The public has until Feb. 6 to comment on the proposed Grassy Mountain Gold and Silver Mine near Vale in Malheur County.

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 ...

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, ...

I've mentioned more than once how the thought of mounting e-waste keeps me up at night. Adding to the anxious no-slumber party is the fact that, to extract the gold necessary for the manufacture of a ...

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.

The surge in gold prices is driving a rapid expansion in informal and unregulated gold mining that is often illegal and ...

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 ...