China is touting a massive discovery that geologists say may be the largest gold deposit ever recorded. The find, reported by ...

A "supergiant" deposit of high-quality gold ore containing an estimated 1,000 metric tons (1,100 US tons) of the precious ...

According to Quantec geoscientists, a deposit with this large size and this high of a conductivity (extremely low resistivity) is likely ...

In the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners—and huge numbers ...

Deep-sea mining is highly controversial partly because ... Minerals found on the deep seabed including manganese, nickel, cobalt, gold and silver are all considered important materials for the ...

Daniel Jones, a NOC researcher who trawled the archives to pinpoint the location, said the test followed an CIA plot to recover a Russian nuclear submarine, using deep-sea mining as a cover story.

United Nations (United States) (AFP) – After more than a decade of negotiations, a new round of talks to finalize a code to regulate deep-sea mining in international waters begins Monday in ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) The proposed deep-sea mining rules are contentious due to conflicting interests between resource extraction and environmental protection. The International ...

Daniel Jones, a NOC researcher who trawled the archives to pinpoint the location, said the test followed an CIA plot to recover a Russian nuclear submarine, using deep-sea mining as a cover story.