South America


‘Porkulus’ To Stoke Inflation

The financial world during the fifth trading week of the year was dominated by the haggling in Washington, D. C., over the size and content of the federal government’s unprecedentedly large stimulus b…


Hillside drilling at Andean Resources' Cerro Negro gold-silver project in Santa Cruz province, Argentina. Recent results have expanded zones at the Eureka West vein, where bonanza-grade gold has been intercepted.

Andean Resources Cuts High-Grade Gold In Argentina

VANCOUVER — Deep stepout drilling on the Eureka West vein has expanded the size of zones showing bonanza-grade gold for Andean Resources (AND-T, AND-A) at its Cerro Negro property in the province of …


In addition to its US$850-million sale of undeveloped potash assets to Brazil's Vale, Rio Tinto will get US$750 million for its Corumba open-pit iron ore mine (above), in Brazil.

Rio Tinto Sells More Assets To Pare US$37B Debt

Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) continues to hack away at its immense debt load with sales to Vale (RIO-N) of its undeveloped potash assets in Argentina and Canada and an iron ore mine in Brazil for US$1.6 b…








The Kurupung River with the Roraima escarpment in the background. U3O8 Corp.'s Aricheng North and Aricheng South uranium projects are both located in the Roraima basin of Guyana.

U308 Reports Uranium Resource In Guyana

Canadian uranium explorer U3O8 Corp. (UWE-V, UTREF-O) believes Guyana’s Roraima basin may one day play a significant role in feeding the world’s growing appetite for clean nuclear power.



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