New play on Brazilian potash set to arrive
For investors hungry for a new way to play rising food prices through potash juniors, a new avenue with experienced management should soon be arriving in Toronto.
South America
Long intercepts send Batero higher
Batero Gold (BAT-V) released the best drill results yet from its Batero-Quinchia project in Colombia and the news took the company’s shares for a wild ride. In Toronto on Feb. 17, Batero shares shot-up 35% or $1.02 to finish the day trading for…
Vanadium: metal of future and present.
Lithium has grabbed much of the headlines over the last few years when the subject of key metals of the future comes up. But more and more investors are paying attention to vanadium for the metals unique attribute of fitting in with two future…
Technical Analysis Report: Hey gold, where’s the glory?
After a torrid run, the yellow metal has cooled off with the coming of the new year.
With all the fuss about potash, where’s the love for phosphate?
Rising food prices have turned the conversation in many mining circles to potash, and potash juniors have benefited as they’ve been some of the best performers in Toronto over the last month.
Salazar expands deposit and market cap
Salazar Resources (SRL-V) has expanded its El Domo deposit in Ecuador with the latest round of drilling and the market likes what it sees. Highlight intercepts came out of three separate holes and included: 27.61 metres grading 2.12 grams…
Roundup: We need more discoveries, part II (February 07, 2011)
Last week, we presented the Canadian exploration projects highlighted at the Mineral Exploration Roundup presented by the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME BC). This week, we turn to the international scene.
The Case for Tungsten
While gold, silver, copper and rare earths have been drawing much of the markets’ attention in the metals space recently, another metal has been quietly gathering steam.
Brazil looks to get tough on Chinese iron ore investments
Brazil’s recently elected government has signaled that it won’t be business as usual when it comes to mining iron ore in the South American country. In early November Brazilians replaced popular President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva – who…
TECSUR to build Trevali’s power transmission line
Trevali Renewable Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Trevali Resources (tv-t), has awarded Peru-based TECSUR a contract to build the power transmission line from its Santander silver-lead-zinc mine to the Peruvian national grid, Sistema…
Fredonia looks good to Eaglecrest
Eaglecrest Explorations (eel-v) turned in some interesting results from a first-pass sampling program at its Fredonia gold project in Colombia. The highlight assay returned 8.25 grams gold per tonne and 47.5 grams silver per tonne and came from…
Rio Alto secures $50M financing
Rio Alto Mining (rio-v) is raising $50 million in a private placement to fund its La Arena copper-gold project 480 km northwest of Lima in Peru.A syndicate of underwriters led by GMP Securities and including Scotia Capital, Clarus Securities…