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LATIN AMERICA — Countdown begins at Collahuasi

When full production begins in October, the Collahuasi open-pit project in northern Chile will become the world’s fourth largest producer of copper, yielding 350,000 tonnes of copper concentrate and 5…


Minera Andes hits high grade in Patagonia

The latest round of drilling has returned high-grade gold and silver values at the El Pluma-Cerro Saavedra project in southern Argentina for Minera Andes (MAI-A).Four of 17 widely scattered holes show…



LATIN AMERICA — Ulysses hunts for gold at Halley

Improving political circumstances have a way of turning interesting showings into promising exploration projects. As tensions in Peru relax, good geology can once again get itself noticed.Ulysses Inte…


OBITUARY — Andrew Troop

Andrew Troop, the former manager of Icon Syndicate, has died. He was 72.A native of Manitou, Man., Troop obtained his bachelor’s and master’s degrees, both in science, from the University of Manitoba….




FACTS ‘N’ FIGURES — China rethinks gold stance

The People’s Bank of China (PBC), which has full control over China’s gold policy and regulations, recently announced that the official purchasing price paid by the PBC to mine producers would be redu…



Pioneer Metals pins hopes on Riou Lake

Vancouver-based junior Pioneer Metals (PSM-T) is using results from a recently completed electromagnetic survey on its Riou Lake property in the Athabasca Basin of northern Saskatchewan to pinpoint ar…


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