gold mining

noun

1. the act or process of mining gold.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gold mining¹

First recorded in 1555–65

Example Sentences

Gold mining stocks are now reacting to the price of bullion the way crypto companies react to the price of Bitcoin.

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Gold mining stocks are even more unpredictable.

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Colombia is facing its worst security crisis in a decade, with armed groups competing for control over drug trafficking, illegal gold mining and other illicit economies in the years since militants with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, gave up their arms in a peace deal with the Colombian government in 2016.

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Others take up illegal gold mining or are raising money to try their luck again.

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In many countries, small-scale gold mining is a way of life, said Parker Schnabel, an Alaska-based gold miner who stars in Discovery’s long-running “Gold Rush” series.

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