Latest South America News

Challenger Gold Limited has formalized an Investment Protection Agreement with Ecuador, safeguarding its $75 million investment in the El Guayabo Project. Concurrently, the company announced a doubling of its Mineral Resource Estimate to 9.1 million ounces gold equivalent across its Ecuadorian assets.

Vmoto Limited reported a 16% decline in total unit sales for 1Q25, offset by a strong cash position and strategic investments in e-mobility solutions and production capacity.

Perpetual Resources has appointed ServDrill Brazil to begin its inaugural lithium drilling campaign at the promising Igrejinha Project in Brazil’s Lithium Valley, targeting high-grade spodumene mineralisation along a 1.4km pegmatite corridor.

Challenger Gold Limited has doubled its mineral resource estimate in Ecuador to 9.1 million ounces gold equivalent, positioning its assets among South America's largest undeveloped gold resources, while making significant progress on its Hualilan Gold Project in Argentina towards mining and toll milling readiness.

Altair Minerals has made a significant leap with the acquisition of the Venatica Copper Project in Peru, revealing multiple high-grade porphyry systems that could position the company as a key player in a globally significant copper belt.

Power Minerals Limited has taken a significant step in expanding its South American critical minerals portfolio by signing a binding option to acquire the high-grade Santa Anna Niobium Project in Brazil, supported by a strategic US$300,000 investment and a $1.3 million placement to fund exploration.

Axel REE Limited advances its flagship Caladão REE-Gallium Project with significant high-grade intercepts and begins a maiden Mineral Resource Estimate, backed by $9.6 million in cash and strategic government partnerships.

SRJ Technologies reports a 47% drop in Q1 cash receipts but secures significant new contracts and advances a strategic leadership transition aimed at stabilising growth.

First Graphene Limited reported a successful A$2.4 million capital raise alongside promising progress in its PureGRAPH-CEM product trials in the UK and South Africa, while securing key patents and expanding distribution across Asia and South America.

Thunderbird Resources has launched maiden exploration programs at its newly acquired NSW gold-antimony projects, uncovering promising historical high-grade assays and expanding its tenement holdings. Concurrently, the company advances copper exploration in Peru and contemplates uranium asset transactions in Canada.

Solis Minerals has raised A$4.5 million to advance drilling at its copper-rich projects in southern Peru, confirming promising new copper-gold targets and appointing a seasoned CEO to lead exploration efforts.

Power Minerals Limited has identified significant rare earth element potential at its prospective Santa Anna niobium carbonatite project in Brazil, signing a binding letter of intent to acquire the asset and planning immediate drilling to define an exploration target.