South America



Discovery hole lifts Magellan

Magellan Minerals (MNM-V) discovered a new gold zone at its Cuiu Cuiu property in Brazil and the market took note. The new gold mineralization was found north of the Central zone and Magellan is calling the new zone “Central North”. The hole…



Silver Standard advances projects across the Americas

With one of the largest silver resources around, Silver Standard (SSO-T, SSRI-Q) has positioned itself well to benefit from rising silver prices, but it still faces the challenge of getting those resources out of the ground.


Capstone Mining's Santo Domingo polymetallic property in Atacama, Chile, with the town of Diego de Almagro in the foreground. Photo by Capstone Mining

Santo Domingo a feather in Capstone’s cap

Capstone Mining (CS-T) has released a prefeasibility study for its 70%-owned polymetallic Santo Domingo project in Chile that shows relatively low capital costs for a project of its scale, just as costs are on the rise for its two producing…



Majescor Resources director Marc-Andr Bernier at the Faille B prospect at the Douvray gold-copper project in Haiti. Photo by Majescor Resources

Majescor doubles on Haitian drill results

At long last, Ottawa-based Majescor Resources (MJX-V) has received high-grade gold assays from drilling completed in December 2009 at its Somine gold-copper project in northeastern Haiti.


Expectations high for Batero in Colombia

Batero Gold’s (BAT-V) impressive market run over the last 12 months has hit a bit of a snag. Shares fell as much as 28% after the company released more drill results from its Batero-Quinchia gold-copper project in Colombia on July 27. At…


Encouraging signs for Rio Novo Gold

Exploration at Rio Novo Gold’s (RN-T) Vira-Saia target on its Almas gold project in Brazil is yielding shallow, low-grade mineralization likely amenable to bulk mining methods, analysts say.



Coro Mining shares plunge after environmental permit rejection

The provincial government of Mendoza has failed to ratify the environmental impact declaration for Coro Mining’s (COP-T) San Jorge copper-gold porphyry project in Argentina, voting against allowing the company to build an open-pit mine there.


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