Editorial: Mining and CSR, part II
In part I last week, we began our look at how three high-profile accidents at Canadian-operated mines in the mid-19…
South America
Pirquitas to go into production (December 04, 2006)
Silver Standard Resources (SSO-T, SSRI-Q) will go ahead with construction of a mine at its Pirquitas silver project in Jujuy province, Argentina, which would produce about 9 million oz. per year over …
Gold Hawk set to restart Coricancha
Vancouver — Recent Peruvian government resolutions lifting a 2002 “stop work order” on the concentrator at its Coricancha gold- silver-lead-zinc mine, located 90 km east of Lima in west-central Peru,…
Strait Gold nestles into Peru’s golden area (November 30, 2006)
Location is everything in real estate that’s one thing Strait Gold (SRD-V) has going for it with its Culebrilla p…
Rusoro plans to take out Mena
Venezuelan explorers Rusoro Mining (RML-V) and Mena Resources (MEA-V) have announced a friendly takeover by Rusoro …
Mining sector eyes leftist tilt in Ecuador
Vancouver Mining companies with operations in Ecuador say they remain cautiously optimistic after leftist economi…
Metallica, Xstrata upgrade El Morro copper-gold resource (November 27, 2006)
Metallica Resources (MR-T, MRB-X) has announced a substantial upgrading of its La Fortuna copper-gold deposit at its El Morro project in Chile.
Skeena cuts higher grades at El Corazon
Vancouver – Additional drill results from Skeena Resources’ (SKE-V, SKREF-O) El Corazon gold project in northwester…
International Nickel Ventures up on new inferred resource
International Nickel Ventures (INV-V) and Teck Cominco (TCK.A-T) have released a new inferred resource estimate for…
Fronteer grabs 17.4% stake in Latin American Minerals
Vancouver – Calling it a strategic investment, Fronteer Development Group (FRG-T, FRG-X) has taken down a private p…
Volta Grande grows with drilling
Verena Minerals (VML-V) has finished the first phase of a 37,000-metre drilling program at the Volta Grande gold pr…
Vaaldiam starting diamond production in Brazil in New Year
Vaaldiam Resources’ (VAA-T) new diamond recovery plant at the Duas Barras deposit in Minas Gerais, Brazil should be…