Bema, Arizona Star regain Cerro Casale
Partners Bema Gold (BGO-T, BGO-X) and Arizona Star Resource (AZS-V, AZS-X) have inked definitive deals to acquire B…
South America
Romarco ties up epithermal gold district in Mexico
Vancouver – Two separate agreements with a Mexican vendor have allowed Romarco Minerals (R-V) to acquire an entire…
5M-oz deposit in Ecuador?
How do you top “great” drill results that have included 8.4 grams gold per tonne uncut across 205 metres from a new grassroots discovery in the jungle of southeastern Ecuador? You follow it up with an…
Bus accident kills 28 Buenaventura workers
A bus accident on the road from the Uchucchacua silver mine to the nearby town of Oyon, Peru, took the lives of 28 employees of Companhia de Minas Buenaventura (BVN-N) and injured 17 others….
Aurelian’s Condor continues to soar
Drilling by Aurelian Resources (ARU-V, AUREF-O) has delivered another long intersection of high-grade gold from the…
Partners jump at Jeronimo
BacTech Mining (BM-V, BMCFF-O) and Intrepid Minerals (IAU-T, ITDXF-O) are joining forces to acquire Goldcorp’s (G-…
Mega targets Mongolian, Argentine uranium
Despite a recently imposed 68% windfall tax on copper and gold, Mega Uranium (MGA-V, MGAFF-O) plans to continue wor…
Editorial: Peru steps back from the brink (June 19, 2006)
Peruvian voters have thankfully taken a step back from the abyss with the election of moderately left-leaning Alan Garcia to the presidency over radical Hugo Chavez-groupie and former comandante Ollan…
Cambior puts Omai bauxite on the block (June 16, 2006)
Rather than sink significant capital into a badly needed expansion to compete with stiff Chinese competition, Cambi…
Bear Creek keeps up the pace at Corani
Bear Creek Mining’s (BCM-V) Corani project in southern Peru continues to grow. Back on March 13th the company r…
Bus accident kills Buenaventura workers
A bus accident on the road from the Uchucchacua silver mine to the nearby town of Oyon, Peru, took the lives of 28 …
Editorial: Peru steps back from the brink (June 14, 2006)
Peruvian voters have thankfully taken a step back from the abyss with the election of moderately left-leaning Alan …