Cardero cuts wide copper-gold at Huachi (January 24, 2007)
Vancouver – Initial drilling by Cardero Resource (CDU-T, CDY-X) on its Huachi project in Argentina’s San Juan provi…
South America
Bolivia’s Morales backs increased tax on minerals
Just two weeks after his mines minister went on record as favouring a significant increase to the export tax on min…
Chavez inauguration chills investors
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez waved the socialist banner broadly at his inauguration ceremony on Jan. 10, but comments from his finance committee eased some market concerns.
New tax scheme coming to Bolivia (January 22, 2007)
Speculation over President Evo Morales’ plans for Bolivia’s mining sector was rekindled recently by strong words from his mining minister, who suggested that the country’s mineral export tax was too l…
Mansfield drilling expands Lindero
Vancouver – Drilling by Mansfield Minerals (MDR-V, MFMNF-O) on its Lindero project in Salta Province, northwestern …
Eaglecrest defining gold shoots in Bolivia
Eaglecrest Explorations (EEL-V) is continuing to encounter high-grade gold as it drifts towards its target at its S…
Int’l Royalty to Buy Nsr on Pascua-Lama
Vancouver — International Royalty (IRC-T, ROY-X) has inked a deal to purchase a sliding-scale net smelter return (NSR) royalty on Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T, ABX-N) monstrous Pascua-Lama gold deposit, whi…
Northern Peru Copper gets positive prefeasibility for Galeno
Vancouver – A positive prefeasibility study for Northern Peru Copper’s (NOC-T, NPUCF-O) Galeno project in Peru’s Ya…
Chavez sends new wave of chills down investors’ spines
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez waved the socialist banner broadly at his inauguration ceremony on Jan. 10, but co…
New tax scheme coming to Bolivia (January 08, 2007)
Speculations over Bolivian president Evo Morales’ plans for the mining sector were rekindled by strong words from h…
Verena Pulls Gold at Volta Grande
Verena Minerals (VML-V) has intersected gold mineralization in a new drill hole at the Grota Seca East zone on its Volta Grande property in Para state, Brazil.
News Roundup — Latin America
Skeena cuts higher grades at El Corazon