South America

Chubut’s draft mining law confounds miners

Pan American Silver (PAA-T, PAAS-Q) is warning shareholders that if draft mining legislation proposed by the governor of Argentina’s southern Chubut province becomes law, its Navidad silver project in the province will become…


Drillers at work at Lupaka Gold's flagship Crucero gold project in Peru 850 km southeast of the capital Lima. Photo by Lupaka Gold

Lupaka and Andean to merge

Lupaka Gold (LPK-T) and Andean American Gold (AAG-V) are proposing to merge in a friendly deal that would create a Peru-focused gold explorer and developer with combined resources of 2.1 million oz. gold equivalent in the measured and indicated…


Cobriza hits new porphyry in Peru

The latest drill results from Cobriza Metals (CZA-T) Arikepay project in Peru have the company confident it has made a new porphyry discovery.


Golden Arrow gets lift from drill results

Step-out drilling at Golden Arrow Resources Corp.’s (GRG-V) Chinchillas silver project in Argentina’s Jujuy province has returned several long intercepts including 29 metres grading 631 grams silver per tonne, the company reports.



What next for South American Silver

The release yesterday of South American Silver’s (SAC-T, SOHAF-O) remaining employees and a police officer taken hostage earlier this month by opponents to its Malku Khota project in Bolivia marks a new phase in the Vancouver-based…


The landscape at the Quimsacocha gold project in Ecuador, which INV Metals is acquiring from Iamgold. Photo by INV Metals

Iamgold ‘not bailing’ on Ecuador: INV

Headlines in the mainstream media that Iamgold (IMT-T, IAG-N) is giving up on Ecuador are fundamentally incorrect, Candace MacGibbon, president and chief financial officer of junior explorer INV Metals (INV-T), tells The Northern Miner.INV…


Gran Colombia builds up Marmato

Gran Colombia Gold (GCM-T) has boosted the resources at its Marmato gold project in Colombia, although it cost a bit of grade to do so.The company says measured and indicated resources stand at 409.7 million tonnes grading 0.9 gram gold…


Editorial: Fleece Navidad

At the halfway mark of the year, the political difficulties are starting to pile up for North American and European explorers and miners operating in several Latin American countries. But front and centre these days is Argentina, with its rich…


Bolivian President Evo Morales.

Bolivian gov’t seizes Glencore’s Colquiri mine

The Bolivian government’s recent decision to ­nationalize Glencore International’s (GLEN-L)Colquiri lead-tin mine “will pose a number of serious questions relating to the government’s future policy towards foreign…


Workers build a drill pad at Red Eagle Mining's Santa Rosa gold project near Medellin, Colombia. Photo by Ian Bickis

Red Eagle tickled pink with Santa Rosa in Colombia

Colombia-­focused junior Red Eagle Mining (RD-V) has hit encouraging high-grade gold intercepts in a phase-two drill program at its Santa Rosa project near Medellin, although the final drilling from phase one did not fare as well.Hole 42…


Lupaka and Andean propose merger

Board members at both Lupaka Gold Corp. (LPK-T) and Andean American Gold Corp. (AAG-V) are unanimously backing a proposed merger of the two companies that would create a Peru-focused gold explorer and developer with combined resources of 2.1…


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