South America


Brio Gold is trying to bring Santa Luz back to production by Dec. 2018. Credit: Brio Gold.

Brio advances Santa Luz in Brazil

Brio Gold (TSX: BRIO) has finished a positive preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its C1 underground resource at its flagship Santa Luz project in Bahia State, Brazil, adding half a…


Drillers at Filo Mining’s Filo del Sol copper-gold project in the Atacama region of Chile and Argentina. Credit: Filo Mining.

Filo sets stage for near-term copper production

VANCOUVER — Filo Mining (TSXV: FIL) is targeting production within five years at its flagship Filo del Sol copper-gold-silver project in the northern Chile-Argentina border region. The company was spun-out of…






TSX slips, Nov. 27-Dec. 1

Canada’s benchmark index dipped 0.43% to finish at 16,038.97. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index and the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index fell 2.32% and 2.23% to 67.08 and 191.31. West Texas…


The pit at Lundin Mining’s 80%-owned Candelaria copper mine in Chile. Credit: Lundin Mining.

Lundin Mining lowers production outlook

VANCOUVER — Lundin Mining (TSX: LUN) pulled together a management conference call after a press release detailing its lower production guidance for the next three years triggered a fall in…



Advantage Lithium's Cauchari lithium property in Argentina. Credit: Advantage Lithium

Advantage Lithium shares rise on drilling

Since October, Advantage Lithium’s (TSXV: AAL; US-OTC: AVLIF) stock price has more than doubled after strong drilling results at its 50%-owned Cauchari lithium property in northern Argentina’s Jujuy province. The…


Nexa Resources CEO Tito Martins (centre) and colleagues open the New York Stock Exchange to mark the firm’s arrival in North American markets. Credit: Nexa Resources.

Nexa has ‘global player’ ambitions in zinc

VANCOUVER — Brazil’s Votorantim Metais drew the mining world’s attention in October when it filed an initial public offering (IPO) for Nexa Resources (TSX: NEXA; NYSE: NEXA) on the Toronto and…


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