Mining has been developed in Peru since ancient times. Gold and silver pieces found used by authorities of different preInca cultures evidence this early mining development. The Chavín (900 B.C.), Vicus (900 B.C. – 300 A.D.), Paracas (700 – 500 B.C.), Nasca (100 A.D.), Mochica (80 A.D.) and more recently Tiahuanaco, and Wari cultures knew […]
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Solar energy in South America
Featured Image: Moquegua Solar Power Plant, Peru. The sun is the ultimate source of all the energy sources and fuels that we use today. Solar energy is easy to find, does not produce air pollutants or carbon dioxide, is endless, and durable. It is one of the most used renewable sources of electricity generation and […]
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Featured Image: Vangold’s Country Manager Gerardo, Geologist Gabriela, CEO and Chairman James and Chief of Mine Safety Antonio at El Pinguico Silver and Gold mine complex. Check out the latest updates and events in the mining sector in Latin America: COMPANY UPDATES GoGold Resources Inc. (TSX: GGD) (OTCQX: GLGDF) released additional assay results from La […]
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Featured Image: Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia (Photo: Samuel Scrimshaw) Covering an area of 10,582 square kilometers (4,086 square miles), at an elevation of 3,65 m in the southwest of Bolivia, there is a place where the sky and the earth merge in an eternal reflection. Also called the “Mirror of the heavens”, the Salar de […]
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