Volume 97 Number 37 Oct 31 - Nov 6, 20111 45



A conveyor moves ore at Malaga's Pasto Bueno tungsten mine in Peru. Photo by Grard Tournebize

Malaga makes headway in Peru

Before Montreal-based Malaga  (MLG-T) took over the Pasto Bueno mine in 2005, private owners in Peru had turned out nearly 6 million tonnes of tungsten ore – or 42,000 tonnes of tungsten concentrate – from just five veins they had…


Patagonia Gold digs into southern Argentina

Goldcorp’s (G-T, GG-N) $3.6-billion acquisition last year of Andean Resources and its Cerro Negro deposit in Argentina’s Santa Cruz province may have showcased it as an up-and-coming gold-producing region, but Patagonia Gold (PGD-L) had been…


The exploration camp and copper deposit at Candente Copper's Canariaco Norte project in northern Peru. Photo by Candente Copper

Candente Copper a likely takeover target?

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  as a likely takeover target.


Looking northeast at a drill site on Panoro Minerals' Cotabambas copper-gold-porphyry project, 50 km southwest of Cusco, Peru.Photo by Panoro Minerals

Panoro’s big dreams for Cotabambas

In the northern reaches of south-central Peru’s Andahuaylas-Yauri belt, 50 km southwest of Cusco, three drill rigs are turning at Panoro Minerals’ (PMI-V) Cotabambas copper-gold porphyry project, where the company hopes to delineate the belt’s…


Ed Flood hunting porphyry in Argentina

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. 



Drillers at CB Gold's Vetas gold project in Santander department, Colombia, 400 km northeast of Bogota. Photo by CB Gold

CB Gold hits it big in Colombia

Ten kilometres south of the rich La Bodega and La Mascota gold deposits in northeast Colombia – acquired by Eike Batista’s EBX Group earlier this year in its $1.5-billion takeover of Ventana Gold – CB Gold (CBJ-V) has drilled into a new gold…


A camp at Merrex Gold's Siribaya gold project in western Mali. Photo by Merrex Gold

Merrex Gold thinks big in Mali

The hard-hit junior gold mining sector enjoyed a rare respite in October, but while many juniors moved up, Merrex Gold (MXI-V) was among the most favoured of them all.


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