A gold rush has broken out in the Sahara in recent years. Thousands of young Africans are digging in the sea of sand with pickaxes - and risking their lives in search of precious treasure.

Automated exploration drill rigs are the next frontier for mining, but what innovation is emerging and is it happening fast ...

Richardson Bay is a natural harbor that on maps resembles a cartoon fish chomping into the Marin County peninsula. It is ...

Come Sunday, children will be scouring their yards with baskets in hand in the hopes of uncovering plastic eggs containing ...

Trump’s threats of a takeover have put Greenland on the geopolitical map. At a pivotal moment, we travel to the resource-rich Arctic island to make sense of the hype ...

The next installment on March 30 is about how Jim Folger discovered a new way to bring coffee to the masses. This opened the ...

While the island has opened up a handful of mines, like for gold and ... s enough ice-free land along these edges to dig through. Around 40 mining companies have exploration, prospecting, and ...

East County has long been called the playground of San Diego County. Visitors and residents alike will find many unique ...

Toni is a points and miles enthusiast who has been leveraging loyalty programs to travel around the world (for nearly free) with her ... Mountain Gem Mine. After prospecting for your own treasures ...

A huge wilderness park of mountains and glaciers in Alaska Map by LaTigre It’s an ... Nathaniel Wilder The Klondike Gold Rush of 1898 drew prospectors deep into the Wrangell-St.Elias region.