Latin American Minerals raises $12.6 million for Paraguay gold project
Latin American Minerals (LAT-V) has sold all of its shares in Lithium Americas Corp. (LAC-T) to invest in its prospective Paso Yobai gold project in Paraguay.
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Peru’s Toledo builds bridges with Canadian miners (December 07, 2010)
Alejandro Toledo, president of Peru from 2001-06, announced in November that he is returning to the public stage and running in the Peruvian presidential elections that will be held in April 2011 to find a successor to current President Alan…
Seafield way up on long Colombian intercept
Results from the first three holes from Seafield Resources’ (SFF-V) latest campaign at the Miraflores deposit in Colombia sent the company’s shares flying. Seafield shares shot up 147% in Toronto on Dec. 3 to finish the day at 57¢ on…
Belo Sun shines in Brazil (November 30, 2010)
Vancouver – A long gold hit at Belo Sun’s (BSX-V) Volta Grande project in Brazil has helped boost the project’s potential and the company’s stock price.
Explorator probes copper-gold mantos at El Espino (November 26, 2010)
Vancouver – Explorator Resources’ (EXO-V) 23,000-metre drill program at its joint-ventured El Espino project in Chile is showing that the historic mines scattered across the property may have only scratched the surface of its copper-gold…
Mercer looks to be the next name in Colombian gold
With the gold boom in Colombia in full swing it may come as some surprise that speculative land next to a 10 million oz. deposit would still be available. But up until June of last year, that was just the case with the Guayabales property….
Continental Gold strikes high grades at Buritica
Vancouver – The latest results from Continental Gold’s (CNL-T) on-going 100,000-metre drill program at its Buritica gold project in Colombia show more high-grade gold intercepts.
Eike still likes gold (November 17, 2010)
While Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista has swelled his fortune on Brazilian offshore oil over the last five years he still has an appetite for the commodity that helped propel him to fame and fortune so many years ago.
Mirasol prepares to drill new silver discovery (November 16, 2010)
As it prepares to begin drill testing a grassroots silver find in Argentina’s Santa Cruz province, Mirasol Resources (mrz-v, m8r-f) is topping up its treasury with a $9.3-million financing. The non-brokered private placement will comprise up to…
Lithium Americas steps up Cauchari
SITE VISIT SUSQUES, JUJUY PROVINCE, ARGENTINA ARGENTINA — What once was overlooked as a clay basin is now set to become one of the largest lithium brine deposits in the world by 2014.Lithium Americas’ (LAC-T) flagship Cauchari project…
Blue Sky taps into Argentina’s uranium
Drawing comparisons to similar types of uranium deposits in Australia and Namibia, Blue Sky Uranium (BSK-V) believes its new grassroots uranium find in Argentina’s Rio Negro province has the potential to be economically attractive at grades…
The Strait goods on Peruvian grassroots copper exploration
Peru’s Apurimac Belt already boasts eight significant mines and advanced-development projects, but Strait Gold (SRD-V) is offering investors a chance to get in on a grassroots project in the area.