2010


MBAC plans to mine phosphate in Brazil

Brazil has a fertilizer problem and a company called MBAC Fertilizer (MBC-T) is looking to capitalize on it by transforming a small phosphate mine, in a growing agricultural region of central Brazil, into a sizeable value-added operation by…


Peregrine pulls long copper hits at Altar

VANCOUVER — The Altar copper porphyry in Argentina is returning long mineralized intercepts as Peregrine Metals (PGM-T) looks ahead to developing a large-scale heap-leach operation at the site.Peregrine recently completed a 76-hole drill…


South American Silver, whose Malku Khota deposit (above) hosts 81 million tonnes at 43 grams silver and 6.7 grams indium, is one of several companies active in Bolivia.

Time for a second look at Bolivia

LA PAZ, BOLIVIA — With national elections out of the way here and a spate of local polls completed and showing something of a setback for the populist Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) government, the political dust is settling in Bolivia and…


Patagonia Gold advances exploration in Argentina

Patagonia Gold (PGD-L) is all cashed up to develop larger and cheaper gold projects in Argentina’s Santa Cruz province.Earlier this month, the company raised US$18.79 million in a share placement and US$13.45 million in a similar exercise in…


Prospectors at Sandspring Resources' Toroparu gold-copper deposit in Guyana.

Sandspring ups resources at Toroparu

Sandspring Resources (SSP-V) put considerably more tonnage into its indicated resource category, showing that its Toroparu gold-copper deposit in Guyana is shaping into a significant project.The company had been drilling over the past year…


Andina defines high-grade zones at Volcan

A 20,200-metre drill program at the Volcan gold project in Chile has highlighted zones of higher-grade gold within the 10-millionoz. deposit and outlined a new area called Ojo de Agua East for owner Andina Minerals (ADM-V). It provides…


Eldorado’s efforts pay off

VANCOUVER — Halfway through its $35.4-million exploration program for 2010, Eldorado Gold (ELD-T) has already defined a new zone of mineralization at its Kisladag gold mine in Turkey, expanded a new …


Argentex finds new silver-gold zone at Pinguino

The Tranquillo trend, a northwest regional feature that crosscuts 11 km of Argentex’s (ATX-V, AGXM-O) Pinguino property in Patagonia, Argentina, contains wide intervals of high-grade silver, the compa…





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