Example Sentences

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And yet some residents of El Dorado, a gold mining town situated in the heart of the Mining Arc, appreciate their presence, one inhabitant told AFP.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

This is illustrated in the chart below, which reflects the performance of gold mining shares over the past two decades.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

While rare earths will be the primary focus, exploration will also assess the potential for gold mining — the area is dotted with old, small-scale adits and shafts.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

In 2016, Chavez’s handpicked successor, Maduro, sought to boost revenues in the midst of a catastrophic economic collapse by promoting gold mining in a large swath of southern Venezuela.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Her industries are pastoral and gold mining; and in the far north sugar plantations have been established under somewhat unhappy auspices.

From Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil by Willoughby, Howard