Johannesburg was discovered in 1886, following the discovery of the main Witwatersrand gold reef, which today houses the world's deepest mine. The Witwatersrand, known locally as the Rand and ...

A massive gold deposit buried deep in China's Hunan province is reshaping the future of global mining. Tucked beneath the ...

The find, which was reported in late 2024, could be one of the largest high-quality gold reserves in the world, surpassing even South Africa’s South Deep mine, which holds around 900 metric tons ...

The mountain range is central to the origin story of several tribal nations and has become an international symbol of the ...

The facility’s high-tech science experiments are kept inside a massive historic structure of 370 miles of tunnels and shafts that was once North America’s deepest gold mine. The Yates Shaft is ...