South America

Trevali ‘more than a one-trick pony,’ Haywood says

New Brunswick has given the green light to Trevali Mining (TV-T) to operate its Caribou mine and mill complex in the Atlantic province’s Bathurst mining camp, and the zinc-focused development company says it expects to fire up the mill…




Bellhaven Copper & Gold's La Mina gold-copper project, 45 km southwest of Medellin, Colombia. Source: Bellhaven Copper & Gold

Bellhaven expands Colombian footprint

Large-tonnage, low-grade deposits may not be the flavour of the month, but Bellhaven Copper & Gold (BHV-V) is in a good position for whenever investors resume their love affair with big gold deposits.







A drill rig at Lumina Copper's Taca Taca copper project in Argentina. Photo by Trish Saywell

Lumina’s Taca Taca shows robust economics

A preliminary economic assessment of Lumina Copper’s (LCC-V) enormous Taca Taca project, among the world’s top-tier undeveloped copper deposits, demonstrates a US$2.1-billion after-tax net present value and a 17.2% after-tax…


Equipment at Sandsping Resources' Toroparu gold project in Guyana. Source: Sandspring Resources

Sandspring bolsters Toroparu economics

VANCOUVER — Sandspring Resources’ (SSP-V) Toroparu gold project in Guyana is sporting strengthened economics after a prefeasibility study lowered anticipated capital costs and increased gold recoveries, compared to the previous…


Barrick Gold's Pascua-Lama gold project on the Chile-Argentina border. Source: Barrick Gold

More trouble at Pascua-Lama

Investors are getting tired of complications at Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T, ABX-N) Pascua-Lama gold project, which is perched high up in the Andes, but not so removed from the earthly troubles of cost overruns and environmental challenges.


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