South America

McEwen Mining's Los Azules porphyry copper project in San Juan, Argentina near the Chilean border. Credit: McEwen Mining.

McEwen grows Los Azules copper count

VANCOUVER — With 10 drill holes, McEwen Mining (MUX-T, MUX-N) has boosted the copper resource at its Los Azules project in Argentina by 20% compared to the last estimate just eight months ago, and the huge deposit remains open in every…




A drill site in the Lynx zone - with the Phoenix zone in the background - at Atacama Pacific Gold's Cerro Maricunga gold project in Chile. Credit: Atacama Pacific Gold.

Atacama is hopeful at Cerro Maricunga

Atacama Pacific Gold (ATM-V) has bright prospects for its Cerro Maricunga gold project in Chile following the release of a positive preliminary economic assessment (PEA), which was welcomed by analysts. The project is in Region III, 140 km by…



Pan American Silver's Dolores silver-gold mine in northern Mexico. Credit: Pan American Silver.

Pan American to produce more silver, gold in 2013

Pan American Silver (PAA-T, PAAS-Q) had a strong year in 2012, helped by record silver and gold output in the fourth quarter, and it’s forecasting 2013 will be another “record setting-production year.” 




The Cerro Maricunga oxide gold deposit (Lynx on the left, Phoenix in the centre, and the Crux to the far right). Source: Atacama Pacific Gold

Atacama publishes Cerro Maricunga’s PEA

Atacama Pacific Gold (ATM-T) has bright prospects for its Cerro Maricunga gold project in Chile following the release of a recent positive preliminary economic assessment (PEA), which was received positively by analysts.  




Cliffs to take major hit in Q4

Two years ago when Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF-N) acquired Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines for US$4.97 billion, many critics argued the Cleveland-based company had overpaid.


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