Sizing up the threat of nationalization in Bolivia (May 23, 2006)
“This is just the start,” Bolivian president Evo Morales told a crowd regarding the nationalization of the country’…
South America
Minera Andes enhances copper target at Los Azules
Vancouver An 11-hole drilling program by Minera Andes (MAI-V, MNEAF-O) has returned a number of significant inter…
Int’l Minerals closes $92-million for Rio Blanco
Vancouver – Closure of its $92-million public offering has International Minerals (IMZ-T, IMZLF-O) with funds in ha…
Work resumes at Rosebel
Workers have returned to their posts at Cambior’s (CBJ-T, CBJ-X) flagship Rosebel open-pit gold mine in Suriname fo…
Monterrico sketches out Rio Blanco plan
Early progress on a final feasibility study for the Rio Blanco copper-molybdenum project in northern Peru proposes …
Bolivia sending mixed messages on nationalization
“This is just the start,” Bolivian president Evo Morales told a crowd regarding the nationalization of the country’…
Andean American to go it alone on Invicta
Vancouver – Junior gold producer Andean American Mining (AAG-V, ANMCF-O) will advance its Invicta gold project, in …
Xstrata takes Tintaya
Swiss-based miner Xstrata (XSRAF-O, XTA-L) has agreed to buy the Tintaya copper mine in central Peru from Anglo-Aus…
Goldcorp triples Q1 net earnings despite lower production from Red Lake
Vancouver – Robust metal prices and the strong performance of the Alumbrera gold-copper mine allowed Goldcorp (G-T…
Rosebel suffers strike, occupation
Shares in Cambior (CBJ-T, CBJ-X) were off 15, or nearly 4%, at $3.70 in mid-afternoon trading in Toronto on May 12…
Andacollo’s sulphides look profitable to Aur (May 15, 2006)
It’s been a long time coming, but a new bankable feasibility study of the underlying copper-sulphide mineralization at Aur Resources’ (AUR-T, AURRF-O) 9-year-old Andacollo copper-gold mine in Chile is…
Bema sees losses up despite higher gold output
Vancouver – Record quarterly revenues and gold production was not enough to quell the red ink for Bema Gold (BGO-T,…