Atacama eyes first resource estimate in Chile

As the extent and depth of its low-grade gold project Cerro Maricunga grows, so follows Atacama Pacific Gold’s (TSX-V: ATM) shareprice.

Since the start of the year the latter has climbed from around $3 a share to just over $5 as Atacama released a slew of drill intercepts outlining three, semi-contiguous areas of gold mineralization at Cerro Maricunga, 100-km northeast of Copiapo, Chile