Blue Sky Uranium advances Amarillo in Argentina
Argentina has three nuclear reactors and plans for more, yet the country has no domestic uranium production. Blue Sky Uranium (TSXV: BSK; US-OTC: BKUCF) hopes to fill that void. “They…
South America
The Northern Miner Podcast – Miner Moment #23: SolGold’s Nick Mather accepts TNM’s Mining Person of Year award
This podcast features SolGold CEO Nick Mather accepting The Northern Miner‘s “Mining Person of the Year” for 2018, first announced in March 2019. The award is in recognition of Nick’s…
South America Snapshot: Eight companies advancing assets
With its vast mineral potential and pro-mining business environment, South America has long been a home away from home for North American-listed mineral explorers, developers and miners. Here is a…
Site visit: New Pacific Metals blazes a trail at Silver Sand in Bolivia
BETANZOS, BOLIVIA — Vancouver-based junior New Pacific Metals (TSXV: NUAG; US-OTC: NUPMF) could be on the verge of a major silver discovery in south-central Bolivia, after clinching a pioneering deal…
Lumina Gold advances Cangrejos, Gran Bestia
Lumina Gold (TSXV: LUM) is on track to complete a first-ever resource estimate on its Gran Bestia gold-copper deposit and an updated resource on its Cangrejos gold-copper deposit before year-end….
Columbus Gold broadens footprint in French Guiana
Columbus Gold (TSX: CGT; US-OTC: CGTFF) wants to become a dominant player in the fledgling gold mining industry in French Guiana, an overseas department of France on the northeast coast…
Bolivian gov’t seeks a new deal with miners, says Minister Navarro
LA PAZ, BOLIVIA — The Bolivian government is “building a new relation between business and the state,” Bolivia’s Mining and Metallurgy Minister Cesar Navarro tells The Northern Miner in a…
Iamgold on path to production at Saramacca in Suriname
Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) has announced that it plans to begin production at its Saramacca open-pit gold deposit in the second half of 2019. The mine is located 18…
Orvana squeaks out $3M profit in Q2
Toronto-based junior miner Orvana Minerals (TSX: ORV) posted a relatively strong fiscal second quarter ended March 31, 2019, with good performance from its two operating mines: the Don Mario gold…
Equinox Gold pours first gold at Aurizona in Brazil
When Equinox Gold (TSXV: EQX; US-OTC: EQXFF) was formed in December 2017 as a three-way merger of Trek Mining, Newcastle Gold and Anfield Gold, it launched with a development asset…
Chile’s claims conundrum
SANTIAGO, CHILE — Rules which once helped turn Chile into a mining powerhouse have become a weight around its neck. Chile’s place as the world’s largest copper producer looks assured. Production…
Nobis Group takes stake in Adventus in Ecuador
One of Ecuador’s largest private conglomerates — with investments in everything from deepwater ports to real estate and agriculture — has chosen Adventus Mining (TSXV: ADZN; US-OTC: ADVZF) and its Curipamba…