Plants do more than photosynthesize - some of them make gold. Scientists in Finland found gold particles inside Norway spruce ...

The new Froome gold mine zone raises hopes of extending the life of the Fox complex following the discovery of exceptionally ...

Researchers have developed a technique to recover and recycle toxic cyanide. The technique is set to change the gold mining industry, making the extraction process more sustainable and efficient.

The quickest way to separate gold from rock, Sadio Camara says, is with a drop of mercury. She empties a dime-sized packet of the silvery liquid into a plastic bucket of muddy sediment outside her ...

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 ...

Geopolitical tensions have helped push gold higher. Fortuna Mining has gotten out of Burkina Faso, but is exploring in other areas. The Diamba Sud mine in Senegal contains an estimated 724,000 ounces ...