Lundgren, who calls himself the Glacial Gold Hunter, is a 40-year-old geologist who has spent the last year and a half ...

Lac du Flambeau tribal officials are calling on people to help stop potential mining in Wisconsin’s Northwoods. “We are asking all of those water protectors to take action,” read a July 7 post on the ...

MADISON (AP) -- Republicans moved closer Thursday to lifting Wisconsin's nearly 20-year ban on gold and silver mining, pushing a bill that would eliminate the prohibition through the state Assembly ...

Gold is rocking again, as it did in the 1970s when the metal was the decade’s hottest investment. The same can’t be said for gold mining stocks, but they deserve a closer look.

A Canadian mining company has been cleared to begin exploratory drilling for copper and gold in northern Wisconsin. GreenLight Metals, which does business as Green Light Wisconsin, says it wants to ...

Local governments are considering putting their own mining regulations in place as Gov. Scott Walker prepares to lift Wisconsin's nearly 20-year ban on gold and silver mining. Walker voted for the ...

Rich Budinger, a mining engineer with Wisconsin Industrial Sands, said, “At that time, Wisconsin was at about the latitude of Costa Rica due to plate tectonics or continents shifting their locations.