Inca Pacific wins environmental permit for Magistral
Fifteen months after submitting its environmental and social impact assessment to the government of Peru, Inca Paci…
South America
Andean Advances Cerro Negro
SITE VISIT PERITO MORENO, SANTA CRUZ, ARGENTINA — The name Andean Resources (AND-T, AND-A) conjures images of snow-peaked mountains, but in reality, Cerro Negro, Andean’s advanced gold-silver exploration project, rises…
Americas Petrogas Eyes Potash
Branching out from its key oil and gas concessions in Argentina’s prolific Neuquen basin, Calgary-based oil and gas junior Americas Petrogas (BOE-V, APEOF-O) is taking on a new potash project along Pe…
Silver Standard Ramping Up Pirquitas
VANCOUVER — Stalwart junior explorer Silver Standard Resources (SSO-T, SSRI-Q), a force in mineral exploration for over two decades, is set to become a significant silver producer as it ramps up prod…
Xstrata’s Overture
Mega-merger talk kicked up again at the end of the 24th trading week of the year, as Xstrata unveiled its desire for a “merger of equals” with Anglo American.
BHP Delays Chilean Expansion Projects
The global recession has prompted BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L) to continue to delay a slate of expansion projects in Chile, the biggest among them an expansion of the world’s largest copper mine, Escon…
Exeter Set To Update Caspiche Resource
VANCOUVER — The drills have stopped turning for a winter break, but lengthy gold-copper intercepts keep rolling in from Exeter Resource’s (XRC-V, XRA-X) Caspiche project in Chile.
Panoro Reports Antilla Resource
If you asked Luquman Shaheen, president and chief executive of Panoro Minerals (PML-V, POROF-O), why he likes Peru he’d tell you about its long and rich history of private mining, its pro-mining cultu…
Quadra’s Franke In Home Stretch
Quadra Mining (QUA-T, QADMF-O) is banking that it is the right company to finally get the Franke copper project in Chile into gear.
Andean advances Cerro Negro
PERITO MORENO, SANTA CRUZ, ARGENTINA – The name Andean Resources (AND-T, AND-A) conjures images of snow-peaked moun…
Yamana Gold eases off on 2-million oz. goal
Yamana Gold’s (YRI-T, AUY-N, YAU-L) production targets have been creeping backwards over the last year, but chairma…
Yamana Sells Off Mines To Aura
Latin America-focused Yamana Gold (YRI-T, AUY-N) is selling its three most costly gold mines to Aura Minerals (ORA-T, ORAUF-O) for US$200 million, putting some analysts on the lookout for a Yamana sho…