Argentina 2016

News September 14, 2020

Neo Lithium attracts strategic investment from Chinese battery maker

Chinese battery maker CATL is acquiring an 8.6% stake in Neo Lithium (TSXV: NL; US-OTC: NTTHF), which is advancing its Tres Quebradas (3Q) project, a…

An aerial view of the milling facilities at the Pueblo Viejo gold mine. The mine is held 60% by Barrick Gold and 40% by Goldcorp. Credit: Goldcorp

News April 14, 2020

Barrick inks option deals with Precipitate Gold and Golden Minerals

Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) has inked two earn-in agreements in as many days on projects in the Dominican Republic and Argentina. The gold…

Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri. Credit: The presidency of Argentina

News September 17, 2019

Argentina’s future uncertain ahead of elections

Three years ago, foreign investors in Argentina could hardly believe their luck. Within weeks of taking office in December 2015, President Mauricio Macri rapidly dismantled…

August 28, 2018

15th Quadrennial Symposium of the International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits (IAGOD)

“Ore Deposits: providing resources for present and future generations” It is worthy to highlight that this is the first time for Argentina to host such…

Fast News August 7, 2018

Filo upgrades indicated resource at flagship project on Chile-Argentina border

Filo Mining (TSXV: FIL) has substantially increased indicated resources at its 100% owned Filo del Sol copper-gold-silver deposit, located 140 km southeast of the city of…

Drillers at Barrick Gold's Veladero project in Argentina. Credit: BarricK Gold

Environment, News, People in Mining October 13, 2016

TNM Panel: Argentina a ‘playground for geologists’

Industry experts weighed in on Argentina’s Deseado Massif region, Barrick Gold’s (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) recent spill at the Veladero gold mine, and the country’s…

From left: Mariano Ortego, a partner at PwC Canada; Pablo Breard, Scotiabank’s vice-president and head of international economics; Ignacio Celorrio, partner-in-charge of the Natural Resources Group at Quevedo Abogado; Andrew Cheatle, the executive director of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada; Trish Saywell, The Northern Miner’s senior staff writer.

News, People in Mining October 5, 2016

TNM Panel: Industry leaders are ‘cautiously optimistic’ on Argentina

Diverse industry leaders shared their insights on Argentina’s renewed ties with the mining industry during a panel discussion, moderated by Trish Saywell, The Northern Miner’s…

Diamond drillers working the night shift at Mirasol Resources and AngloGold Ashanti’s Claudia joint-venture gold-silver project in Argentina’s Santa Cruz province. Credit: Mirasol Resources.

News August 8, 2016

Mirasol hunts for gold in Argentina, Chile

VANCOUVER — In a hallway at the Sprott Natural Resource Symposium in Vancouver in July, Mirasol Resources (TSXV: MRZ) president and CEO Stephen Nano thumbs through…

Looking northeast at a dacite target 4,700 metres above sea level beside a ridge of silicified breccias at Golden Arrow Resources’ Antofalla silver-lead-zinc project in Catamarca province, Argentina. Credit: Golden Arrow Resources.

News July 15, 2016

Golden Arrow options Antofalla in Argentina’s Catamarca province

Golden Arrow Resources (TSXV: GRG; US-OTC: GARWF) is best known for its Chinchillas silver-lead-zinc project in Argentina’s Jujuy province, but the prospect generator also has…

Hunt Mining president and CEO Tim Hunt (second from right) and country manager Danilo Silva (centre) with colleagues in Argentina. Credit: Hunt Mining.

News May 17, 2016

Hunt Mining acquires Martha mine in Argentina

Matthew Hughes found the Martha silver deposit while looking out the window of his pick-up truck. It had just rained and a red line streaked…