Gold prospectors are being locked out of some fossicking areas by a new law that allows mining companies with pending leases ...

In a blow to illegal gold miners along South America's Madeira River, law enforcement personnel have disabled 277 dredges worth an estimated US$6.8 million.

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — A bill to put a five-year moratorium on using suction dredges to mine for gold in key salmon streams is moving through the Oregon Legislature. By a 3-2 vote Wednesday night, ...

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A pond among the dredge tailing piles in Sumpter Valley on Sept. 8, 2025. Baker County officials want to build trails and add other amenities to the 972 acres the county owns in the tailings about 26 ...

Ghana Water Limited has been forced to turn to a mining pit at Anglogold Company to supply its Bonsa Water Treatment Plant, ...

As record-high gold prices deliver windfall for Australia's mining sector, small investors and prospectors are also hitting pay dirt.

When Daniel Romero worked at a river mine in Canaima National Park, in southeastern Venezuela, he would wait until the sun ...

The firm, controlled by Indian billionaire Anil Agarwal, has already agreed to invest $2 billion to build copper processing ...

SUMPTER, Ore. — The beauty of traveling Oregon’s back roads and byways is the unexpected treasure that you may find along the way – not just the scenery, but interesting lessons about Oregon’s past.

PUERTO MALDONADO, PERU -- Boriam Valera has seen his future. It shimmers -- and sells for more than $1,100 an ounce. The tousled 30-year-old works a homemade gold-mining dredge along the banks of the ...