Gold miners may be getting a bit of help with some advanced technology. Scientists have revealed that gamma-activation analysis (GAA) offers a faster and much more accurate way to detect gold than traditional chemical analysis methods. The findings …

While Mahan didn't win the event, he did get to see the birth of his daughter Zoe and that was good enough for his club sponsor, Ping, who issued the 31-year-old a gold putter despite not winning. Ping has been giving gold putters to winners of …

TORONTO (Reuters) – Peter Munk has long driven the agenda for Barrick Gold Corp, the company he formed in 1983 and built into the world's largest gold producer, but recent missteps have raised questions about the leadership of a man once seen as a …

(Kitco News) – Minutes of the late-July meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee did not give gold traders much guidance on when policymakers might start tapering their monthly bond purchases. The metal was able to hold up as the Fed did not offer …

(Kitco News) – Comex gold futures prices were modestly higher in afternoon U.S. trading Wednesday, in a modest “relief rally” after the release of the FOMC minutes from the latest Federal Open Market Committee meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve.

Digging a trench under the punishing midday sun, Thomas Lokinga stops only when he needs to wipe the sweat from his face. He is determined to find a nugget of gold amid the hard-baked ground in Nanakanak, in the eastern part of South Sudan, the …

They were apparently well organized and influential enough to stand up to the National Park Service. This park's mission … Of late, those who seem to have the most say in these matters tend to come from the well educated, mostly affluent strata of …

… highest spending, most affluent customers – were routed first to live human agents who would give them a pitch designed to sell some additional service or product before eventually transferring them to the automated prompts that would activate …

But I come from a relatively affluent community. My family pushed me to succeed and … Maybe they made poor choices in life, but maybe they just were born into a situation and lifestyle with few opportunities to better themselves. I can't even imagine …