The Chilean based America Economia is arguably the region’s premier business publication and this week it’s running a headline piece on Minera IRL (IRL.to) (MIRL.L) and its developments in Peru and Argentina, mainly via a Q&A with company president Diego Benavides. Here’s the link and perhaps the most interesting bit is where he says that the company is about to close a $120m financing package with Macquarie. That’s shut a lot of people up who don’t have a clue about this company (but they’re guaranteed not to eat their humble pie in public).