2005



Making the acquisition make sense

Brazil is the world’s fifth-largest country by area, with 8.5 million sq. km (3.2 million sq. miles) of territory, and its mineral and precious metal deposits are extensive. The country produces subst…


Auger drilling by Vaaldiam Resources at the newly discovered Clara pipe in the southern block of the Pimenta Buena property in Brazil's Rondonia state. The discovery is significant in that it is the first pipe on the property found by drilling an electromagnetic anomaly, rather than a more-typical magnetic anomaly.

News – 21-FEB-05

Vancouver — The search for diamond-bearing kimberlites in Brazil has been ongoing for at least 40 years, but success has so far proved elusive….


Workers test Canico Resource's Ona-Puma nickel laterite project.

Canico eager to build Ona-Puma

Vancouver — Canico Resource (CNI-T) is awaiting a bankable feasibility study of the Ona-Puma nickel laterite project in the north-central Brazilian state of Para. The ferronickel…


Fortune turns for Jacobina

The Jacobina gold district of Bahia state, Brazil, is one of those famed areas like Kalgoorlie in Western Australia or the Porcupine in Ontario: everybody knows all about them — or to be more precise…




Lake Shore tests Thunder Creek

Vancouver — Drilling by Lake Shore Gold (LSG-V) has confirmed the presence of two gold-bearing zones at the Thunder Creek property, near Timmins, Ont….


Misconceptions about mining in Brazil

In 1994 the Brazilian government launched a multi-year plan for the development of the country’s mining sector. More than 160 acknowledged professionals, public officers and scientists collaborated wi…



Yamana primed for growth

Known as a high-concept, grassroots gold explorer in the 1990s, Yamana Gold (YRI-T) has re-invented itself in the last few years and re-emerged as a substantial gold miner with five…


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