Luna running with Piaba
Vancouver — Luna Gold (LGC-V, LGCU-O) has only held the Piaba gold project in Brazil for half a year, but the company is moving the site forward as quickly as possible, aiming for production by early…
South America
Brazil becomes cornerstone for Kinross
Finding and developing new reserves to replace mined ounces is a constant struggle for gold producers, especially in today’s heated gold market where the competition for projects is fierce and permitt…
Giustra gives US$100M to charity
Vancouver — Vancouver entrepreneur Frank Giustra has spent three decades in the mining and finance sectors. He’s raised multiple millions of dollars for up and coming companies, and certainly earned …
Editorial: Argentina’s fickle provinces confound miners
The biggest disappointment — if not surprise — for the week ended June 23, the 25th trading week of 2007, came from the government of Argentina’s Mendoza province, which banned the use of chemicals …
Brazauro up on wide gold intercept (July 02, 2007)
Vancouver — Brazauro Resources (BZO-V, BZOFF-O) is flush with Brazilian gold after drill results confirmed continuous high-grade mineralization within the main deposit at its Tocantinzinho project, i…
Bigger future for Santa Rita with bigger resource
Nothing succeeds in mine development like drilling success. Mirabela Nickel (MNB-T, MBN-A) will start a scoping study on building a smelter at the Santa Rita nickel project in Bahia state, Brazil, aft…
Yamana building up to 1M-oz. mark in Brazil
If Yamana Gold (YRI-T, AUY-N) chairman and CEO Peter Marrone had been asked about the challenges the company was facing two years ago, he would have come up with a long list.
Market punishes Randsburg after cease-trade lifted
It’s been a rough ride for Randsburg International Gold (RGZ-V, RBGDF-O) over the last 10 months.
Exeter project on hold as Mendoza bans chemicals
Vancouver — By passing legislation banning the use of chemicals typically used by miners to extract gold and other metals, the government of the Argentinean province of Mendoza has thrown a wrench in…
Vaaldiam joins diamond producer club
Vancouver — Vaaldiam Resources (VAA-T, VAAFF-O) has commissioned its Duas Barras diamond mine in Minas Gerais state, Brazil, recovering its first batch of stones from the alluvial operation.
First-blush numbers good for Largo
A preliminary economic study on the Maracas vanadium project in western Bahia state, Brazil, shows favourable economics at low vanadium prices, and operator Largo Resources (LGO-V, LGORF-O) will now b…
Goias nickel laterites showing consistency
As International Nickel Ventures (INV-T) and Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) continue to work toward a preliminary economic study of the Santa F and Ipora lateritic nickel deposits in Goias state, Braz…