Atico hits high grades below El Roble workings
VANCOUVER — Atico Mining (ATY-V) has pulled some striking grades in its first drill results from the El Roble project in Colombia.
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U.S. drought favors some crop nutrient companies over others
If the dry weather in the United States continues it could turn out to be “the worst drought of our generation,” CIBC analyst Jacob Bout writes in a 196-page industry report, noting that damage to the corn crop so far this year is…
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…
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.
Red Eagle hits 7 metres grading 41.53 grams gold at Santa Rosa
VANCOUVER — Red Eagle Mining (RD-V) continues to report encouraging infill gold hits from its Santa Rosa project in Colombia.
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…
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 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…