California could be on the verge of its biggest gold rush in generations. Canadian mining company Lode Gold Resources Inc. announced Monday that it has launched engineering studies at the historic ...

One species in particular seems to have suffered more than most from the negative impact that "Gold Rush" has had on the ...

More than a century after prospectors helped establish Mariposa during California's Gold Rush, mining companies are once again turning their attention to the area in search of valuable minerals.

SAO PAULO – The surge in gold prices in recent years has fueled a renewed mining rush in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, accelerating deforestation in protected areas and driving mercury contamination to ...

In a remarkable display of mining success, Tony Beets, renowned as the King of the Klondike, has achieved a record-breaking start. In the latest season of Discovery Channel’s Gold Rush Season 15, ...

The Guardian goes on the ground with Brazilian forces fighting to eradicate mining that has destroyed protected areas of Indigenous land ...

Gold Rush star Parker Schnabel became a millionaire through the mining industry. Pic credit: Discovery. Parker Schnabel, the 30-year-old star of Discovery Channel’s Gold Rush, has amassed significant ...

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil is using forensic science to tackle illegal gold mining in the Amazon, a top threat to the ...