Southwestern, Meridian up on Peru drilling
Vancouver Shares of Southwestern Resources (SWG-T) rose on active trading after the company tabled phase one dril…
South America
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…
Mansfield drilling expands Lindero
Vancouver – Drilling by Mansfield Minerals (MDR-V, MFMNF-O) on its Lindero project in Salta Province, northwestern …
Eaglecrest defining gold shoots in Bolivia
Eaglecrest Explorations (EEL-V) is continuing to encounter high-grade gold as it drifts towards its target at its S…
Int’l Royalty to Buy Nsr on Pascua-Lama
Vancouver — International Royalty (IRC-T, ROY-X) has inked a deal to purchase a sliding-scale net smelter return (NSR) royalty on Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T, ABX-N) monstrous Pascua-Lama gold deposit, whi…
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 Ya…