When earthquakes squeeze quartz crystals, the mineral generates electricity that attracts gold particles. Pierre Longnus via Getty Images Earthquakes may help prospectors strike gold: When these ...

Geologists have known for decades that gold forms in quartz with the help of earthquakes, but now they have worked out exactly how the setting and seismic waves combine to form large nuggets. When you ...

We can't usually feel them, but dozens of earthquakes occur every day—and some of them are using mundane minerals to make glittering gold. Researchers have found that tectonic shifts put just the ...

Christopher Voisey receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the Minerals Research Institute of Western Australia. Humanity’s fascination with gold stretches back thousands of years.

Australian Silica Quartz Group (AU:ASQ) has released an update. Australian Silica Quartz Group has reported promising drilling results from its Koolyanobbing Metals Project, confirming significant ...

Taruga Minerals has uncovered a fresh new copper-gold prospect at its Uaroo East project in Western Australia’s northern ...