BHP Delays Chilean Expansion Projects
The global recession has prompted BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L) to continue to delay a slate of expansion projects in Chile, the biggest among them an expansion of the world’s largest copper mine, Escon…
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Exeter Set To Update Caspiche Resource
VANCOUVER — The drills have stopped turning for a winter break, but lengthy gold-copper intercepts keep rolling in from Exeter Resource’s (XRC-V, XRA-X) Caspiche project in Chile.
Panoro Reports Antilla Resource
If you asked Luquman Shaheen, president and chief executive of Panoro Minerals (PML-V, POROF-O), why he likes Peru he’d tell you about its long and rich history of private mining, its pro-mining cultu…
Quadra’s Franke In Home Stretch
Quadra Mining (QUA-T, QADMF-O) is banking that it is the right company to finally get the Franke copper project in Chile into gear.
Andean advances Cerro Negro
PERITO MORENO, SANTA CRUZ, ARGENTINA – The name Andean Resources (AND-T, AND-A) conjures images of snow-peaked moun…
Yamana Gold eases off on 2-million oz. goal
Yamana Gold’s (YRI-T, AUY-N, YAU-L) production targets have been creeping backwards over the last year, but chairma…
Yamana Sells Off Mines To Aura
Latin America-focused Yamana Gold (YRI-T, AUY-N) is selling its three most costly gold mines to Aura Minerals (ORA-T, ORAUF-O) for US$200 million, putting some analysts on the lookout for a Yamana sho…
Medoro To Buy Colombia Goldfields
Medoro Resources (MRS-V) has exploration properties in Mali and Venezuela but wants to diversify its assets and reduce political risk. Colombia Goldfields (GOL-T, CGDF-O) is exploring the historic Mar…
Silver Standard ramping up Pirquitas production
Vancouver – Stalwart junior explorer Silver Standard Resources (SSO-V), a force in mineral exploration for over two…
Lithium Americas gets down to business
Lithium Americas Corp., a private company being set up by Latin American Minerals (LAT-V) and an Argentinean borax …
BHP delays Chilean expansion projects
The global recession has prompted BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L) to continue to delay a slate of expansion projects …
Polar Star files technical report on Chepica in Chile
A year ago cattle grazed at the entrance to Polar Star Mining’s (PSR-V) Chepica copper-gold mine and a mill from Ch…