Armed standoff leads to legal battle in Peru
Vancouver – A metal gate manned by armed guards blocking a road leading to mining claims held by two different comp…
South America
UPDATE:Salazar’s drills stopped in Ecuador
News that protestors had ransacked Salazar Resources (SRL-V) Curipamba gold and silver exploration project in Ecua…
Exeter climbs on Cerro Moro results (October 15, 2007)
Vancouver — The Loma Escondida vein, at the Cerro Moro project in Argentina, is producing high-grade silver-gold intercepts for Exeter Resource (XRC-V, XRA-X).
Northern Peru drills higher grades at Hilorico (October 15, 2007)
Vancouver — The latest drilling by Northern Peru Copper (NOC-T, NPUCF-O) at its Hilorico gold project, in northwestern Peru’s Yanacocha district, has hit some of the highest gold grades encountered t…
Aurelian puts Fruta del Norte resource at 13.7M oz gold
Aurelian Resources (ARU-T, AUREF-O) is sitting on one heck of a lot of gold.
Editorial: Aurelian delivers big time
A remarkable gold-discovery story stood head and shoulders above the rest of the mining industry during the week ended Oct. 6, the 40th trading week of 2007
Century announces hostile bid for Sulliden
In the latest twist of a bitter 4-year legal battle over a gold property in Peru, Century Mining (CMM-V, CMNZF-O) plans to make a hostile all-share takeover bid for its court opponent Sulliden Explora…
Rusoro buys Gold Fields’ Venezuelan portfolio
Vancouver – Rusoro Mining (RML-V, RMLFF-O) is jumping to producer status in a deal to purchase all of Gold Fields’ …
Protestors stop Salazar’s drills in Ecuador
Salazar Resources (SRL-V) tumbled on the market after protestors ran over its gold and silver exploration operation…
Global Copper pulling long intercepts at Relincho
Vancouver – Immense copper-molybdenum intercepts are becoming the norm for Global Copper (GLQ-T) as it drills to up…
Colombia Poised for Project Startups
Medellin, Colombia — The imminent startup of production from Cambridge Mineral Resources’ (CDGMF-O, CMR-L) Quintana property in Colombia’s Antioquia department — expected within months — will pass …
Explorator Keen to Drill Chilean Property
Explorator Resources (EXO-V, EXRAF-O) is about to begin exploration on the newly acquired Venus block on its 11-sq.-km El Espino-Venus project in Chile, where nine small copper-gold mines are in opera…