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Mining

The mining company was drilling hundreds of meters below the already mapped area in Pará when it discovered new copper and gold zones in Furnas, a project that could operate for 24 years alongside Vale.

Geovane Souza 12/06/2026 at 10:26

Science and Technology

Scientists mixed hydrocarbons with a gold leaf, subjected them to pressure greater than that of the Earth’s mantle and heat above 1,900 °C, and ended up accidentally discovering a new compound of gold and hydrogen.

Romário Pereira de Carvalho 07/06/2026 at 16:50

Interesting facts

22-carat gold may be hidden in household items treated as scrap, while Swiss scientists use whey to recover the precious metal and pave the way for new sustainable urban mining.

Carla Teles 29/05/2026 at 22:11

Economy

A ton of old cell phones can contain up to 800 times more gold than a ton of ore extracted from a mine, according to the UN, and it is this hidden wealth in drawers that drives so-called urban mining, which can even be turned into Olympic medals.

Bruno Teles 25/05/2026 at 21:50

Interesting facts

Deposit with gold, copper, and silver discovered at just 108 meters deep in Argentina; the area is less than 3 km from the largest copper discovery of the last 30 years and is already attracting billion-dollar investment.

Alisson Ficher 21/05/2026 at 21:18

Mining

Gold, silver, and copper appear near the surface at Filo Sur, making mining companies look at San Juan as a new treasure map in the Andes.

Viviane Alves 20/05/2026 at 15:26

Interesting facts

Gardener found R$ 235,000 in buried gold bars while cutting grass in Germany but won’t get to keep any of it because the city seized the treasure and has already decided what to do with it.

Bruno Teles 28/04/2026 at 13:25

Science and Technology

A volcano in Antarctica releases gold every day in the form of invisible dust, spreading metallic particles through the frozen air and raising a curious mystery that has not yet been fully explained.

Caio Aviz 24/04/2026 at 21:28

Interesting facts

More than €600,000 in gold hidden in pots and an “invisible” safe inside an old house turns a small French town into the stage for a discovery that reveals how entire fortunes can remain buried for decades without anyone noticing.

Valdemar Medeiros 18/04/2026 at 19:14

Interesting facts

With 40% of all the gold on the planet buried in a single geological basin that is 2.7 billion years old in South Africa, the Witwatersrand still hides R$ 3 trillion in unreachable reserves.

Bruno Teles 26/03/2026 at 22:02

Tommy Thompson, descobridor do navio S.S. Central America com milhares de moedas de ouro, é libertado após uma década preso por disputa judicial.

Interesting facts

Treasure Hunter Who Found Ship Full of Gold Coins at the Bottom of the Atlantic Prefers to Spend 10 Years in Prison Rather Than Reveal Where 500 Coins Are

Fabio Lucas Carvalho 14/03/2026 at 13:32

Garimpeiros de ouro trabalham em minas profundas no deserto da Mauritânia e passam até dois dias em túneis extraindo rochas com ouro.

Mining

Gold Miners Descend Into Narrow Holes Up to 48 Meters Deep in the Mauritanian Desert and Spend Up to Two Days Living Inside Tunnels in an Underground City with Over a Thousand Mines

Fabio Lucas Carvalho 10/03/2026 at 16:07

The mining company was drilling hundreds of meters below the already mapped area in Pará when it discovered new copper and gold zones in Furnas, a project that could operate for 24 years alongside Vale.

Scientists mixed hydrocarbons with a gold leaf, subjected them to pressure greater than that of the Earth’s mantle and heat above 1,900 °C, and ended up accidentally discovering a new compound of gold and hydrogen.

22-carat gold may be hidden in household items treated as scrap, while Swiss scientists use whey to recover the precious metal and pave the way for new sustainable urban mining.

A ton of old cell phones can contain up to 800 times more gold than a ton of ore extracted from a mine, according to the UN, and it is this hidden wealth in drawers that drives so-called urban mining, which can even be turned into Olympic medals.

Deposit with gold, copper, and silver discovered at just 108 meters deep in Argentina; the area is less than 3 km from the largest copper discovery of the last 30 years and is already attracting billion-dollar investment.

Gold, silver, and copper appear near the surface at Filo Sur, making mining companies look at San Juan as a new treasure map in the Andes.

Gardener found R$ 235,000 in buried gold bars while cutting grass in Germany but won’t get to keep any of it because the city seized the treasure and has already decided what to do with it.

A volcano in Antarctica releases gold every day in the form of invisible dust, spreading metallic particles through the frozen air and raising a curious mystery that has not yet been fully explained.

More than €600,000 in gold hidden in pots and an “invisible” safe inside an old house turns a small French town into the stage for a discovery that reveals how entire fortunes can remain buried for decades without anyone noticing.

With 40% of all the gold on the planet buried in a single geological basin that is 2.7 billion years old in South Africa, the Witwatersrand still hides R$ 3 trillion in unreachable reserves.

Treasure Hunter Who Found Ship Full of Gold Coins at the Bottom of the Atlantic Prefers to Spend 10 Years in Prison Rather Than Reveal Where 500 Coins Are

Gold Miners Descend Into Narrow Holes Up to 48 Meters Deep in the Mauritanian Desert and Spend Up to Two Days Living Inside Tunnels in an Underground City with Over a Thousand Mines

Mother and daughter build a 70 m² house with more than 8,000 discarded glass bottles and impress with their creativity; known as the Casa de Sal, the property is located on Itamaracá Island, in Pernambuco.

Workers were opening a new road connection near the Marginal Tietê when they found, in the underground of the construction site, remnants of locomotives, wagons, and boilers from the 19th century linked to the forgotten history of Lapa.

Instead of burning or burying old tires, an American city is transforming about 2,000 of them into the street itself, paving its first sections with a quieter and more durable rubber asphalt.

He transformed an abandoned plastic water tank into an underground house in the “hobbit hole” style, using only repurposed pallet wood, without heavy machinery or expensive labor.

China transforms desert-devastated area into the world’s largest artificial forest, planting trees for 60 years, blocking sand that reached Beijing, and creating a “green lung” of 92,000 hectares in a region once considered lost.

The river that “dies” in the desert never reaches the sea and yet gives life to one of Africa’s largest natural refuges in a truly impressive way.

Greek island offers free housing for volunteers, but there’s a condition: you need to take care of rescued cats.