Pure Energy’s Robinson surveys the world’s lithium deposits
VANCOUVER —While the burgeoning lithium market has sent companies scrambling to secure and advance lithium projects across the globe, anyone new to the scene may be left wondering what the…
South America
Editorial: Northern Andean economies groan as oil revenues dry up
There’s nothing quite like a fall in oil prices to expose the cracks in the economies and politics of countries highly dependent on oil exports. And such is the case…
Zafranal could produce copper for nearly two decades, study says
A positive prefeasibility study on the Zafranal project — an Andean style porphyry copper-gold deposit in southern Peru owned by Teck Resources (TSX: TCK.A; TSX: TCK.B; NYSE: TECK), AQM Copper…
TSX climbs, May 16–20
Canada’s benchmark index advanced ahead of the Victoria Day holiday weekend, rising 171 points, or 1.2%, to 13,919.58, as investors took in higher oil prices and the possibility that the…
Dynacor prepares for maiden resource at Tumipampa
Dynacor Gold Mines (TSX: DNG; US-OTC: DNGDF) is preparing to table the first-ever resource calculation at its Tumipampa gold-copper exploration project, 500 km southeast of Lima, Peru. Jean Martineau, Dynacor’s…
Focus improves phosphate mine plan at Bayovar
VANCOUVER — Focus Ventures (TSXV: FCV) has updated a prefeasibility study at its Bayovar 12 phosphate property, 70 km south of the city of Piura, Peru. It envisages a a US$168-million development…
Silver Standard may use Chinchillas as feed for Pirquitas
VANCOUVER — Silver Standard Resources (TSX: SSO; NASDAQ: SSRI) is moving forward on pre-development studies that may lengthen mine life at its Pirquitas silver mine in northern Argentina’s Jujuy province,…
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…
Editorial: Brazil’s anti-corruption drive takes out Rousseff
Brazil’s political and economic turmoil has grabbed headlines around the world, the culmination of years of top-level judicial investigations and countrywide street protests against corruption in politics. On May 12,…
Guyana Goldfields off to a strong start at Aurora
VANCOUVER — Guyana Goldfields (TSX: GUY; US-OTC: GUYFF) has wrapped up its first commercial quarter at the Aurora open-pit gold mine in Guyana, and the results hint at an operation that’s…
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…
Trevali lowers costs at Santander mine
Trevali Mining’s (TSX: TV; US-OTC: TREVF) Santander zinc-lead-silver mine in Peru keeps beating expectations, and the company says it’s one of the lowest-cost operating mines in the country’s Central Mineral Belt….