Scientists are intrigued by how gold nuggets form, often tucked in quartz veins. The process seems to involve earthquakes and ...

Two weeks after shutting down its Spruce Pine facilities ahead of Hurricane Helene, Belgian mining company Sibelco announced Thursday it has restarted operations in the Western North Carolina town ...

Hurricane Helene swept across the Southeast, causing major flooding and destruction throughout North Carolina. Here is ongoing coverage from The News & Observer and The Charlotte Observer about ...

Q-Gold Resources Ltd. (TSXV: QGR; OTCQB: QGLDF; Börse Frankfurt: QX9G) is a publicly traded North American-based mineral exploration and development company focused on advancing gold and silver ...

Mining operations for the ultra-pure quartz at Spruce Pine, North Carolina, have yet to return to their pre-Hurricane Helene production levels. When Helene ripped through western North Carolina, it ...

An aerial look at the quartz mines in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, taken prior to Tropical Storm Helene. Google Maps Hurricane Helene swept across the Southeast, causing major flooding and destruction ...

Spruce Pine, North Carolina, has most of the world’s high-quality quartz, a mineral essential for the semiconductors used in smartphones, laptops, and AI chips. Sibelco and The Quartz Corp. own the ...

Q-Gold Resources ( ($TSE:QGR) ) has issued an update. Q-Gold Resources Ltd. has initiated a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Quartz ...

I’m Brian Gordon, tech reporter for The News & Observer, and this is Open Source, a weekly newsletter on business, labor and technology in North Carolina. Next to Asheville, perhaps no place in North ...