Johannesburg was discovered in 1886, following the discovery of the main Witwatersrand gold reef, which today houses the world's deepest mine. The Witwatersrand, known locally as the Rand and ...

The UK is home to many ancient sites, but few are as fascinating as the abandoned Roman gold mines hidden in the Welsh ...

After driving for 20 minutes inside the mine, the dark gray rock face with white ... “Our mission is to produce gold for as long as possible by carefully managing this precious resource ...

Gone are the hundred-mile-long gold reefs in South Africa or cherry-size nuggets in California. Most of the gold left to mine exists as traces buried in remote and fragile corners of the globe.