Challenger eyes Wawa region
A joint-venture agreement has set the stage for three junior companies to explore a combined land package in Leclaire Twp., about 50 km northwest of Wawa, Ont.Challenger Minerals (CGJ-V) has agreed to…
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LATIN AMERICA — Blue Desert extends Enero
Vancouver-based junior Blue Desert Mining (BDE-A) continues to outline a copper deposit at its Enero property in central Chile, 150 km north of Santiago.Geophysical work on the newly discovered Mulas …
Armada finances Siberian project
Junior Armada Gold (AAU-T) has closed a $1.4-million private placement with Levesque Beaubien Geoffrion aimed at financing exploration work in Siberia and Mongolia.The financing consists of 6.6 millio…
Minorca teams with Tan Range — Work program under way at Itetemia
Juniors Minorca Resources (MAR-T) and Tan Range Exploration (TNX-A) will shortly sign a formal agreement to jointly explore the latter’s Itetemia gold property in the Lake Victoria Goldfields region o…
LATIN AMERICA — Eloro warms to gold potential of Guatemala
An increasingly stable political climate and positive changes to mining and tax legislation are making Guatemala a more attractive destination for Canadian junior explorers.The country’s 36-year civil…
LATIN AMERICA — Diagem seeking more Brazilian diamonds
To illustrate that all that glitters is not gold, Diagem International Resource (DGM-V) recently invited the The Northern Miner to view an 80-carat diamond being polished in Vancouver, B.C.The diamond…
LATIN AMERICA — Sur American drills ground in Colombia
A sampling program by Sur American Gold (SUR-V) has resulted in a gold-silver discovery within siliceous sinters at the company’s 100%-owned Gavia project in western Colombia. The sinters occur as bou…
LATIN AMERICA — Orvana pushes ahead at Don Mario property
Now that feasibility work is under way at its Don Mario gold-copper deposit, Orvana Minerals (ORV-T) has launched an aggressive exploration program aimed at expanding reserves and testing new targets …
LATIN AMERICA — Rondal Gold options group of Mexican gold claims
Vancouver-based Rondal Gold (RGD-A) has acquired, in central Mexico, a 49% stake in a group of claims prospective for gold-silver-copper mineralization.The company, formerly known as Prior Resources a…
LATIN AMERICA — Inca Pacific zeroes in on copper-gold prospects in Peru — Targets in Cajamarca and Ancash deemed promising
With its eye on the copper and gold exploration potential of Peru, Inca Pacific Resources (IP-V) has, over the past five years, amassed a substantial portfolio of properties in the most promising meta…
LATIN AMERICA — Legal disputes upstage Latin American mining convention — Massive sulphide projects in Mexico attract attention
A year ago, delegates attending the Investing in the Americas conference in this popular tourist destination were reeling from reports that Bre-X Minerals had little, if any, gold at its Busang projec…
LATIN AMERICA — Early work on Sonora project returns interesting values for Miranda
In early January, Vancouver-based Miranda Industries (MAD-V) announced it had acquired a 20-sq.-km land package in the northern Mexican state of Sonora through staking.The claim block covers an area w…