South American mining news

The International Council on Mining and Metals has approved the International Lithium Association and Cámara Minera de México as new association members.

Calibre Mining Corp. has provided an update of the company's 2021 resource expansion and discovery drilling programme at the company’s Limon Mine Complex.

Bastion Minerals Ltd has provided an update on its on-going exploration programme within the Capote Mining District as it prepares for its maiden drilling programme.

Orea Mining Corp. has provided an update on the acquisition of a new gold project located in Suriname, South America.

Clariant has opened the Competence Center for Tailings Treatment, a new technical facility exclusively dedicated to developing solutions for tailings management.

ABB will provide six electrical rooms plus an integrated digital system solution distributed control system to Gold Fields’ Salares Norte mining project in a remote region of northern Chile.

International Lithium Corp. has agreed the sale of its remaining stake in LMA, the company which owns the Mariana lithium salar project in Argentina, to Ganfeng Lithium Netherlands.

Salazar Resources Ltd has announced that it has acquired the mineral title to the Correa-Jiron Concession 601062 (El Potro) in Ecuador for an initial payment of US$50 000.

Zinc mines are recovering from the impacts of COVID-19, according to GlobalData, with production expected to recover by approximately 5% in 2021.