Update: Ecuador slams on the brakes
Ecuador’s burgeoning mining industry has been dealt a serious blow with the passing of a new mining mandate.TSX…
South America
Luna drilling extends main gold deposit at Aurizona project
Vancouver The first few holes of a deep-drilling program by Luna Gold (LGC-V) have extended the Piaba gold deposi…
Teck Cominco to buy Global Copper
Vancouver — In a deal valued at $425 million, Teck Cominco (TCK. B-T, TCK-n) is buying out Global Copper (GLQ-T, GOCPF-o) to get its hands on the Relincho project — an Andean porphyry-style copper-m…
Troy jumps on golden hole Down Under (April 21, 2008)
VANCOUVER–On the heels ofatemporary mill shutdown in Brazil that dragged its share price down, Troy Resources (TRY-T) rebounded with drill results out of Australia that prompted a 16% share gain.
Ecuador gives investors new bout of the shudders
The government of Ecuador has done what mineral investors the world over feared they might, and Canadian-based mine…
Teck laying out $425 million for Global Copper’s Relincho
Vancouver – In a deal valued at $425 million, Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) is buying Global Copper (GLQ-T) to get …
Exeter’s Caspiche delivers long intercepts
VANCOUVER — Its flagship Don Sixto gold project is still on hold because of Argentinean politics but Exeter Resource (XRC-V, XRA-X)keeps moving along, buoyed by promising results from its Caspiche co…
Blue Sky sees uranium potential in Argentina (April 14, 2008)
VANCOUVER — With over 4,000 sq. km of prospective uranium property and guidance from a geologist with more than two decades of uranium experience in the country, Blue Sky Uranium (BSK-V, BKUCF-O) hop…
Norsemont brings Constancia into focus
As Norsemont Mining (NOM-T, NOMFF-O) continues to define its Constancia copper deposit in the high Andes of Peru, its share price continues to build momentum.
Crescent seeks Paraguay uranium
Between 1976 and 1983, Anschutz Corp., a private, Denver, Colo.- based U. S. oil company and its joint-venture partners Korea Electric Power and Taiwan Power Co. spent roughly US$30 million evaluating…
Valencia upgrades Cachinal silver project
A review of different scenarios, metal prices, designs and operating cost assumptions based on a new resource estimate for the Cachinal silver project, in Chile, indicates a “reasonable prospect” for …
Troy jumps on golden hole Down Under (April 09, 2008)
Vancouver – On the heels of a temporary mill shutdown in Brazil that dragged its share price down, Troy Resources (…