Exeter proves initial resource at Cerro Moro
Vancouver – An initial resource estimate for the Cerro Moro gold-silver property in Argentina has given Exeter Reso…
South America
Yamana Eases Off On 2M-Oz Goal
Yamana Gold’s (YRI-T, AUY-N) production targets have been creeping downwards over the last year, but chairman and CEO Peter Marrone says the company’s focus is quality over quantity.
Core Drilling More Than Doubles Grades For Oro Gold
VANCOUVER — It looks like Oro Gold Resources (OGR-V, OGRSF-O) will have to redo the resource estimate at its Trinidad gold project in Mexico now that diamond drilling is regularly returning much high…
New Zones Show Promise For Greystar At Angostura
VANCOUVER — Regional exploration efforts are paying off for Greystar Resources (GSL-T, GYSLF-O) as drills return oxide gold-silver intercepts from a new zone just 3 km from the company’s flagship Ang…
Editorial: Crimes And Rumours Of Crime
The 25th trading week of the year was one that made us wonder if we should set up a “crime page” in our paper.
Canadian Gold Hunter and Sanu Resources to merge
With the proposed merger of Canadian Gold Hunter (CGH-T) and Sanu Resources (SNU-V), both part of the Lundin Mining…
Inca Pacific wins environmental permit for Magistral
Fifteen months after submitting its environmental and social impact assessment to the government of Peru, Inca Paci…
Andean Advances Cerro Negro
SITE VISIT PERITO MORENO, SANTA CRUZ, ARGENTINA — The name Andean Resources (AND-T, AND-A) conjures images of snow-peaked mountains, but in reality, Cerro Negro, Andean’s advanced gold-silver exploration project, rises…
Americas Petrogas Eyes Potash
Branching out from its key oil and gas concessions in Argentina’s prolific Neuquen basin, Calgary-based oil and gas junior Americas Petrogas (BOE-V, APEOF-O) is taking on a new potash project along Pe…
Silver Standard Ramping Up Pirquitas
VANCOUVER — Stalwart junior explorer Silver Standard Resources (SSO-T, SSRI-Q), a force in mineral exploration for over two decades, is set to become a significant silver producer as it ramps up prod…
Xstrata’s Overture
Mega-merger talk kicked up again at the end of the 24th trading week of the year, as Xstrata unveiled its desire for a “merger of equals” with Anglo American.
BHP Delays Chilean Expansion Projects
The global recession has prompted BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L) to continue to delay a slate of expansion projects in Chile, the biggest among them an expansion of the world’s largest copper mine, Escon…