Quimsacocha resource grows (September 27, 2006)
The last season of drilling at the Quimsacocha gold deposit in southern Ecuador has expanded the resource on the pr…
South America
Poirier picks two hot juniors
It’s hard to find value in a market that has been overheated by record high commodity prices and merger mania, but Don Poirier, an analyst with Blackmont Capital who has followed the junior side since…
A peculiar paradox for Chile’s investors
Santiago, Chile — As copper prices boomed earlier this year, investment managers in the gleaming skyscrapers of uptown Santiago found themselves facing a paradox….
Bringing Chile’s copper unions into the modern age
Santiago, Chile — The union representing 2,052 workers at the Escondida copper mine in Chile’s Region II signed a new collective contract on Sept. 1, bringing an end to a 25-day strike and giving wor…
Iamgold bids for Cambior (September 25, 2006)
A friendly deal between Iamgold (IMG-T, IAG-N, IGD-A) and Cambior (CBJ-T, CBJ-X) would see Iamgold take over the Montreal-based gold miner in a paper deal valued at $1.3 billion to form a gold company…
Canadian Shield ups stake in Peruvian copper and gold properties
Canadian Shield Resources (CSP-V) has increased its stake in Gallant Minerals Peru – which holds four gold and cop…
StrataGold hits new zone at Tassawini (September 15, 2006)
Vancouver – After recently marking the 1000th drill hole (both historical and current) at its Tassawini project in …
Chariot gets metallurgical results
Metallurgical testing on material from the Mina Justa project in Peru broadly confirmed the assumptions in a May sc…
New World cuts higher grades at Lipea
Vancouver – The second and third holes by New World Resource (NW-V, MWFFF-O) at its Lipea project in southwestern …
Shahuindo dispute finished (September 13, 2006)
Sulliden Exploration (SUE-T, EXSDF-O) has assumed title to the Shahuindo mining concessions in Peru following a len…
Andean American drilling expands gold zone at Invicta
Vancouver – Initial drilling by Andean American Mining (AAG-V, ANMCF-O) at its Invicta project in west-central Peru…
Corani silver resource gets even bigger
Continued drilling at Bear Creek Mining’s (BCM-V, BCEKF-O) Corani discovery in the high Andes of southern Peru has resulted in a 27% increase in the overall contained silver resource, highlighted by a…