IFC PLOTS 7 MILLION CANADIAN DOLLAR INVESTMENT IN ARGENTINE POLYMETALLIC PROJECT
September 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank is investing Canadian dollars CAD 7.3 million (US dollars USD 7 million) in Vancouver-based Argentex Mining Corporation to support polymetallic mineral exploration in Argentina.
Argentex's Pinguino project in the southern province of Santa Cruz, in Patagonia, has uncovered sulphide-rich polymetallic deposits veins. These have included ores containing zinc, indium, copper and lead, as well as precious metals gold and silver. Some have also included tin, tungsten and bismuth. Others ...
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