April 11, 2012

Endeavour Silver Reports Record Production in First Quarter, 2012; Produces 1,072,491 Oz Silver (Up 19%) and 6,321 Oz Gold (Up 26%)

Endeavour Silver Corp. (TSX: EDR.TO - News)(NYSE: EXK -News)(Frankfurt: EJD.F - News) announced today that the Company set new records for silver and gold production in the First Quarter, 2012…

April 11, 2012

Peruvian miners rescued this morning

The nine miners trapped in a high altitude underground copper mine in Peru since last Thursday are well and with their families, after they were freed this morning (12:00 GMT).

April 11, 2012

Orvana targets more gold/silver in Bolivia

The company expects the Don Mario upper mineralized zone at its gold-silver-copper mine in Bolivia to produce 12,500 gold ounces and 500,000 silver ounces, up from its earlier forecast.

April 11, 2012

Peru’s trapped miners: the sinking of the Titanic and the miners who died

With a blogger’s eye, today I celebrate the miners who perished in the sinking of the Titanic. Their story epitomizes the story of all miners; people who go to the…

April 10, 2012

Energold strikes record profits after drilling a million metres in 2011

The Vancouver company earned a profit of $26.4 million on $133.5 million in revenues for the year, up 145%, after drilling an astonishing 585,900 meters for minerals and a further…

April 10, 2012

Never mistake intelligence for a bull market: George Ireland

George Ireland, portfolio manager with Boston-based Geologic Resource Partners, believes in seeing what he invests in and his passport bears witness: 80 countries visited in five years.

April 10, 2012

HudBay eyes further growth in Peru

Base metals miner HudBay Minerals is looking at expanding its asset base in Peru as it seeks to create a new hub that replicates the successes enjoyed at its mines…

April 10, 2012

Newmont faces new protests in Peru as key report for $4.8 billion Conga project expected this week

Peru’s long-running Conga mine dispute is about to reach a turning point as international consultants appointed by the government in February finalize their environmental report on Newmont Mining and Buenaventura's…

April 10, 2012

Chile’s Codelco will decide future of its Chuquicamata underground mine this year

Chile’s state-owned copper giant Codelco will make a decision on the construction of an underground mine at its Chuquicamata operation before the end of this year, said CEO and Executive…

April 10, 2012

Chile’s copper exports dropped 6.5% in first quarter

Chile’s copper exports fell 6.5% to US$10.5 billion in the first three months of 2012 from $11.2 billion in the same period last year, according to figures compiled by the…