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…
South America
Medoro To Buy Colombia Goldfields
Medoro Resources (MRS-V) has exploration properties in Mali and Venezuela but wants to diversify its assets and reduce political risk. Colombia Goldfields (GOL-T, CGDF-O) is exploring the historic Mar…
Silver Standard ramping up Pirquitas production
Vancouver – Stalwart junior explorer Silver Standard Resources (SSO-V), a force in mineral exploration for over two…
Lithium Americas gets down to business
Lithium Americas Corp., a private company being set up by Latin American Minerals (LAT-V) and an Argentinean borax …
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 …
Polar Star files technical report on Chepica in Chile
A year ago cattle grazed at the entrance to Polar Star Mining’s (PSR-V) Chepica copper-gold mine and a mill from Ch…
Panoro establishes inferred resource for Antilla in Peru
If you asked Luquman Shaheen, president and chief executive of Panoro Minerals (PML-V), why he likes Peru he’d tell…
Quadra driving Franke down the home stretch
Quadra Mining (QUA-T) is banking that it is the right company to finally get the Franke copper project in Chile int…
Tinka reports metallurgical recoveries of 90-97% at Colquipucro
Tinka Resources (TK-V) has completed metallurgical testing on its Colquipucro silver project in west-central Peru….
Americas Petrogas eyes Peru’s potash
Branching out from its key oil and gas concessions in Argentina’s prolific Neuquen basin, Calgary-based oil and gas…
Golden Arrow falls short of the target
After digesting drill results from Golden Arrow Resources (GRG-V) Poncha gold project the market took an unfavourab…
Exeter set to update Caspiche resource with long intercepts
Vancouver – The drills have stopped turning for a winter break but lengthy gold-copper intercepts keep rolling in…