Drilling at Advance Metals’ Happy Valley gold prospect in Victoria’s northeast.

Advance doubles down on visible gold hits at emerging Victorian play

Advance Metals is firing up a second diamond drill rig at its Happy Valley trend in Victoria’s goldfields to chase up recent visible gold hits.

  • Andrew Todd

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One kilogram gold bars stacked at the Perth Mint.

The surging commodity that now accounts for a quarter of WA’s mining workforce

With the price of gold surging to a record high of US$4000 per ounce earlier this month,WAtoday looks at the vital role the precious metal continues to play within the WA economy.

  • Michael Philipps
Got left behind in the gold rush? People queue outside an ABC Bullion store in Sydney this week.

I struck gold by mistake,but I don’t get all these queues – or the Louvre heist

Take it from this gold investor with a proven track record:there’s nothing rational about queuing to join the gold rush.

  • Malcolm Knox
A gold pour at Kaiser Reef’s Henty mine in Tasmania,where it has boosted gold reserves by 29 per cent.

Kaiser boosts Tassie mine life with big gold reserve lift

Kaiser Reef has boosted its ore reserves at the Henty gold mine in Tasmania by a robust 29 per cent to 199,000 ounces at 3.28 grams per tonne,extending mine life beyond in six years.

  • Andrew Todd
Visible gold in drilling at Zenith Minerals’ Red Mountain gold discovery outside Bundaberg in Queensland,where follow-up drilling is recommencing.

Visible gold prompts quick follow-up drilling for Zenith in QLD

Zenith Minerals has the rods turning again at its Red Mountain gold discovery in Queensland,after recent drilling revealed exciting shows of visible gold.

  • Andrew Todd
One kilogram and five hundred gram gold bars at Gold Investments Ltd. bullion dealers arranged in London,UK,on Thursday,April 3,2025. Gold retreated on Thursday,after notching its latest record,after President Donald Trump triggered tumult on global markets with sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs. Photographer:Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg

Gold still glitters,even after its shock slump overnight

The precious metal had its biggest one-day fall in more than a decade,but most of the factors that drove its price to record highs are still in place.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
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Empress Eugenie’s crown,which was stolen from the Louvre’s Apollo Gallery.

Louvre heist is a result of the world’s rush to gold

The museum raid shows criminals’ boundless hunger for precious metals as the value of these commodities soars. Thieves are becoming ever more audacious as the gold price has doubled in a year.

  • Lionel Laurent
Are those lining up to buy gold bullion wasting their time and money?

Gold FOMO in full swing:Why people are lining up to buy bullion

Gold is not just hot right now – it’s smoking. But when people start lining up in streets to get their hands on it,there may be bigger problems ahead.

  • Elizabeth Knight
With gold prices at record highs,people are cashing in on their old jewellery.

It was time for a purge. I had no idea how much those trinkets would be worth

The price of gold has gone through the roof. But when friends told me to take my old jewellery to a gold guy in a Collins Street office,I did not expect to walk out with this much cash.

  • Kate Halfpenny
It’s a beautiful thing;Stunning visible gold in drilling grading up to 183g/t from Aureka Ltd’s Irvine project in the gold-rich Stawell belt in Victoria.

Record gold grades for Aureka at Victorian goldfields play

Aureka Limited has hit visible gold and record high-grades in diamond drilling at its flagship Irvine gold project in Victoria’s Stawell Corridor.

  • andrew todd