MBAC to develop phosphate mine in Brazil
Brazil has a problem. Agribusiness already accounts for a quarter of the economy and it’s one of the few place…
South America
Largo secures US$150 million for vanadium project
Vancouver – Largo Resources (LGO-V) has conditionally secured more than half the needed funds to develop its 7…
Greystar blindsided by new environmental rules at Angostura
Steve Kesler hardly had time to get comfortable in his new chief executive’s chair before finding himself in t…
Singaporean money flows to Canadian miners
The investment arm of the government of Singapore, Temasek Holdings, is starting to make its presence felt in …
AndeanGold to acquire 60% JV interest in Urumalqui project
AndeanGold (AAU-V) has inked an agreement with Gitennes Exploration (GIT-V) to buy a 60% joint-venture stake i…
Golden Peaks returns to drilling at Fortuna
Vancouver – Golden Peaks Resources (GL-T) has cut long intercepts of near-surface gold as it works towards a r…
Colossus Minerals gets licence to start building a mine
Colossus Minerals (CSI-T, COLUF-O) has received the installation licence it needs to start building a mine at …
Caerus tries to get into Colombia again
Caerus Resource (CA-V) is trying yet again to gain a foothold in Colombia.
Panoro finds partner for Antilla
Vancouver – In the three years since it acquired the Antilla project Panoro Minerals (PML-V) has defined a siz…
Copper fundamentals strong; Mitsubishi ups stake in Escondida (April 13, 2010)
Three large Japanese companies are investing a total of more than 50 billion yen ($533.9 million) for an addit…
Sandspring off and running in Guyana
Vancouver – Between completing a public listing, hitting a number of long gold intercepts in Guyana, and fin…
Caspiche resources grow 23% (April 06, 2010)
Exeter Resources (XRC-T, XRA-X) has both increased and upgraded resources at its sizable Caspiche gold-coppe…