The nugget had to be broken into smaller pieces in order for its total weight to be calculated. The two men who discovered it ...

A "supergiant" deposit of high-quality gold ore containing an estimated 1,000 metric tons (1,100 US tons) of the precious metal was discovered in central China in late 2024, according to Chinese state ...

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Jacob Shinn’s optimism was rewarded when he hit something hard while digging on April 9, 1896. The big “rock” — later ...

The Yukon may be on the verge of closing for Rick Ness, Parker Schnabel and the Beets family with winter looming, but fear not Gold Rush fans. Discovery Channel revealed to TV Insider first that it ...

More than 99 ounces (nearly 3kg) of gold to be precise - the single largest nugget ever to be mined in New Zealand. And then the Royal family lost it. What became known as the ‘Roddy Nugget ...

a treasure hunter in England found what was estimated to perhaps be the biggest gold nugget ever found in the country. The large gold nugget, nicknamed "Hiro's Nugget," weighing 64.8 grams.