Pampa Metals Corp

Pampa Metals Corp. engages in the acquisition, development, and exploration of mineral properties. The company is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia. The company went IPO on 2005-12-30. The firm is engaged in the acquisition and exploration of base metals and precious metals projects in the Americas, with a primary focus on the Piuquenes Copper-Gold Porphyry Project in San Juan Province, Argentina. The Piuquenes Project consists of nine mining titles that cover an area of approximately 1,880 hectares (ha) in the San Juan Province of Argentina, adjacent (to the north) with the Altar copper-gold porphyry Project (held by Aldebaran Resources Inc.) and approximately 190 kilometers (km) west of the city of San Juan. Other large porphyry copper projects in the San Juan Miocene porphyry belt include: El Pachon (held by Glencore) approximately 30 km to the south; the operating Los Pelambres copper mine (60% interest held by Antofagasta plc) in Chile; and Los Azules (held by McEwen Mining) 50 km to the northeast.