KEDOUGOU, Senegal (AP) — 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 ...

From jewelry to advanced electronics, gold's value is undeniable. Its unique properties and widespread use make it an ...

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 ...

Mining now accounts for nine per cent of Newfoundland and Labrador’s real gross domestic product (GDP), second only to oil ...

A major Canadian mining prospect upstream from Southeast Alaska is drawing legal challenges from both sides of the border, as tribal groups fear the project could pollute their ancestral waterways.

Quarterly ore processed of 130,337 tonnes, a 36% and 26% increase from Q2 2024 and Q1 2025, respectively, with a head grade of 8.9 grams per tonne (“g/t”) AuEq, or 8.3 g/t gold, 0.55% copper and 12.1 ...