Aquiline, IMA finalize Navidad transfer
In response to the July judgment of British Columbia’s Supreme Court that stripped the Navidad silver project in Ar…
South America
Apogee intersects silver in tumultuous Bolivia
While political uncertainty still swirls around the mining industry in Bolivia, Apogee Minerals (APE-V) had good ne…
Pirquitas to go into production (October 18, 2006)
Silver Standard Resources (SSO-V, SSRI-Q) will go ahead with construction of a mine at its Pirquitas silver project…
Colombia attracts mining’s heavy hitters
Marmato, Colombia — Efforts by Colombian authorities to attract international mining investment are bearing fruit …
Brazilian Diamonds finds micro-diamonds
Brazilian Diamonds (BDY-T, BDY-L) recovered 129 micro-diamonds in samples from the first hole in a series of deep d…
Andean American expands gold zone at Invicta
Vancouver — Initial drilling by Andean American Mining (AAG-V, ANMCF-O) at its Invicta gold-silver-copper project in west-central Peru has returned a significant mineralized interval….
Amerigo squeezed by restrictions
Vancouver — Copper production from Amerigo Resources’ (ARG-T, ARGOF-O) Minera Valle Central (MVC) operation in Chile will be curtailed after state copper company Codelco gave notice that it is restri…
StrataGold hits new zone at Tassawini (October 16, 2006)
Vancouver — After recently marking the 1,000th drill hole (both historical and current) at its Tassawini project in northwestern Guyana, StrataGold (SGV-T, SAGDF-O) has hit a new gold zone….
Shahuindo dispute finished (October 16, 2006)
Sulliden Exploration (sue-t, exsdf-o) has assumed title to the Shahuindo mining concessions in Peru following a lengthy arbritration and court battle….
French regulator ties up Caiman
Two French government agencies have held up permitting for the Camp Caiman gold project in French Guiana, forcing o…
Buenaventura taking up all of Poracota
Minas Buenaventura (BVN-N) has agreed to take over the 25% interest in the Poracota gold project in Arequipa depart…
Newmont readies market for shortfalls
Vancouver — The world’s second-largest gold producer, Newmont Mining (NMC-T, NEM-N), has given notice that bullion output from its mines will temporarily decline until it can bring new development pr…