A San Francisco treasure hunter dug up a hidden chest of booty after a mysterious group posted a cryptic treasure map online.

A record deposit of 80 million ounces of gold and silver and 12 million tons of copper has been discovered in the Argentine ...

The U.S. is sitting on a rare earths goldmine — not buried underground, but suspended in toxic wastewater. A long-polluted ...

At the Berkeley Pit, researchers hope to extract valuable metals to increase U.S. production of rare earths used in electric ...

When people picture a gold rush, they often imagine rugged miners in denim trousers, panning for gold under the blazing sun ...

In Senegal’s gold-rich Kedougou region, women and children face serious health risks from mercury exposure used in gold ...

Dateline Resources has been granted U.S. government approval to mine for gold and rare earths at the Colosseum project inside ...

Admire some of the towering redwoods of California in this hidden grove, where lakeside trails promise scenic views of the ...

Native crystalline gold in quartz specimen from Timmins, Ontario – Canada's richest gold region, the city having been founded in 1911 – containing ...

If you’re interested in more recent history, the Calico Ghost Town Regional Park provides a well-preserved mining town from the 1880s silver rush. Located about 15 miles northeast of Barstow, Calico ...