JOHANNESBURG—For years, hundreds of illegal miners known locally as zama zamas prospected for gold on this patch of land on the outskirts of the city with hammers and chisels in hand-dug tunnels. Now, ...

President Donald Trump’s desire to claim Greenland for the U.S. has thrust the island’s wealth of natural resources firmly into the spotlight. But while geopolitical chatter can make it sound as ...

Gold trades around $4,700 per ounce near all-time highs. Pandemic-era analysis suggested gold should be valued at $10,000 per ounce. Agnico Eagle acquired Kirkland Lake Gold to access high-grade ...

A carved stone tablet found in southern Georgia bears dozens of symbols that have no clear parallel in known languages or writing systems. The discovery suggests that part of the region’s written past ...