BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Leftist rebels kidnapped five gold prospectors doing exploratory drilling for a Canadian company before dawn Friday in a northern province of Colombia, officials said. One ...

There’s no doubt that recent economic instability has sent gold prices soaring. But gold doesn’t grow on trees–would that it did!—and higher prices for the yellow metal has encouraged companies to go ...

POCATELLO — The Black Rock Gold Prospectors are scheduled to meet on Sept. 9 (meetings are the second Monday of each month) at 6:30 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Building, 300 N. Johnson Ave. in ...

POCATELLO — The Black Rock Gold Prospectors are scheduled to meet on May 13 (meetings are the second Monday of each month) at 6:30 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Building, 300 N. Johnson Ave. in ...

Travis Brown spread a spoonful of thick, black sand onto his sluice table and watched as the system separated out tiny flecks of gold in seconds. Brown, with the Phoenix-based Pro Gold Prospecting, ...

RUTHERFORD COUNTY, N.C. (WJHL) – Former News Channel 11 anchor Tim Cable oversaw one of the region’s most popular series: Cable Country. In September 1992, Cable observed a group of prospectors who ...

Prospecting is certainly not a gold rush for Mike Flint and Kurt Bublitz. Prospecting for gold is a recreational rush for the "digging" duo Flint, Tomah, is president of the Gold Prospectors ...

In the back room of a Midwest City home seemingly filled with more buckets of dirt than furniture, Mike Pung stands over a water trough demonstrating the basics of gold panning. Holding a ...

Across the country, a modern-day gold rush is under way. People on social media brandish gold-flecked pans and nuggets while showing off their equipment, ranging from old-fashioned picks to ...

Gold prospectors are being locked out of some fossicking areas by a new law that allows mining companies with pending leases ...