Yamana breaks ground in Brazil (November 24, 2004)
Armed with a recently completed feasibility study, Yamana Gold (YRI-T) has begun construction at its Sao Francisco…
South America
Votorantim intersects base metals at Aripuana
Early drill results from the Aripuana base metal project in Mato Grosso state, Brazil, have confirmed earlier resul…
Solitario agrees to limit royalty on Peruvian property
Facing a new government royalty on mine production that could have discouraged further work by operator Minera Yana…
Teck sells Cajamarquilla plant
Brazilian metal producer Votorantim Metais will take over the Cajamarquilla zinc refinery in Peru following a deal…
Coeur goes to market for US$107 million
Idaho-based Coeur d’Alene Mines (CDE-N) has arranged to issue 25 million shares in a public offering to raise US$10…
Desert Sun ups resource estimate for Jacobina
Desert Sun Mining (DSM-T) has revised the resource estimate at the Jacobina project in Bahia state, Brazil, followi…
Aquiline advances Calcatreu
An independent scoping study has concluded that Aquiline Resources’ (AQI-V) Calcatreu project in Argentina’s Rio Ne…
Canadian Shield, Cambior exit Poderosa
A legal dispute over a key group of claims at the Poderosa mine in northern Peru has claimed another victim. Canadi…
International Minerals completes Rio Blanco drilling
Vancouver – Enroute to producing an updated resource figure in its ongoing feasibility study, International Mineral…
Crystallex pumps up Cristinas reserve (November 09, 2004)
Recent drilling and a revision of the economic cutoff grade have combined to increase the reserve and resource figu…
Lawsuit scuppers Poderosa sale (November 05, 2004)
Cambior (CBJ-T) has dropped its planned acquisition of a 55.3% stake in Peruvian-based miner Compaia Minera Podero…
Metallica’s rights restored at Cerro San Pedro (November 04, 2004)
Mexico’s Federal Court has ordered the Agrarian Court in San Luis Potosi state to reinstate Metallica Resources’ (M…