South America

Ore processing facilities at B2Gold's Limon gold mine in northwestern Nicaragua. Photo by B2Gold

B2Gold makes Nicaragua its platform for growth

Many companies aspire to be a mid-tier gold producer, but few actually become one. There’s the small matter of finding a deposit that will yield good profit margins, and then there are financing issues, political risks and operational…


Jaguar Mining licks its wounds after tough quarter

Vancouver —  Referred to by its chairman as a ‘challenging year’, Jaguar Mining’s (JAG-T) saw costs rise and profits fall in 2011 despite an increase in gold production and the price of gold.





Columbus grows Paul Isnard

The latest results from Columbus Gold’s (CGT-V) Paul Isnard gold project in French Guiana have the company thinking big.


McEwen charms investors at PDAC

“Gold is money. If you don’t have gold, you better get some,” says Rob McEwen, chairman and CEO of McEwen Mining (MAQ-T, MUX-N), in a corporate presentation at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada’s…



Personnel at Coro Mining's San Jorge copper-gold project in Argentina. Photo by Coro Mining

Coro takes a second swing at San Jorge

One week after renegotiating a purchase agreement on its San Jorge copper-gold porphyry project in Argentina’s Mendoza province, Coro Mining (COP-T) will take another shot at getting the government permits it needs to proceed with mine…



Seafield Resources likes what it sees in Colombia

Seafield Resources (SFF-V) is making headway in Colombia with a preliminary economic assessment of its Miraflores deposit “on the horizon” and drill results continuing to flow from its Dosquebradas deposit 3 km to the north.


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

Malaga sitting pretty as tungsten prices soar

Three years ago when Pierre Monet went out on the road to talk to the investment community about tungsten, he would spend more than half of his time explaining what the metal was all about. 


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