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….
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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 …
Crystellex clings to “valid and binding contract” for Las Cristinas
Vancouver Recent media reports suggesting that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will soon extend his “Bolivarian …
Sacre-Coeur’s latest intersects can’t drive up shares
Despite the reporting of recent intercepts at its Million Mountain property in Guyana, Sacre-Coeur Minerals (SCM V…
Quimsacocha shaping up
A 31-hole infill drilling program at the Quimsacocha gold-silver-copper deposit in southern Ecuador has confirmed a…