Recently listed Atico Mining (ATY-V) has joined the rush of companies exploring for gold in Colombia, but the company plans to set itself apart with its unique management team and strategy.The team includes many of the people behind the success…
Indicated resources have more than doubled to 4.6 billion pounds of copper at McEwen Mining’s (MUX-T, MUX-N) Los Azules project in Argentina, while inferred resources have jumped 4% to 10.8 billion pounds of copper.
VANCOUVER — Brazilian mining giant Vale SA (VALE-N) has received its preliminary environmental license for what will be the world’s largest iron-ore project. Serra Sul, or Carajas S11D, is a US$20-billion expansion initiative at the…
VANCOUVER — Canadian miner Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) has emerged the victor following a lengthy legal tussle with competitor Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) over a majority interest in Chile’s massive El Morro copper-gold…
Revisions to Brazil’s mining code may cancel mineral rights that the government deems strategic such as phosphate, potash, and rare earth elements, Reuters reported yesterday, quoting unnamed but “high-level” government and…
VANCOUVER — It has not been a very hospitable market in the silver space over the past four months, with prices for the precious metal dropping from a high of US$37 per oz. in late February to a low of US$27 per oz. by late June. Though…
Headlines in the mainstream media that Iamgold (IMT-T) is giving up on Ecuador are fundamentally incorrect, Candace MacGibbon, president and chief financial officer of junior explorer INV Metals (INV-T), told The Northern Miner.
VANCOUVER — When it comes to unearthing gold in a youthful mining jurisdiction like the South American nation of Guyana, explorers are often faced with infrastructure-based speed bumps on the road to establishing an economic deposit. Both…
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Peru is experiencing a mining boom of global proportions thanks to years of heavy investment and increasing production. The country is the world’s number-two copper producer, number-two silver producer, number-six gold producer,…
The Andean nations of Chile and Peru are the top copper-producing locales in the world. Chile holds the number-one spot with annual production clocking in at 4.9 million tonnes, while Peru sits in second place with output totalling 1.2 million…
Carl Hansen is a big fan of the Maricunga mineral belt in Chile’s Atacama region, high in the Andes.The president and CEO of Atacama Pacific (ATM-V) is advancing the company’s wholly owned Cerro Maricunga gold project, which is just…
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