In 2015, David Hole was prospecting in Maryborough Regional Park near Melbourne, Australia. Armed with a metal detector, he discovered something out of the ordinary – a very heavy, reddish rock ...

Man’s “gold nugget” find in Australia turns out to be a 4.6-billion-year-old meteorite, offering rare clues to the early ...

A million-to-one find near an old Australian Gold Rush prospecting area turned out to be something far rarer than gold – a ...

The world’s biggest gold nugget ever found weighs as much as an adult man and it is a gold miner’s absolute dream. For people hoping to invest their fortune, gold has typically been a reliable ...

AUSTRALIA: Along a winding creek in eastern Australia’s Great Dividing Range, Jhob Drinkwater bends over his pan, digging patiently into the earth. He scoops up soil and gravel, shovelling them into ...

Gold prices have been glimmering, keeping buyers and sellers busy. But for some Australians, it's more than a market play.