With the Vicuña copper-gold project alone projecting up to 15,000 construction workers, the country faces a paradox: never has the opportunity been larger, and never has filling the roles been harder
The Siemens Argentina CEO and new AHK Argentina president sees the country at a turning point across mining, Vaca Muerta technology, and an investor climate loaded with expectation — but warns that without skilled-trades training, the industrial boom has a ceiling
The ASX-listed explorer is testing a deeper copper porphyry target beneath the high-grade silver-zinc-copper-gold mineralization reported at Toro Central
Official projections from Argentina's National Mining Secretariat point to mining exports of $36.25 billion by 2035, up from the $6.1 billion record posted in 2025. Pipeline projects will require a minimum capex floor of around $57 billion — $41.2 billion for nine copper projects and $14 billion for twelve lithium operations.
Neil Herrington and Alejandro Díaz will sign the first corporate-sector document designed to put February's intergovernmental pact into commercial motion on Thursday, April 30. Argentina's Coordinating Secretary for Energy and Mining, Daniel González, will deliver the opening remarks.
The TSX-listed miner drilled 1,326 metres at its TADD-278 hole by April 7; preliminary assays between 715 and 920 metres returned 0.25 g/t gold and 0.12% copper over a 205-metre core-length interval.
The Feasibility Study projects average annual output of 148,000 tonnes over 22 years, with a $5.4 billion NPV and 27.8% after-tax IRR at the study's $5.45/lb sensitivity price — making Los Azules the first copper project in Argentina under RIGI
The International Finance Corp. (IFC) signed a nonbinding agreement with McEwen Copper to evaluate its participation in financing the Los Azules project, one of the world’s largest undeveloped copper deposits, with a focus on ESG standards, technological innovation and long-term stability.
The company plans to carry out detailed mapping, sampling, trenching, and geophysical surveys in preparation for a drilling program scheduled for the second half of 2026.
It could lead to the creation of the world’s largest mining company, with a combined market value exceeding $200 billion, surpassing even BHP. The merged group would be a world-class player in copper.
The agreement covers construction of the San Jorge 220/33-kilovolt transformer station and a new 220-kilovolt transmission line linking it to the Mendoza Norte station, accelerating project construction and supporting development in Uspallata and the surrounding area.
With resources that place it among the world’s 10 largest undeveloped copper deposits — more than 13 million metric tons of measured and indicated copper, 32 million ounces of gold and 659 million ounces of silver — Vicuña represents the largest greenfield copper discovery in the past 30 years.
