South America

A drill crew at the Cangrejos gold-copper porphyry project in Ecuador's El Oro province at the foot of the Ecuadorian Andes. Credit: Odin Mining.

Ross Beaty to invest in Odin Mining

Fresh on the heels of the $470 million sale of Lumina Copper (TSXV: LCC) and its Taca Taca project in Argentina to First Quantum Metals (TSX: FM; LSE: FM) earlier this month, Lumina’s founder and largest shareholder, Ross Beaty, is making…


TSX soars, June 9-13

The Toronto Stock Exchange climbed near the record high it reached six years ago, with the S&P/TSX Composite Index adding 163 points to end at 15,001.61, slightly below the record close of 15,073 set in June 2008 before the recession.


The crushing facility at Sierra Metals' Yauricocha mine in Peru.

Sierra Metals unleashes Yauricocha’s full potential

LIMA, PERU — Sierra Metals (TSX: SMT; BVL: SMT) is proving up the underground potential of its Yauricocha silver–lead–copper–zinc–gold mine in west-central Peru. The low-cost underground mine is the company’s…


Workers at a drill site at GoldQuest Mining's Romero gold-copper project in the Dominican Republic. Credit: Gold Quest Mining

GoldQuest’s PEA on Romero a ‘good start’

GoldQuest Mining (TSXV: GQC; US-OTC: GDQMF) has tabled a positive preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its flagship project, consisting of the Romero and Romero South gold–copper deposits, two years after discovering the main deposit…


Trevali Mining's Santander zinc-lead-silver mine in Peru, 200 km northeast of Lima.  Credit: Trevali Mining

Trevali finds two new zones at Santander

Shares in Trevali Mining (TSX: TV; US-OTC: TREVF) got a little boost after the Vancouver-based firm reported two new zones of high-grade polymetallic mineralization at its Santander zinc–lead–silver underground mine in Peru.


Calibre Mining president and CEO Greg Smith (left) and senior geologist Marc Cianci at the Eastern Borosi gold-silver project in northeast Nicaragua. Credit: Calibre Mining

Iamgold becomes Calibre’s third partner in Nicaragua

Calibre Mining (TSXV: CXB; US-OTC: CXBMF) saw its shares surge 43% after reporting that Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) had signed an option to spend US$10.9 million to earn up to 70% of the junior’s Eastern Borosi gold–silver project…




Geologists examining maps at Continental Gold's Buritic project in Colombia. Credit: Continental Gold

Resource grows at Continental’s Buritic in Colombia

Continental Gold (TSX: CNL; US-OTC: CGOOF) has updated the resource estimate for the two major vein systems at its Buritica gold project in Colombia. Both systems are characterized by multiple, steeply dipping veins and broader, more…


The Shahuindo project in Cajabamba, Peru. Credit: Sulliden Gold.

Rio Alto to buy Sulliden Gold for $300M

Gold producer Rio Alto Mining (TSX: RIO; NYSE: RIOM) is acquiring developer Sulliden Gold (TSX: SUE, US-OTC: SDDDF) in a friendly $300-million, all-share deal to create a new mid-tier gold firm with low-cost operations in Peru. 


Bond deal lets Inca One ramp up in Peru

VANCOUVER – A creative debt package is giving Inca One Resources (TSXV: IO) the $5.5 million it needs to expand Chala, the gold mill in Peru where the company processes ore from artisanal miners.


Latin American Minerals dreams big in Paraguay

One of South America’s most isolated countries — ruled by a series of authoritarian governments for most of the twentieth century — has seen virtually no modern mineral exploration.


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