As record-high gold prices deliver windfall for Australia's mining sector, small investors and prospectors are also hitting ...

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Gold prospectors are being locked out of some fossicking areas by a new law that allows mining companies with pending leases ...

A task that brought people from far and wide to certain parts of Australia in the 1800s could be making a comeback thanks to the price of gold skyrocketing in recent weeks. Gold panning can take hours ...

Tales of prospecting for gold may conjure up images of treasure hunters victoriously uncovering massive rocks of the valuable metal. In reality, prospecting was hard, back-breaking work, with days ...