Mirasol hunts for gold in Argentina, Chile
VANCOUVER — In a hallway at the Sprott Natural Resource Symposium in Vancouver in July, Mirasol Resources (TSXV: MRZ) president and CEO Stephen Nano thumbs through a number of geological and…
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Argentine tycoon Elsztain bets big on gold
Eduardo Elsztain — one of Argentina’s richest men — has been buying and selling hard assets for the last 35 years. His first real estate deal in 1982, when he…
Hunt Mining acquires Martha mine in Argentina
Matthew Hughes found the Martha silver deposit while looking out the window of his pick-up truck. It had just rained and a red line streaked across the dirt road in…
Falco to move Horne 5 from PEA straight to feasibility
Luc Lessard has worked on 11 open-pit and underground mine builds during his career as a mining engineer, including the Canadian Malartic gold mine, but he isn’t finished yet. The…
Barrick fined for Veladero cyanide spill
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA — Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) has been fined $9.8 million for a cyanide spill that took place at its Veladero gold mine in Argentina’s San…