El Morro’s EIA gets the green light (March 17, 2011)
Chilean authorities have approved El Morro’s environmental impact assessment, joint-venture partners Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) and New Gold (NGD-T, NGD-X), report.
South America
Editorial: The “loco” creeps back into Colombia
The bloom is coming off the Colombia rose, with the frustrating news for Greystar Resources on March 4 that environmental public hearings on its Angostura project there were terminated early owing to “confrontations” at the meeting in…
Fraser Institute: Latin America trails peers as mining destination (March 16, 2011)
Vancouver – Government policies of Latin American countries such as Guatemala, Bolivia, Venezuela and Honduras have dragged down investment in the entire region according to the Fraser Institute’s Annual Survey of Mining Companies for 2010/11….
Exploration in Brazil’s Tapajos district heats up again (March 14, 2011)
In the wake of Eldorado Gold’s (ELD-T, EGO-N) mid-2010 takeover of Brazauro Resources and its 2.1-million-oz. Tocantinzinho gold project, several Canadian juniors have ramped up their exploration efforts nearby in the hopes of finding the next…
Fennell’s Reunion seeks Guyanese manganese
As industrial metal prices continue to rise from their 2008 lows, Vancouver-based Reunion Gold (RGD-V) has refocused its exploration efforts away from precious metals and on to past-producing manganese mines in Guyana.
Candente works to advance and sell Canariaco Norte
Vancouver – Having sharply cut back operations during the global recession, Candente Copper (DNT-T) is coming back to life with a completed prefeasibility study, an updated resource and new financing.
Columbus sets sail for French Guiana (March 11, 2011)
Vancouver – France is hardly considered a hotbed of mining potential, but Columbus Gold (cgt-v) sees the part of the country tucked away in the South American jungle as just that.
Minera Andes makes headway at San Jose mine (March 11, 2011)
Exploration drilling in and around the San Jose underground mine in Argentina last year uncovered 7.5 km of new high-grade silver-gold veins, a 44% year-on-year increase in the cumulative strike length of all the known veins at the mine, Minera…
Exploration in Brazil’s Tapajos district heats up again (March 09, 2011)
Vancouver – In the wake of Eldorado Gold’s (eld- t, ego-n) mid-2010 takeover of Brazauro Resources and its 2.1-million-oz. Tocantinzinho gold project, several Canadian juniors have ramped up their exploration efforts nearby in the hopes of…
Fennell’s Reunion hopes to find manganese the North Koreans missed
Vancouver – As industrial metal prices continue to rise from their 2008 lows, Vancouver-based Reunion Gold (rgd-v) has refocused its exploration efforts away from precious metals and on to past-producing manganese mines in Guyana.
Colombia’s gold rush in high gear
Medellin, Colombia – Colombia continues to excite mining investors and exploration geologists alike. With over 41 million oz. of gold identified so far, 2011 promises to be a landmark year for this country’s reemergence as a serious gold…
Colombia’s ‘shock of the new’ and its gold growing pains
Medellin, Colombia – The administration of former President Alvaro Uribe (2002-2010) opened the door to modern mining in Colombia. It was political foresightedness that is bearing fruit as various mineral projects advance to resource estimates…