Ed Flood hunting porphyry in Argentina
Being part of the team that unearthed one of the world’s great copper-gold deposits in Oyu Tolgoi hasn’t left Ed Flood to rest on his laurels.
South America
Gran Colombia struggles with violence in Colombia
Several acts of violence in recent weeks have marred Gran Colombia Gold’s (GCM-T) ambitious growth plans in Colombia’s gold fields.
CB Gold hits it big in Colombia
Ten kilometres south of the rich La Bodega and La Mascota gold deposits in northeast Colombia – acquired by Eike Batista’s EBX Group earlier this year in its $1.5-billion takeover of Ventana Gold – CB Gold (CBJ-V) has drilled into a new gold…
Ventana 2? Ross Beaty invests heavily in CB Gold
Vancouver mining magnate Ross Beaty has agreed to invest $11 million in Colombia-focused junior gold explorer CB Gold (CBJ-V) just days after the company announced a major discovery at its main Vetas gold project.
Iamgold buys toehold in Colombia’s Middle Cauca belt
Vancouver – Iamgold (IMG-T, IAG-N) has agreed to buy a minority interest in two junior explorers with porphyry gold-copper projects in Colombia’s highly prospective Middle Cauca belt south of Medellin.
CB Gold hits it big in Colombia’s promising Vetas district
Vancouver – Ten kilometres south of the rich La Bodega and La Mascota gold deposits in Colombia acquired by Eike Batista’s EBX Group earlier this year in its $1.5-billion takeover of Ventana Gold, CB Gold (CBJ-V) has drilled into a new gold…
B2Gold, Auryx to hook up
B2Gold (BTO-T) and Auryx (AYX-T) have agreed to tie the knot through a plan of arrangement by year-end.
Poland’s KGHM seeks new acquisitions
With mining stocks falling, it is little wonder that talk of mergers and acquisitions has picked up. Unfortunately for most junior mining companies, much of the talk has remained just that – talk.
Atacama adds heft to Cerro Maricunga
Atacama Pacific Gold (ATM-V) is looking to expand its position in the dry highlands of Chile.
Panoro’s big dreams for Cotabambas
Vancouver -In the northern reaches of south-central Peru’s Andahuaylas-Yauri belt, 50 km southwest of Cusco, three drill rigs are turning at Panoro Minerals’ (PML-V) Cotabambas copper-gold-porphyry project, where the company hopes to delineate…
Patagonia Gold digs into southern Argentina
Goldcorp.’s (G-T, GG-N) $3.6 billion acquisition last year of Andean Resources and its Cerro Negro deposit in Santa Cruz province may have showcased Argentina as a key gold producing region. But Patagonia Gold (PGD-L) had been working in the…
Carpathian hit with construction stoppage in Brazil
Vancouver – Carpathian Gold (CPN-T) has been forced to abruptly halt construction at its Riacho dos Machados gold project on environmental grounds barely a month after the Brazilian government approved the project.