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E M I MINERA ANDES LATIN AMERICA SPRING 2011 Look Beyond Minera Andes continues to contribute to Argentina’s rich mining landscape by exploring and advancing a newly discovered deposit. “There is tremendous upside associated with our assets.” // JAMES DUFF, COO Minera Andes has discovered two major deposits in. Argentina – a copper deposit and a gold-silver vein.. [ BY JAMIE MORGAN ] A major part of mineral exploration is being able to see beyond the surface. It takes thorough research, expert leadership, a pioneering attitude and the intuition to know whether or not you’re on to something – all of which are attribPROFILE Minera Andes. www.minandes.com | Headquarters: Toronto Specialty: Gold, silver and copper exploration utes that junior explorer company Minera Andes possesses. Minera Andes was established in the early 1990s to take advantage of new Argentinean laws that encouraged foreign investors to invest in the country’s rich mineral deposits. Minera Andes leveraged the opportunity successfully. The company discovered two major deposits in Argentina – a large porphyry copper deposit in the northern province of San Juan, as well as a major gold-silver vein deposit in the Deseado Massif region of Santa Cruz province in the south. “One of the interesting things to watch has been the emergence of both precious metals in Santa Cruz and the emergence of copper around San Juan,” COO James Duff explains. “San Juan has always been known as a mining province, but in the last 10 to 20 years, some major deposits – such as Barrick’s Veladero and Pascua-Llama > 22 emi-magazine.com http://www.emi-magazine.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Energy & Mining International - Spring 2011

Energy & Mining International - Spring 2011
Contents
Clean Fuel
Satellites Are Key
Good Vibrations
News
Latin America Focus
Minera Andres
Ventana Gold Corp.
Zincore Metals
AQM Copper Inc.
Canada Focus
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.
Fladgate Exploration Consulting Corp.
Aurizon Mines
JV Driver
Alderon Resource Corp.
Detour Gold Corp.
Prairie Machine & Parts
Pumps & Pressure Inc.
Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp.
Explor Resources Inc.
Trelawney Mining and Exploration Inc.
Advantage Valve Maintenance Ltd.
Silverman Oilfield Services
Rhino Resource Partners LP – Hopedale Mining LLC
Kimble Cos. Inc.
McVay Drilling Co.
MaXfield Inc.
Ellicott Dredges
Scientific Drilling
Becker/SMC Corp.
GasSearch Drilling Services
Crossrock Inc.
Frontier Services Inc.
Fulcrum BioEnergy Inc.
Summit Midstream Partners
Black Hills Bentonite LLC
Energy Companies
The Final Shot

Energy & Mining International - Spring 2011