Oromin Explorations Ltd. is pleased to announce the receipt of an independent report (the “Santa Rosa Evaluation”) from Aeon Exploration Inc. of Calgary, Alberta (”Aeon”) that provides an evaluation of prospective resources with respect to its 100% owned CCyB-9 Santa Rosa exploration permit and exploitation concession on a property located in the Cuyana Basin in [...]
Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold used Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s visit Wednesday to do a little damage control on its controversial mining operation in the Andes.
With a ragtag group of protesters camped outside the company’s high-rise headquarters in the center of Santiago, a Barrick spokesman blamed “professional activists” for giving Barrick — and Canada — [...]
Cue Capital Corp. is pleased to announce that contracts have been signed for two drill rigs to work on the Yuty Uranium property in the Republic of Paraguay, with drilling expected to commence early June 2007. The contracts have been signed between Empire Drilling, of Lima Peru, and SEMINSA, the project operating company in Paraguay. [...]
Cue Capital Corp. is pleased to provide an update on the Yuty Uranium project in the Republic of Paraguay. Cue has the right to earn a 70% interest in the Yuty Concession through ownership of 70% of the issued and outstanding shares of Transandes Paraguay, S.A. (Transandes) as provided for in the earn-in agreement. [...]
Global Copper Corp. (TSX: GLQ) is pleased to announce that it has exercised its option to acquire the Relincho porphyry copper deposit in Chile. The option was originally entered between Lumina Copper Corp. and Andes Pacific Development S.A. in December 2003 and was transferred to Global in connection with Lumina’s Plan of Arrangement in May [...]
Bonaventure Enterprises Inc. is pleased to announce that its first phase of drilling has been completed at the Squaw Creek property located in Nevada.
A total of three deep angle Reverse Circulation (RC) and Core holes were completed totaling 4,802 feet. The drilling successfully found the bounding fault of a large horst block defined by geophysics, [...]
Alberta Star Development Corp. is pleased to report the results of the Company’s summer 2006 surface exploration sampling program at the Mag Hill target area. The Mag Hill target area is located at the southern end of Echo Bay, approximately 15 kilometers from the Eldorado uranium mine and 3 kilometers east of the Contact [...]
Lawmakers in an Argentine province famous for its wine and ski resorts have suspended all open-pit mining due to strong environmental opposition, deputies and industry sources said on Thursday.
The western province of Mendoza is synonymous with Malbec vines grown in the plains below the Andes, but rising metal prices have generated increased interest in its [...]
Ecuadoran indigenous activists freed 56 workers taken hostage at a Canadian mine, ending a six-day protest over a planned strip mine in the Andes, the protest leader said.
“These people, that we will insist on calling paramilitaries, were released and are in good health and are with the police,” Indian leader Gustavo Leon told AFP by [...]
Chinese consortium Andes Petroleum restarted operations in the Ecuadorean Amazon on Saturday after reaching a deal with local residents who had invaded its installation to demand jobs, the company said.
“The company restarted production and the pumping of crude. Normalcy has returned, local residents left the facilities and the electric system has been reinstalled,” an Andes [...]
