel mine in Suriname due to what the …
Cardero cuts wide copper-gold at Huachi (January 24, 2007)
Vancouver – Initial drilling by Cardero Resource (CDU-T, CDY-X) on its Huachi project in Argentina’s San Juan provi…
Bolivia’s Morales backs increased tax on minerals
Just two weeks after his mines minister went on record as favouring a significant increase to the export tax on min…
Chavez inauguration chills investors
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez waved the socialist banner broadly at his inauguration ceremony on Jan. 10, but comments from his finance committee eased some market concerns.
New tax scheme coming to Bolivia (January 22, 2007)
Speculation over President Evo Morales’ plans for Bolivia’s mining sector was rekindled recently by strong words from his mining minister, who suggested that the country’s mineral export tax was too l…