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 ...

KEDOUGOU, Senegal (AP) — The quickest way to separate gold from rock, Sadio Camara says, is with a drop of mercury. She empties a dime-sized packet of the silvery liquid into a plastic bucket of muddy ...

GEITA: IN the gold-rich region of Geita, miners toil from dawn to dusk, sifting soil and crushing rocks in pursuit of the ...

A new report says illegal, semi-industrial gold mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is wrecking havoc on Congolese ...

In the Mozambican province of Manica, illegal gold miners are causing environmental damage while posing a serious threat to ...