Category: Latin America

Guyana Goldfields has developed an optimized life-of-mine (LOM) plan for its Aurora gold mine in northern Guyana that will increase average annual production from 242,000 ounces per year (oz/y) to 270,000 oz/y for the period...

Newcrest Mining has entered into agreements with Lundin Gold to invest $250 million in Lundin to acquire a 27.1% interest in the company and, separately, to farm-in to a selection of Lundin’s exploration concessions in Ecuador....

First Quantum Minerals announced in mid-February that its board of directors has approved an expansion of throughput capacity at its Cobre Panama open-pit copper project by 15% to 85 million metric tons per year (mt/y), along...

Filo Mining has reported the results of a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) of its 100% owned Filo del Sol project on the border between Argentina and Chile. The open-pit project would produce an estimated 50,000 metric tons...

Tahoe Resources has terminated 250 Minera San Rafael employees at its Escobal mine in Guatemala due to the company being unable to resume mining following its mining license suspension on July 5. Despite this difficult decision,...

Argentine regulatory authorities have approved the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for Puna Operations Inc.’s Chinchillas project in Jujuy Province. Development activities will commence, according to SSR Mining, with first...

Ero Copper has reported continued progress in the development of its Vermelhos underground copper mine in Bahia, Brazil. Through October, approximately 1,167 meters (m) of underground development had been completed, comprising...

Coeur Mining plans to sell its subsidiary, Empresa Minera Manquiri S.A., which owns and operates the San Bartolomé mine and processing facility located near Potosí, Bolivia, to Argentum Investments AB, a privately held Swedish...

Argonaut Gold has reached an agreement with Primero Mining Corp. to obtain the Cerro del Gallo (CDG) project through the purchase of all the shares of Primero’s subsidiary San Anton Resource Corp. for $15 million in cash, which...

Compañia de Minas Buenaventura, Peru’s largest publicly traded precious metals mining company, reported that its Uchucchacua mine has resumed operations. A task force, “mesa de trabajo,” was established on November 3 by the...

Lundin Gold has announced that long-lead-time process plant equipment for its Fruta del Norte gold project in Ecuador has been ordered and that soft tunneling for mine development is well advanced. The long-lead-time grinding...

LSC Lithium Corp., together with its subsidiaries, has entered into a binding letter of intent to purchase all shares of Alqa Lithium S.A., the sole owner of the Mina Teresa project covering 2,595 hectares in the Salar de...