The dense forest of the northern Amazon has hidden growing bands of illegally operating gold prospectors, notorious for polluting rivers with mercury, ...

Record gold prices draw tourists and prospectors to historic NSW mining towns, driven by geopolitical uncertainty.

WORLAND — West River Prospecting Supplies is a business born out of a lifelong passion for prospecting, mining and the history of those practices throughout the United States. The company is based out ...

The head of B.C.'s biggest mineral exploration organization warns that prospectors face struggles in the middle of a mining ...

The gold rushes of the 19th century have long since ended, but there are still plenty of places you can hunt for the precious metal using a shovel, pan, metal detector, and more. In fact, recreational ...