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Concordia looks to build on Argentinean assets

Being part of the team that unearthed one of the world’s great copper-gold deposits in Oyu Tolgoi hasn’t left Ed Flood to rest on his laurels. The founding president and former deputy chair of Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-N, IVN-T) is now throwing his…


Malaga makes headway in the Andes

Before Montreal-based Malaga Inc. (MLG-T, MLGAF-O) took over the Pasto Bueno mine in 2005, private owners in Peru had turned out nearly six million tonnes of tungsten–or 42,000 tonnes of tungsten concentrate–from just five veins they had…


New Gold goes all-in at Blackwater

Vancouver – New Gold (NGD-T, NGD-N) has put pen to paper with two B.C.-focused junior gold explorers holding land near the company’s most recent acquisition, the Blackwater gold-silver project, located 150 km southwest of Prince George.


Candente Copper a possible takeover?

Candente Copper’s (dnt-t) sizeable Canariaco Norte copper-gold deposit in northern Peru has been receiving a lot of buzz lately, with a few analysts tipping the project off as a possible takeover target.


Kaminak Gold VP of exploration Tim Smith (far right) and colleagues explore a trench at the Coffee gold project in the Yukon. Photo by Ian Bickis

Kaminak Gold goes big in the Yukon

Ever since the company  started out in 2005, Kaminak Gold (KAM-V) has been about scale. When it first launched, the junior boasted 60,000 sq. km of land around Nunavut and B.C., a size that well-suited the company’s…


A planned drill site at North Atlantic Potash and Rio Tinto's potash project in Saskatchewan. Photo by North Atlantic Potash

Rio revisits Saskatchewan’s potash scene

Rio Tinto (RIO-N) is investing back into potash, after selling its potash interests in Canada and Argentina to Vale (VALE-N) for US$850 million in 2009, to help pay down its debt during the 2008–2009 recession. 


Workers pumping lithium and potash brine from the Sal de Vida lithium project in Argentina. Photo by Lithium One

Strong economics for Lithium One’s Sal de Vida

Lithium One (LI-V) is fast-tracking its Sal de Vida lithium and potash project at Salar del Hombre Muerto in Argentina based on encouraging economics that sketch out the project’s huge potential. 


The Cirnic pit at Gabriel Resources' Rosia Montana gold-silver project in Romania. Gabriel Resources

Gabriel gathers new momentum at Rosia Montana

The trials and tribulations of Gabriel Resources (GBU-T) and its Rosia Montana gold project in Romania’s Transylvania region have been well-documented in these pages since the late 1990s. 


Facilities at Excellon Resources' Platosa polymetallic mine in Durango state, Mexico. Photo by Excellon Resources

Union troubles for Excellon in Mexico

Feuding unions at Excellon Resources’ (EXN-T) Platosa polymetallic mine in Mexico’s Durango state have staged two demonstrations in recent months and caused a total of seven days of lost production in August and September. 


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Montero looks to put Tanzania on REE map

Tanzania has established itself as one of Africa’s top gold-mining countries, but Montero Mining (mon-v) believes the nation could soon be known for mineralization of a different order. 


Wealth Minerals focuses on rare earths

With Chinese producers choking the supply of rare earths, there’s a race to get new, cheap production from outside of China. Explorer Wealth Minerals (WML-V) is part of that hustle, touting its Rodeo de los Molles deposit in Argentina as…


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