Belo Sun’s Volta Grande keeps getting bigger
Belo Sun Mining (BSX-T) is continuing its impressive string of resource updates at its wholly owned Volta Grande gold project in Brazil.
South America
Barrick investors revolt against $11.9M bonus [post-AGM update]
In the last year Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) has announced a multi-billion dollar overrun at its flagship development project in Chile, taken a $3.8-billion charge on a highly criticized acquisition, changed its chief executive officer and seen…
Commentary: After the aluminum rush: restoring the Amazon rainforest
Can the degraded land of the Amazon rainforest be salvaged by large-scale landscape restoration? Is it really possible to rebuild ecological integrity and enhance the lives of local communities in a sustainable way?
Commentary: After the aluminum rush – restoring the Amazon rainforest
Can the degraded land of the Amazon rainforest be salvaged by large scale landscape restoration? Is it really possible to rebuild ecological integrity and enhance the lives of local communities in a sustainable way?
Goldrock nears construction decision with positive Lindero feasibility study
VANCOUVER – With a new name, a revamped management team, and now a feasibility study for its flagship Lindero gold project in Argentina, Goldrock Mines (GRM-V) is striding towards its goal of becoming a gold producer.
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…
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…
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.
Belo Sun shines more light on Volta Grande
Belo Sun Mining (BSX-T) continues its impressive string of resource updates at its wholly owned Volta Grande project in Brazil.
Suriname approves new agreement with Iamgold
Early last month Iamgold (IMG-T, IAG-N) declared that it wanted to cut annual spending by $100 million through a combination of cost-cutting initiatives aimed at reducing mine operating costs, exploration expenditures and administrative…
Silver Wheaton suffers collateral damage from Pascua-Lama delay
It wasn’t just Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) and its shareholders that took it on the chin yesterday after news that construction on the Chilean side of the Pascua-Lama project had been suspended in response to environmental and regulatory…
Sandspring strengthens economics of Toroparu mine
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 plan.