South America


Drilling at Midas Gold's Golden Meadows gold project in Idaho. Photo by Midas Gold

‘Rediscoveries’ among featured projects at Roundup 2012

Modern technologies combined with robust metal prices helped generate many of the domestic and international exploration successes featured at Mineral Exploration Roundup hosted by the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME…


Red Eagle Mining's chief project geologist Tim Neall at the colonial sluice mine at the Santa Rosa gold project, near Medellin in Colombia. Photo by Ian Bickis

Red Eagle spreads its wings

In recent years as drugs and violence fade from the headlines, Colombia has seen a deluge of juniors pouring in and looking to take part in the gold-rich country’s seemingly endless untapped potential.


A dill rig at Seafield Resources' Miraflores gold project in Central Colombia. Photo by Seafield Resources

Colombia surging ahead

The past year has been a pivotal one for the Colombian gold sector, as explorers demonstrated much more of the geological promise the country holds.


Drillers at Seafield Resources' Quinchia gold project in Colombia's Risaralda Department. Photo by Seafield Resources

Sea change at Seafield

Sometimes a little change can do a company a lot of good. In the case of Seafield Resources (SFF-V) change comes in the form of a new management team, and the good it hopes to do is revive investor interest in what was briefly one of the…


Drillers at Lumina Copper's Taca Taca copper project in Argentina. Photo by Trish Saywell

Lumina hits more long intersects at Taca Taca

Lumina Copper (LCC-V) reports that the Taca Taca deposit in northwestern Argentina, 90 km east of Escondida, the world’s largest copper mine, has yielded the longest mineralized intercept to date with 813 metres grading 0.60% copper…


Batero tumbles 49% on resource estimate

Shares of Batero Gold (BAT-V) took a deadly plunge after the company disappointed the market with an initial resource estimate at its Batero-Quinchia gold project in Risaralda Department, Colombia. 



Machine operators move material at Yamana Gold's Gualcamayo gold mine in Argentina. Photo by Yamana Gold

Yamana grows yearly profits by 17%

Yamana Gold (YRI-T, AUY-N) has reported a US$89.5-million profit for the fourth quarter of 2011.  It’s a 28% decrease from the same period a year ago, following a one-time, US$81-million impairment loss on investments. 


Drillers at Talon Metals' Trairao iron ore project in Para State, Brazil. Photo by Talon Metals

Talon sizes up iron ore at Trairao in Brazil

Talon Metals (TLO-T) has released a slew of drill results from its extensive 2011 exploration program, showing iron content in weathered and fresh rock at its Trairao project in Brazil.


A drill set up at Coro Mining's Berta copper project, 20 km west of the village of Inca de Oro in Chile's Region III. Photo by Coro Mining

Coro options more copper ground in Chile

Coro Mining (COP-T) has signed an option agreement with a local Chilean company to acquire El Desesperado — a 7-sq.-km property hosting porphyry copper-style mineralization 16 km southwest of Codelco’s Chuquicamata copper mine in…


Machines moving earth at Lachlan Star's CMD gold mine in Andacollo, Chile, 350 km north of Santiago. Photo by Lachlan Star

Lachlan finds its gold star in Chile

In December 2010 Perth-based Lachlan Star (LSA-T, LSA-A) went from exploring in Australia and Africa, straight into producing gold in the Americas after buying the CMD gold mine in Andacollo, Chile.  


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