September 3, 2019 Chilean legislators reject lithium expropriation A bill allowing the expropriation of private companies involved in lithium mining in Chile was found to be unconstitutional.
September 3, 2019 Venezuela gold reserves drop by $1bn in H1 2019 The value of the gold bars in central bank vaults fell to $4.62 billion, down 18.5% from $5.67 billion dollars at the end of 2018 - the lowest in 75…
September 3, 2019 Santacruz Silver updates Veta Grande resource estimate The update applies a nominal cut-off value of 100.0 g/t AgEq for the project’s Panuco deposit.
September 2, 2019 Tinka delivers Ayawilca PEA study The PEA tables a C$363 million after-tax NPV, with an 8% discount rate, and a 27.1% after-tax IRR on the zinc sulphide deposit.
September 2, 2019 Condor Gold attracts new investment in Nicaragua Nicaragua Milling is taking a 10.4% stake in Condor Gold, which is advancing its La India gold project in Nicaragua.
September 1, 2019 Freeport’s Cerro Verde expansion not touching farmland – media report A regional ordinance states that the Freeport-McMoRan operation would only expand onto wasteland.
August 30, 2019 Minera Alamos acquires stake in Prime Mining Minera currently has three exploration assets in Mexico, including the La Fortuna open pit gold project in Durango.
August 30, 2019 Codelco to decide by early 2020 on Maricunga lithium project Codelco has for years talked of getting into the lithium business.
August 30, 2019 Chile’s Codelco profits plunge on falling copper price, labor strife The outgoing CEO said the company was still on track to hit 1.7 million tonnes of production in 2019.
August 30, 2019 Top miners in Chile sign deal to help country’s small producers Major global producers will rent part of their properties to small-scale miners.
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
