... impressive architecture of Buenos
AiresCountry Experience: South America
JSD has operated in Argentina and Uruguay.
In southern Argentina, the assignment was to investigate mining tenements adjacent to BHP Minerals (now BHP Billiton) Agua Rica copper deposit, high in the southern Andes. The issue was that, if the mine were to go ahead, these tenements would be needed to accommodate open pit mine waste dumps.
Access to the area was by air to Catamarca from Buenos Aires.
... impressive architecture of Buenos
Aires
... exploration
camp oven, high in the Andean rain shadow
... the lease boundary was to the right
hand side
In Uruguay, some Australian investors seeded a small Uruguayan exploration company which aimed to explore the auriferous Archaean greenstones, widespread across the country. Access was gained from the port of Montevideo, across the Rio de la Plata from Buenos Aires.
... Montivideo's
main ocean boulevard
... crazy wealth of Punta del Este
Inland from Montevideo, the estancias often carried outcropping, auriferous quartz reefs at surface.
... and were
accessible by ordinary hire car
Later, the company successfully acquired the San Gregorio gold plant and is currently a 60,000 oz/year gold producer.
...the San Gregorio gold plant
Uruguay Mineral Exploration inc is listed on the TSX and is now the largest gold producer in the country.