Elderly man's hands holding pieces of gold nuggets - TSViPhoto/Shutterstock For many people, gold mining conjures images of an old prospector sifting sandy water through a metal pan in the blazing sun ...

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, ...

With gold prices at an all-time high, illegal gold mining is again rising— a recurring pattern between gold prices and illegal gold mining. Earlier this month, several top-tier news reports covered ...

For decades, archaeologists suspected that the unusual landscape of a remote valley in the Spanish Pyrenees was the result of ...

Barely launched, already jolted. Two months after pouring its first gold bar at Burkina Faso‘s Kiaka mine, Australia’s West African Resources (WAF) received an unexpected letter in late August.

Across southern Venezuela, Indigenous communities have been drawn into mining for gold as their traditional way of life has been disturbed and they lack other economic opportunities. Armed groups and ...