During the Australian gold rush, the world’s largest nugget was found by miners originating from the UK. On 5 February 1869, ...

A "supergiant" deposit of high-quality gold ore containing an estimated 1,000 metric tons (1,100 US tons) of the precious ...

Mr. Birkmyre says: “The gold of this nugget, from the crucible assays, I found to be 98'C6 per cent of pure gold. It thus contains only 1-75th of alloy, composed chiefly of silver and iron.

Gold Corporation was created by the Gold Corporation Act 1987 to take over the operations of the Perth Mint and launch Australia’s official bullion coin programme. The Australian Nugget coin was ...