Once a bustling gold mining town in the early 1900s, Ester — located just west of Fairbanks off the George Parks Highway — ...

Peru is to impose a curfew and temporarily suspended gold mining in the northern district of Pataz where 13 people were killed after a kidnapping inside a gold mine. Mining in Pataz in Peru's ...

Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. is pleased to announce the successful completion of the acquisition of the Akyem Gold Mine Project in Ghana. This follows the announcement made on 9 October 2024 ...

Recently, archaeologists unearthed a 3,000-year-old Egyptian mining camp in the Sukari Mountains. Crews found evidence of ancient gold mining, processing, and purification. The archaeological ...

JABAL SUKARI, EGYPT—La Brújula Verde reports that the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities completed a two-year excavation and preservation project of an ancient mining camp at Jabal ...

Aerial view of ancient gold mining camp found in Egypt. Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Egypt After two years of intense archaeological work, the wait is over. The Egyptian Ministry of ...

An incident at a former Colorado gold mine that killed a man and trapped a group of tourists for hours underground in 2024 was caused by "operator error," authorities said. Investigators ...

The world’s largest gold-mining company, Denver-area Newmont Corp., has sold its Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mine in Teller County for up to $275 million to another Denver-headquartered company ...

The Canadian group Endeavour Mining, operating in Côte d’Ivoire for 30 years, inaugurated its second gold mine amid debate over a new mining code. Endeavour Mining officially opened its second gold ...

Colorado officials ordered the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine to cease and desist operations on Wednesday about a week after a tour guide was killed and 23 people trapped underground when an elevator ...

One person died during an elevator malfunction at an inactive gold mine in Colorado that also left a tour group stranded 1,000 feet underground for about six hours. Twelve people, including two ...

Twelve people trapped deep beneath the surface of a former Colorado gold mine turned popular tourist destination were rescued Thursday night after an elevator malfunctioned, authorities said.