Scientists reveal that earthquakes generate electricity in quartz, explaining how enormous gold nuggets grow in deep rock ...

Special Report: The latest findings are supported by historic exploration work at the broader Pharos project which revealed several high-grade gold targets along an 8km corridor at Olivers Patch.

This creates veins of quartz that can contain gold. It takes hundreds or thousands of earthquakes to create a deposit, so the quartz crystals in veins may experience thousands of episodes of stress.

Specimen gold and visible gold in vein quartz have been uncovered at Olivers Patch The discovery demonstrates the clear gold potential of Scorpion’s larger Pharos project Upcoming exploration ...

Gold nuggets grow much bigger than they should – and electricity produced by earthquakes may be the reason why.

Scorpion Minerals (ASX:SCN) 1,295km² Pharos project near Cue, WA boasts prospectivity for lithium-PGE-nickel-copper-gold mineralisation. It contains the Mt Mulcahy deposit, which features a zone ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Humanity's fascination with Gold stretches back thousands of years. gold mining is described in ancient Greek and Roman sources, and gold rushes – especially in the ...