Electric currents in the Earth may be responsible for the formation of gold nuggets, new research suggests. As detailed in a new study published in the journal Nature Geoscience, the theory could ...

Chinese scientists have, for the first time, captured at the nanoscale the dynamic process by which natural gold nanoparticles form on the surface of pyrite, and proposed a new mechanism in which ...

Visible gold observed in two of the first thirteen drill holes including within a 30.8 metre interval drilled in the "A" and "RJ" zones. Formation is presently undertaking the first drill campaign at ...

Understanding how gold forms is crucial for knowing where to find it and how to extract it sustainably. McGill researchers have answered a long-standing question in geology that could lead to new ore ...