Gold holds incredible value in the markets of our world. But have you ever stopped to wonder where it comes from?

The Witwatersrand basin in South Africa hosts the largest known gold repository on Earth -- but how was it formed? Scientists were able to figure out how parts of the Earth's largest gold deposits ...

Such alteration is easily visualized, often showing a light pink color on a rock surface. It can be used as an indicator of nearby gold mineralization. Despite this well-documented relationship, it ...

The Witwatersrand Basin in South Africa holds the world’s largest gold deposits across a 200-km long swathe. Individual ore deposits are spread out in thin layers over areas up to 10 by 10 km and ...

But most of the gold on Earth isn’t in our hands; it’s deep underground. During the planet’s formation, heavy elements like ...

Highlights:Visible gold observed in two of the first thirteen drill holes including within a 30.8 metre interval drilled in the "A" and "RJ" zones. Formation is presently undertaking the first drill c ...

The deposit contains nearly a million pounds of the precious metal, and it should push China to the forefront of the global gold industry.

Previously, the prevailing theory was that gold was carried by hot fluids flowing through fractures in rock. However, ...

Formation has commenced a fully funded 10,000 metre multi-phase drill program at its flagship N2 Gold Project near Matagami, Quebec, host to a global historic resource of ~870,000 ounces comprised of ...