Latest South America News

Battery Age Minerals has successfully raised $3 million to fund maiden drilling at its Bleiberg Germanium-Zinc Project in Austria and advance exploration at the El Aguila Gold-Silver Project in Argentina, attracting new investors and reinforcing its strategic position in critical minerals.

Lodestar Minerals announces a $2.2 million two-tranche capital raising to advance its Chile exploration projects and evaluate new opportunities, signaling renewed investor confidence.

Power Minerals has completed a 2,272-metre drilling program at its Santa Anna niobium-REE-gallium project in Brazil, advancing its due diligence ahead of a potential acquisition. Results expected in July could pave the way for a maiden resource estimate.

Ionic Rare Earths’ Brazilian joint venture, Viridion, has been selected for significant government funding to accelerate rare earth refining and magnet recycling, marking a major step in Brazil’s strategic push for a secure, sustainable supply chain.

Perpetual Resources has commenced its first-ever drilling program at the Igrejinha Lithium Project in Brazil’s renowned Lithium Valley, targeting high-grade spodumene mineralisation. Results from this initial phase are expected from July 2025.

Power Minerals has initiated a 2,000m drilling campaign at its Santa Anna project in Brazil, aiming to validate and expand on historic high-grade niobium, rare earth elements, and gallium mineralisation ahead of a potential acquisition.

Pacific Edge has successfully raised NZ$16 million through an upsized equity placement, surpassing its initial target and setting the stage for a planned NZ$5 million Share Purchase Plan. The funds aim to accelerate clinical and commercial milestones, including regaining Medicare coverage for its cancer diagnostic tests.

Eden Innovations Ltd reports a striking 86% year-on-year sales increase for its EdenCrete® Pz7 concrete admixture, driven by expanding installations in the US, Ecuador, Mexico, and Canada. The company’s innovative product is gaining traction for its cost-saving and environmental benefits in the construction sector.

Ionic Rare Earths, through its Viridion joint venture, has delivered the first recycled rare earth oxides to Brazil’s CIT SENAI ITR, marking a key step toward a domestic magnet supply chain in South America.

TruScreen Group Limited reported a 19% revenue decline in FY2025 due to delayed rollouts in key emerging markets but anticipates a strong rebound with FY2026 sales forecast to exceed NZ$2.8 million.

Nufarm reported a mixed 1H25 result with a strong rebound in crop protection profits contrasting a steep decline in seed technologies earnings, prompting a strategic review of the latter business.

Nufarm Limited posted a 3% revenue increase to $1.81 billion for the half-year ending March 2025, driven by Crop Protection growth, yet profits fell sharply due to omega-3 inventory write-downs and higher costs. The company withheld its interim dividend amid ongoing operational challenges.