By Marco Aquino and Dana Ford
LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian precious metals miner Buenaventura (BUEv.LM) (BVN.N) is in talks to buy controlling stakes in two Argentine junior miners, the company's top official said on Thursday.
Though most metals prices have plummeted on the global economic slowdown, gold rates have remained relatively stable, enabling miners like Buenaventura to push ahead with expansion plans while producers of strictly nonferrous metals are largely being forced to cut back.
The two Argentine junior miners under consideration, which Benavides declined to identify, are gold and silver developments.