Unlike alluvial gold, which is found as very small flakes on riverbanks, gold-bearing rocks have to be dug out of the ground. We're after pure gold, but rock that contains gold also includes lots of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Gold is a surprisingly common metal (it is more common than lead ...

A strong multi‑element pathfinder geochemical signature typical of Abitibi‑style Archean gold systems. Drilling tested approximately 600 m of strike within the >2.5 km Apex shear corridor using 12 ...

The regional Rivière Waswanipi shear zone is the eastern extension of the Sunday Lake Fault, which hosts the >20 million ounces Detour Lake gold mine and the Kirkland Lake mining camp, which has ...