Rio Alto gets green light for La Arena
Vancouver – Rio Alto Mining (RIO-V) has almost everything it needs to develop a heap leach mine at the La Aren…
South America
Xstrata to invest US$1.47B in new Peruvian mine
As part of Xstrata’s (XTA-L, XSRAF-O) goal of raising copper production by 50% and cutting costs by 20% before the end of 2014, the Switzerland-based mining giant has given its copper division the go-…
Talison and Salares Lithium to merge
Vancouver – Australian producer Talison Minerals and Vancouver-based Salares Lithium (LIT-V) are joining force…
New numbers for Angostura fail to give Greystar a lift
Now on a firmer environmental footing, Greystar Resources (GSL-T, GSL-L) is pushing ahead with the development…
AQM and Teck re-jig Zafranal deal following long copper hits
Vancouver – The long copper hits coming out of the Zafranal project in southern Peru are starting to define a …
Magellan continues step-out drilling in Brazil
Vancouver – Continued drilling by Magellan Minerals (MNM-V) at its Brazilian gold projects has expanded known …
Xstrata to invest US$1.47 billion in new copper mine in Peru
As part of Xstrata’s (XTA-L, XSRAF-O) target of raising copper production by 50% and cutting costs by 20% befo…
Positive economics for Andean’s Cerro Negro (July 07, 2010)
Vancouver – A feasibility study on Andean Resources’ (AND-T, AND-A) Cerro Negro gold-silver project in Argenti…
Gold Hawk in Peru no more
The market likes a good deal, and it signaled its approval of Gold Hawk Resoruces’ (GHK-V) latest asset sale b…
Dorato hits more high grade at Cordillera Del Condor
Vancouver – The first drill program ever conducted at the Cordillera del Condor project in northwest Peru cont…
MBAC plans to mine phosphate in Brazil
Brazil has a fertilizer problem and a company called MBAC Fertilizer (MBC-T) is looking to capitalize on it by transforming a small phosphate mine, in a growing agricultural region of central Brazil, into a sizeable value-added operation by…
Time for a second look at Bolivia
LA PAZ, BOLIVIA — With national elections out of the way here and a spate of local polls completed and showing something of a setback for the populist Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) government, the political dust is settling in Bolivia and…