South American mining news

Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions has received a major order for the AutoMine load and haul automation system from Codelco, to be used at the El Teniente mine.

Solaris Resources Inc. has reported assay results from a series of additional holes from ongoing mineral resource growth and discovery drilling programmes at its Warintza Project in southeastern Ecuador.

Lundin Mining Corp. has entered into a definitive agreement with Josemaria Resources Inc. to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Josemaria Resources.

Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. has provided an overview of its exploration programmes in Latin America and West Africa.

Rio Tinto has entered into a binding agreement to acquire the Rincon lithium project in Argentina from Rincon Mining.

Bear Creek Mining Corp. has entered into a definitive agreement with Equinox Gold Corp. to acquire a 100% interest in the Mercedes gold-silver mine located in Sonora, Mexico.

GCM Mining Corp. has announced today multiple high-grade intercepts from the latest diamond drill holes from the 2021 in-mine and near- drilling programmes and the 2021 brownfield drilling programmes at its Segovia Operations.

Endeavour Silver Corp. has reported drill results from its ongoing exploration programme at the Parral Project in Mexico.

EnergyX has successfully deployed the first of three LiTAS™ pilot plants for operation at Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni, the largest lithium resource in the world.

Yamana Gold Inc. has received the permit at its Jacobina mine to increase throughput to 10 000 tpd.