A “supergiant” gold ore deposit under an existing gold mine in China could be the world’s largest gold ore deposit. Officials estimate that the extent of the find could be 1,100 tons ...

More than 1,000 tons of gold reserves and ore veins were allegedly discovered by the Hunan Provincial Geological Institute some 12 miles beneath the surface in China's Pingjiang County, according ...

A miner uses charcoal to extract gold from ore. Photo by Larry C. Price. A miner displays a nugget worth about $2100, extracted from ore at an illegal mine in the Philippines.

China's imports of gold ore and concentrate plummeted in September because of a proposed rule change that could result in a substantial rise in tax liabilities for buyers, four sources with ...