Bargain desert properties are being snapped up due to the 'billions' in untapped gold that lies underneath. Potential buyers are rushing to Johannesburg - a small mining town in the Rand Mountains ...

An open-pit mine would use a poisonous cyanide-leaching process and destroy thousands of acres of fragile desert. Because of prior exploration in the area, we know the mine would produce less than ...

The U.S. Department of Energy has approved a nearly one billion dollar loan to mining company Ioneer for its Rhyolite Ridge ...

The mineral exploration project would have disturbed 20.54 acres of desert ecosystem, built 8 miles of roads, drilled 65 holes down to 800 feet, and used 2,000 gallons of water per day. Although ...

Here, they'll refuel their bodies after a long, hot day working above and below ground at Newmont's gold mine in the Northern Territory's remote Tanami Desert. On a busy day, more than 800 fly-in ...