Latin America Top Stories

Lithium Chile gets environmental approvals for Turi exploration drilling

Surface access was successfully negotiated in early 2019 with the Turi Indigenous Community.

MINING.com Editor | October 18, 2019 | 12:37 pm

Chilean regulator asks for more time to review Maricunga project

Owners Lithium Power International and Bearing Lithium say they were…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 18, 2019 | 6:20 am

Edumine launches new training platform to serve mining companies

Edumine delivers online training programs for engineers and mining professionals.

MINING.com Editor | October 17, 2019 | 1:18 pm

Chile’s Codelco ditches ‘green copper’ push, eyes wider mine clean-up in two years

The miner realized it would struggle to guarantee its copper's…

Reuters | October 17, 2019 | 6:44 am

Megastar interested in Gunpoint’s Cerro Minas project in Mexico

Cerro Minas is an inlier to the Canadian miner's principal…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 17, 2019 | 6:20 am

B2Gold offloads Nicaraguan assets, becomes Calibre’s main shareholder

The $100-million transaction involved cash payments and shares, which gives B2Gold a 31% interest in Calibre.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 16, 2019 | 4:05 am

GoldSpot tech used to create geological map at Yamana mine site

GoldSpot says its technology is especially effective in areas where rock exposure is poor, making visual observations more difficult.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 15, 2019 | 3:47 pm

MineHub’s blockchain-based mining and metals technology platform goes live

MineHub is working with IBM, ING Group, Wheaton Precious Metals, and other companies key to mining, streaming, trade and finance.

MINING.com Editor | October 15, 2019 | 3:28 pm

Gran Colombia announces updated resource, PEA for Marmato

Company says the new PEA would set a path to “significantly” expand production at the mine.

Jackson Chen | October 15, 2019 | 2:00 pm

SolGold’s projects safe as Ecuador reaches deal with indigenous groups

The company reiterated its operations remained “unaffected."

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 15, 2019 | 7:30 am

Altamira expands resource at Cajueiro gold project

The miner reports an 83% increase in the total amount of contained ounces of gold and a 61% increase in the gold grade.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 15, 2019 | 6:15 am

Uranium One to buy controlling stake in Wealth Minerals’ Chilean lithium project

The subsidiary of Russia’s state nuclear company Rosatom may buy up to a 51% interest in Atacama lithium project, located in an area that hosts more than 15% of the world’s known reserves of the battery metal.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 15, 2019 | 3:50 am

Chile’s Codelco says considering closure of coastal copper smelter

The Ventanas smelter has been the target of criticism from social and environmental groups that accuse it of contributing to heavy pollution in the Quintero area.

Reuters | October 14, 2019 | 4:16 pm

Bacanora and Ganfeng ink Sonora lithium project investment

Sonora is regarded as one of the world’s larger known clay lithium deposits.

Amanda Stutt | October 14, 2019 | 4:00 pm

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