Gold
Striking gold is the dream for thousands of Australians. But there’s a ‘paradox’ holding them back
Hundreds of thousands of Australians are prospecting, fossicking and mining as the price of the elusive precious metal soars.
- Simon Johanson
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Flagship tables monster 2.1M ounce gold resource in Chile
Flagship Minerals has tabled a monster 2.1-million-ounce gold resource at its Isidora project in Chile’s prolific Maricunga Gold Belt.
- Andrew Todd
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PLC readies drill rig for untouched WA high-grade gold prospect
PLC Resources is set to drill its Rochefort gold prospect in WA’s Murchison, targeting a large soil anomaly with high-grade rock chips near a producing gold mine.
- Andrew Todd
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Gateway hits end-of-hole gold at WA Yandal play
Gateway Mining has hit a 32m gold in a hole that ended in mineralisation at its Mustang prospect in Western Australia, extending the target to 900m of strike.
- Andrew Todd
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- Earthquakes
Locals fear mine caused record-breaking quake
Tremors were felt as far away as Sydney and Batemans Bay after the quake in NSW’s central west.
- Angus Dalton
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Strickland jags new base metals find in Serbia
Strickland Metals has jagged several noteworthy base metal hits from drilling at its Obradov Potok deposit, part of its huge Rogozna project in Serbia.
- Craig Nolan
‘It will never go to zero’: Just how safe is it to invest in gold?
Gold is generally considered a safe haven asset. But with the tumultuous state of the world, just how safe is it really?
- Dan F Stapleton
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Golden Dragon set to chase growing gold system in WA’s Murchison
Golden Dragon Mining has kicked off its next round of drilling at its emerging Coodardy prospect in WA’s Murchison, aiming to stretch its gold zone deeper and further into fresh rock.
- Andrew Todd
Gold thief escapes on getaway donkey
Footage showed the robber making a night-time escape on the beast through the streets of a central Turkish city.
- Lily Shanagher
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- Bitcoin
Fool’s gold: Trump’s bitcoin dream is turning into a nightmare
The bitcoin wipeout we just experienced was not a one-week phenomenon.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz