Mining risks and rewards in Africa
A record number of delegates descended on Cape Town in early February to hear about new African investment opportunities as countries continue to stabilize and open up, though risks remain.
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Colombia’s gold growing pains
The administration of former President Alvaro Uribe (2002-2010) opened the door to modern mining in Colombia. It was political foresightedness that is bearing fruit as various mineral projects advance to resource estimates and prefeasibility…
Trevali revives Santander mine in Peru
The Santander mine project located 215 km from this coastal city has historic assets and strategic advantages that should help Trevali Resources (TV-T) achieve its goal of becoming Latin America’s newest silver-lead-zinc producer.
The way from San Jose
Last October’s miraculous rescue of 33 trapped miners at San Jose has catapulted Chile’s Mines Minister Laurence Golborne to the forefront of national politics, even to the point that some are talking of him as a possible presidential candidate…
Chile a copper cornucopia
Chile is already the world’s largest producer of copper and home to around a third of global reserves of the red metal. That has led some to suggest that the country’s exploration potential may have peaked. But that’s not what the latest…
South African miners fall behind
Cape Town, South Africa – The mood at the 2011 Mining Indaba conference in South Africa was markedly upbeat as the industry experiences booming growth, but the host nation was left wondering how it had missed out.
Atac revels in rewards
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Site visit: Anfield believes in Guatemalan nickel
EL ESTOR, GUATEMALA — “Our business plan is very simple — we want to do what we did with Lumina,” says David Strang, chairman of Anfield Nickel (ANF-V).It sounds easy, just repeating something that you already managed once.The reality is…
Site visit: Saudi industrialist transforms Unigold
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic — Until last year, Unigold (UGD-V, UGDIF-O) was just another junior Canadian explorer with a large, grassroots gold project and plenty of exploration ideas, but little…
Site visit: Sizing up Finland’s Kevitsa
SODANKYLA, FINLAND — It’s a huge, low-grade deposit — but can it be a money-maker? That’s the question facing Scandinavian Minerals (sgl-t) as it works hard to develop its Kevitsa…
Site visit: How do they do it? Volume, volume, volume
Chibougamau, Que. — When Franois Fleury, the general manager of the Troilus gold mine, praised the “ingenuity and tenacity” of the Troilus workforce, he had good reason to mean it. The mine, two hou…