Scotland prepares to strike it rich as its first goldmine opens… and it’s filled with £255m of the precious metal The Cononish mine is in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Scotgold Resources aims to produce 23,500 troy ounces of gold a year A quarter of the gold will come out in a … Read more
The Iron Curtain falls: Moment ‘drunk’ Russian soldiers smash tank through metal fence of Volgograd airport after racing along roads at 55mph… before driver and crew mate are ‘detained’ Corporal Alexander Zherebtsov, 29 was driving the tank at at 55 mph He narrowly missed a house in Gumrak and smashed through a pile of chopped firewood … Read more
To say the HMS Hermes had a difficult start to life would be understating the fact – construction on the aircraft carrier, initially dubbed HMS Elephant, began in 1944 during World War Two, but conflict ended before she had been completed. Her hull then sat in the dockyard in Barrow-in-Furness until 1953, when it was … Read more
Instant car-ma! Workmen surround Kia with 6ft metal fences and start digging up street after driver leaves hatchback in roadworks area The driver left his Kia Rio 2 in a roadworks area in Whitechapel, East London Workmen surrounded it with metal fencing and started digging up the road A passerby posted a photo on Facebook with the … Read more
A rare complete set of Viking gaming pieces has been put up for sale after being discovered in a field by a metal detectorist. Retired miner Mick Bott, 73, made the find at a site in Torksey, Lincolnshire, where the Vikings formed a winter camp in AD 872. The camp was used as the Vikings’ … Read more
A rare complete set of Viking gaming pieces has been put up for sale after being discovered in a field by a metal detectorist. Retired miner Mick Bott, 73, made the find at a site in Torksey, Lincolnshire, where the Vikings formed a winter camp in AD 872. The camp was used as the Vikings’ … Read more
A 10-year-old boy who discovered a rare Bronze Age gold treasure with his metal detector almost threw it away because he thought it was a bit of foil. Patrick Hooper struck gold during a dig on land near Andover, Hampshire, but didn’t bother to mention it to his father Andrew, who was also metal detecting, … Read more
Sparkling rewards for gold buyers: The pandemic has sparked a rush on precious metals… but is it too late to cash in? By Ben Wilkinson for the Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 11 August 2020 | Updated: 22:47 BST, 11 August 2020 Gold has always been seen as a safe bet in times of crisis, … Read more
North Koreans desperate to meet scrap metal quotas are plundering in the wreckage of the liaison office with the South that was blown up on Kim Jong-un’s orders. Residents of Kaesong are risking arrest by scavenging in the ruins of the Inter-Korean Liaison Office which was set up in a spirit of unity in 2018 … Read more
PUNT OF THE WEEK: Mining investor Metal Tiger’s shares up 66% this year as it prepares for key float By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 7 August 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 7 August 2020 Mewtal Tiger is an AIM-listed firm that invests in mining companies and projects it thinks are … Read more