South America

Editorial: Brazilian peekaboo

Recent revelations by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden and Brazil-based Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald regarding widespread U.S. and allied cyberspying took a curious turn in early October, unexpectedly dragging…


Columbus Gold CEO Robert Giustra (second from right) and country manager Andre Adam (third from right) address visitors at a drill site at the Paul Isnard gold project in northwest French Guiana. Source:  Columbus Gold

Columbus Gold on the rise after Nordgold deal

VANCOUVER — It can be tough for junior companies to get market traction these days, but one angle that can still make shares pop is the age-old option agreement with a large-cap producer. And that’s the story for Columbus Gold…



Moroccan state-owned phosphate producer Office Chrifien des Phosphates' Merah-Lahrach washing plant near Khouribga, Morocco. Source: OCP

Western phosphate producers look east for growth

AGADIR, MOROCCO — Mosaic (NYSE: MOS) may be the largest producer of finished phosphate products in the world, with four phosphate-rock mines, three processing plants in Florida and a second plant in Louisiana, but permitting new mines or…


Rodinia Lithium's flagship Salar de Diablillos lithium project in Salta province, Argentina. Credit: Rodinia Lithium

Rodinia Lithium gives up costly Nevada claims

When the Nevada office of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management raised its annual mining claim fees last year by 700%, from US$140 per claim to US$1,120 — at a time capital markets were even more challenging for miners — juniors like…


McEwen Mining president Ian Ball.

Ian Ball takes the reins at McEwen Mining

Outside the tech industry, there aren’t too many sectors of the economy where you can find 31-year-old presidents of major companies, and certainly not in the field of mining, where the demographics in management are often skewed in the…


Exeter's Caspiche gold-copper project in Chile's Maricunga gold belt. Source: Exeter Resource

Exeter downsizes Caspiche to cut costs

Exeter Resource (TSX: XRC) is considering building a smaller-scale operation at its Caspiche gold-copper project in Chile’s famed Maricunga gold belt to lower start-up costs compared to developing a super pit that was proposed in its…


Belo Sun’s permits in question

Permitting issues may be brewing around Belo Sun Mining’s (TSX: BSX; TSXV: BSX) flagship Volta Grande gold project in Brazil’s northern Para state, according to recent media reports.   


Peru approves Sulliden Gold’s EIA

Nearly nine months after Sulliden Gold (TSX: SUE; US-OTC: SDDDF) submitted an environmental impact assessment of its Shahuindo gold project in Peru, the country’s Ministry of Energy and Mines has given the green light to the proposed…


Exploration drilling from the surface at Sierra Metals' underground Yauricocha polymetallic mine in Peru. Source: Sierra Metals

Sierra Metals goes deeper at Yauricocha

Sierra Metals’ (TSX: SMT; TSXV: SMT; US-OTC: DBEXF) claim that its underground Yauricocha silver-copper-lead-zinc-gold mine in Peru has plenty more to give at deeper depths is proving correct.


Community members at a public hearing in April for Bear Creek Mining's Corani silver-lead-zinc project in Peru. Source: Bear Creek Mining

Bear Creek nears permitting milestone at Corani

VANCOUVER — It has been a two-year journey for Peruvian-focused junior Bear Creek Mining (TSXV: BCM; US-OTC: BCEKF) and its flagship, wholly owned Corani silver-lead-zinc project, located 160 km southeast of Cusco. But after concluding…


Eldorado sees promising exploration results

Eldorado Gold (TSX: ELD; NYSE: EGO) has been keeping busy, with 106,500 metres drilled so far this year at its mine sites and exploration targets in China, Turkey, Brazil, Romania and Greece.


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