June 24, 2019 South America snapshot: Eight companies advancing assets South America has long been a home away from home for North American-listed mineral explorers, developers and miners.
June 24, 2019 Rio Tinto breaks ground at Madison copper-gold project in Montana The move follows an earn-in agreement between the two companies, under which Kennecott Exploration can acquire a 55% stake in the property.
June 24, 2019 Orestone to start exploring copper-gold project in Chile The Vancouver-based miner said that a geophysical contractor has been mobilized to the Resguardo project.
June 23, 2019 Workers at Chile’s Chuquicamata copper mine vote to continue strike The unions went on strike eight days earlier after initial negotiations over a new collective labor contract failed.
June 21, 2019 Chile’s Codelco has already lost $17.5 million on Chuquicamata strike Lost production in the first week of the labour action amounts to about 3,500 tonnes of copper.
June 21, 2019 SolGold shares soar after Ecuador court dismisses call for referendum on mining The country's Constitutional Court has rejected calls for a referendum, which could have halted the miner's flagship Cascabel and other projects.
June 20, 2019 Zambia to choose buyer for Vedanta unit in July, Lungu says The company is also considering whether to appeal a decision earlier on Thursday to reject Vedanta’s request to be joined to the liquidation proceedings.
June 20, 2019 Ero Copper intersects highest grade to date at Vermelhos; stock jumps 7% Eros Copper Corp is focused on copper production in the Vale do Curaca Property in Brazil where it has been operating for 39 years.
June 20, 2019 Taseko’s Florence mine reaches commercial grade leach solution The goal is to have the project shovel ready in the first half of 2020 followed by commercial production in 2021.
June 19, 2019 Northern Dynasty funds next steps at Pebble project When the preliminary economic assessment was delivered in 2011, the cost of the Pebble project was estimated at US$5.76 billion.
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