A BLM-approved mine operating nonstop as an open pit on the mesas above the Lone Pine community of the Paiute Shoshone Tribe would leach gold from heaps of crushed ore using tons of cyanide each day in the process, according to a description of Vancouver, Canada-based K2 Gold Group’s outline of the project by the … Read more
Luhihi Mountain in Congo’s South Kivo province is currently the scene of a gold rush, with some reports stating that the mountain is 60-90% gold. News of the mountain of gold caused hundreds of people to flock to the area with picks and shovels and a lot of ambition. Melees erupted as masses of people … Read more
Developed by the Russian company Diamant, the tech uses the tagged neutron method to find large diamonds inside kimberlite ores. The unique advantage of the TNM method is to provide an image of the hidden object in three-dimensions, without having to crack open a bunch of rock. Alrosa has come out as one of Diamant’s … Read more
$170 million is the estimate given for a 210 tonne jade stone found my miners in Myanmar (formerly Burma). The jade stone is 4.3 meters tall and 5.8 meters long. The stone is set to be shipped to China, where it will be carved into statues and jewelry. Much of Myanmar’s $31 billion per year … Read more