After the discovery of a 17-pound nugget in Little Meadow Creek, North Carolina, the state became a major hotbed of gold mining as a part of the first American gold rush in 1799. Early discoveries ...

A colossal gold deposit has been discovered deep beneath China's Hunan Province, containing an estimated 1,000 metric tons of ...

The Barama-Mazaruni volcanic and rocky area of Panamazonia has the privilege of being an area rich in gold, so the extraction of this mineral has been constant since the early twentieth century. The ...

New technologies, international partnerships and luxury buyers are driving a global shift toward sustainable, mercury-free gold. Courtesy Pure Earth Gold has captivated humanity for millennia, ...

The state government hopes the licence will allow locals to increase their income legally.

Regardless of how the gold price is doing, the top gold-mining companies are always making moves. Right now, gold is in the limelight — stimulated by increasing global inflation, geopolitical turmoil ...

In the Philippines, as in many places across the globe, mercury has long been central to how small-scale gold miners earn their living. Used as an easy way to separate gold from other minerals they ...

Nilambur gold mining is a complex issue involving traditional practices, environmental concerns, and legal restrictions.

Raymond Kazapoe receives funding from the African Union and Pan African University to carry out some of the research referenced in this article Militaries that have taken power in Africa’s Sahel ...