South America

An aerial view of Luna Gold's Aurizona gold mine in northeastern Brazil. Photo by Luna Gold

Luna cutting costs, boosting output at Aurizona

Working away in the relatively remote San Luis craton of northeast Brazil, Luna Gold (LGC-V) has commissioned one gold mine, advances a second project to the scoping stage and holds an extensive greenfield land package in the area.


Drillers at Rio Novo Gold's Almas gold project in Tocantins state, Brazil. Photo by Rio Novo Gold

Rio Novo Gold marches towards production

Rio Novo Gold (RN-T) hopes to become a gold producer by bringing its two advanced-stage Brazilian properties into production: The Almas gold project in the southeastern part of Tocantins State, and the Guaranta gold project in the northern part…


Golden Minerals, ECU to hook up

Colorado-headquartered miner Golden Minerals (AUM-T, AUNM-X) and Toronto-based ECU Silver Mining (ECU-T) agreed to merge to create a new silver mining company focused mainly in Mexico and Argentina.


Colombia: Still a tough sell

Growing interest in Colombia’s geological potential from resource companies and investors has helped the country become one of the world’s most popular mining destinations. 


Santa Cruz gov’t approves Extorre’s EIA for Cerro Moro

The provincial government of Santa Cruz in southern Argentina has approved the environmental impact assessment of the proposed Cerro Moro gold-silver mine, Extorre Gold Mines (XG-T, XG-X) reports, and the results of a prefeasibility study are…



Rio Novo Gold buys Toldafria in Colombia

After being lured away from a 25-year career in investment banking to take the helm of Rio Novo Gold (RN-T) and its two advanced-stage gold projects in Brazil, David Beatty was eager to find other equally promising gold projects in South…


GMV adds second drill to untested Guyana prospect

Vancouver-based gold explorer GMV Minerals (GMV-V) has two drills now turning at its never-before-drilled claim blocks in northwest Guyana. The company started drilling in early May and added the second rig in mid-June.


Magellan races to find more Brazilian gold

It’s been years since geologists Alan Carter and Dennis Moore flew around with a claim map staking property in Brazil’s attractive Tapajos gold district, before setting up their own mining company – Magellan Minerals (mnm-v).


Mining in Colombia: a closer look

Vancouver – An ever-growing interest in the geological potential of Colombia from both resource companies and investors has helped the South American country become one of the world’s most popular mining destinations in recent years.


Rio Novo Gold is a near-term producer in Brazil

Rio Novo Gold (RN-T) hopes to become a near-term gold producer by bringing its two advanced-stage Brazilian properties into production — the Almas gold project in the southeastern part of Tocantins state and the Guaranta gold project in the…


International Lithium president Mike Sieb at the Mariana lithium project in Argentina.

New lithium junior gets ready to explore (June 13, 2011)

Newly listed International Lithium (ILC-V) spent two years cherry-picking projects, securing a strategic partner and fulfilling requirements for a plan of arrangement. Now, the company is ready to get the drills turning on its lithium and rare…


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