Altius spins out copper play Aethon Minerals
Newly formed copper explorer Aethon Minerals (TSXV: AET) is adding to its already large Chilean land package with an option agreement to acquire full interest in the Llanos de Llahuin…
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TSX inches higher while gold dips, May 14-18
Canada’s benchmark index rose 0.47% to 16,162.31 during a week that saw little movement in Canadian markets. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index rose 0.12% to 75.25 and the S&P/TSX Global…
Guyana Goldstrike trenches Marudi ahead of drilling
Guyana Goldstrike (TSXV: GYA) has completed preliminary mapping, trenching and sampling at the Paunch area on its Marudi gold project in Guyana’s Guiana gold belt — phase one of its…
Rio2 to merge with Atacama Pacific
Alex Black and his team have built two mines in Peru — La Arena and Shahuindo — and in the process nurtured Rio Alto Mining from a $12-million company in…
Leagold pursues new resource at Los Filos gold mine
Leagold Mining (TSX: LMC) has tabled new step-out drill results from the underground portion of its Los Filos gold mine, 230 km south of Mexico City. The company has drilled…
South America Snapshot: Lithium joins gold and silver as top targets
Higher commodity prices have a brought a fresh wave of exploration and pilot-stage mining to South America by Canadian-based juniors. While gold projects remain a favourite, silver and lithium are…
TSX rises slightly, April 30-May 4
Canada’s benchmark index rose 0.38% to 15,729.4, with little movement in Canadian markets. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index rose 1.62% to 73.18, while the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index fell 0.13%…
While seeking JV partner, Lara drills Planalto in Brazil
Lara Exploration (TSXV: LRA) is drilling its 47 sq. km Planalto copper property in Brazil’s northern Carajas district. “We’re a prospect generator and we typically don’t drill projects ourselves,” Lara…
Lithium Chile spins out base metals
Although Lithium Chile (TSXV: LITH) has been a lithium-focused company since 2015, that wasn’t always the case. It went public in 2011 under the name Kairos Capital, and did so…
Troubles keep dogging Tahoe in Guatemala, Peru
Toronto-listed shares of Tahoe Resources (TSX: THO; NYSE: TAHO) are worth half of what they were a year ago, and the company is facing challenges at assets in Central and…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 102: Gold’s superior investment prospects ft Ross Beaty
Still podcasting from the heart of London, we feature in episode 102 an exclusive interview by CopperBank Resources executive chairman and CEO Gianni Kovacevic with the iconic mining entrepreneur Ross…
Gold Fields bets big on South America
Since finding Salares Norte in the Atacama region of northern Chile in 2011, Gold Fields (NYSE: GFI) has carved out a resource from the project’s two orebodies of 3.66 million…