Callinan to split royalty, exploration operations
Vancouver — Eighty-three-year-old Callinan Mines (CAA-V) is dividing its royalty and exploration holdings into two entities.
Volume 96 Number 39 - Nov 15 - 21, 2010
Lithium Americas steps up Cauchari
SITE VISIT SUSQUES, JUJUY PROVINCE, ARGENTINA ARGENTINA — What once was overlooked as a clay basin is now set to become one of the largest lithium brine deposits in the world by 2014.Lithium Americas’ (LAC-T) flagship Cauchari project…
Blue Sky taps into Argentina’s uranium
Drawing comparisons to similar types of uranium deposits in Australia and Namibia, Blue Sky Uranium (BSK-V) believes its new grassroots uranium find in Argentina’s Rio Negro province has the potential to be economically attractive at grades…
Iron Creek advances Victoria in Chile
VANCOUVER — While Iron Creek Capital (IRN-V) may be a little rusty after a long time off, a new president and new capital is kick-starting progress for the Chilean explorer.Timothy Beale, with more than 20 years of experience working in…
Minera eyes mid-tier prize
Minera IRL (IRL-T, MIRL-X, MIRL-L) wants to become a mid-tier gold producer, and it’s looking to South America’s gold wealth to reach that goal.The company, which currently has a small operating open-pit gold mine in Peru, has a three-phase…
Extorre Gold advances Cerro Moro
VANCOUVER — For years the Cerro Moro gold-silver project in Argentina’s Santa Cruz province played second-fiddle to Exeter Resource’s (XRC-T, XRA-X) sizable Caspiche gold project in Chile, but the project is now advancing quickly as the prime…