The world's deepest gold mine that plunges a staggering 2.5 miles into the Earth's surface
One African country is home to the deepest gold mine in the world with staggering depths and intense temperatures.
The rescue of hundreds of miners in a deep South African gold mine began with a camera and a note
Late last year, a specialized camera was lowered into an almost 1.6-mile-deep mineshaft in South Africa where hundreds of ...
Informal mining in South Africa is here to stay. Police brutality won’t end it – here’s what will
South Africa’s police have resorted to medieval military tactics against illegal miners. But the solution lies elsewhere: ...
A South African horror story: Illegal mining standoff draws to an end
In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close ...
Stockhead on MSN10d
Horseshoe Metals gets ready to reel in the cash in option deal for surface gold at Murchison mine
Special Report: Horseshoe Metals has granted an option via subsidiary Murchison Copper Mines to Melody Gold for the right to ...
The News-Gazette8h
Southern Cross Drills 204.1 g/t gold over 1.7 metres in 350 metre Down Dip Extension at Christina
VANCOUVER, BC AND MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA / / January 29, 2025 / Southern Cross Gold Consolidated Ltd ("SXGC", "SX2" or the "Company") (TSXV:SXGC)(ASX:SX2) announces significant results from drill holes ...
Al Jazeera English16d
Operation under way to rescue trapped miners from South African gold mine
Illegal mining is common in parts of gold-rich South Africa ... but also relying on others on the surface to send down more supplies. Police have said they are uncertain exactly how many illegal ...
The Associated Press on MSN13d
Operator error blamed for elevator incident that led to death of guide at former Colorado gold mine
An incident involving an elevator at a former Colorado gold mine that led to the death of a tour guide and ... At around 500 ...
South African police lower cage into mine to check if anyone left after 78 died
STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) - South African police lowered a camera down more than a mile (1.5 km) underground into ...
The Associated Press on MSN13d
Why did 87 miners die trapped underground in South Africa as police tried to force their surrender?
South Africa’s president is facing calls to order an inquiry into a police operation that was meant to combat illegal mining ...
Stilfontein gold mine: Why did 87 people die in South Africa?
Why did 87 people die in South Africa? - The tragedy at the abandoned gold mine near Stilfontein began to unfold in August ...