Monterrico sketches out Rio Blanco plan
Early progress on a final feasibility study for the Rio Blanco copper-molybdenum project in northern Peru proposes …
South America
Bolivia sending mixed messages on nationalization
“This is just the start,” Bolivian president Evo Morales told a crowd regarding the nationalization of the country’…
Andean American to go it alone on Invicta
Vancouver – Junior gold producer Andean American Mining (AAG-V, ANMCF-O) will advance its Invicta gold project, in …
Xstrata takes Tintaya
Swiss-based miner Xstrata (XSRAF-O, XTA-L) has agreed to buy the Tintaya copper mine in central Peru from Anglo-Aus…
Goldcorp triples Q1 net earnings despite lower production from Red Lake
Vancouver – Robust metal prices and the strong performance of the Alumbrera gold-copper mine allowed Goldcorp (G-T…
Rosebel suffers strike, occupation
Shares in Cambior (CBJ-T, CBJ-X) were off 15, or nearly 4%, at $3.70 in mid-afternoon trading in Toronto on May 12…
Andacollo’s sulphides look profitable to Aur (May 15, 2006)
It’s been a long time coming, but a new bankable feasibility study of the underlying copper-sulphide mineralization at Aur Resources’ (AUR-T, AURRF-O) 9-year-old Andacollo copper-gold mine in Chile is…
Bema sees losses up despite higher gold output
Vancouver – Record quarterly revenues and gold production was not enough to quell the red ink for Bema Gold (BGO-T,…
Corriente lines up $125-million for Mirador
Vancouver – Corriente Resources (CTQ-T, ETQ-X) has arranged a $125-million financing to bring its Mirador copper de…
Coeur basks in record Q1 profits
Vancouver – A 31% increase in silver production helped Coeur d’Alene Mines (CDM-T, CDE-N) post net earnings of US$…
Bear Creek expands Corani pawprint
Results are in hand for another 26 holes at Bear Creek Mining’s (BCM-V, BCEKF-O) Corani silver project, situated high in the Andes of southern Peru, and the potential for expansion of the 250-million-…
Strike looms over Yanacocha (May 08, 2006)
Roughly two weeks after a group of workers at Latin America’s biggest mine returned to work, miners at Peru’s Yanacocha gold mine are threatening to walk off the site again….