One of the most significant shipwreck finds of recent times was made in an ostensibly unlikely place: a southwest African ... of gold coins. It was unearthed by diamond miners in a desert on ...

A mining firm uncovered an epic lost shipwreck in the middle of an African desert, containing a multi ... including thousands of rare and valuable gold coins, as well as nearly 2,000 copper ...

In 2008, diamond miners in Namibia’s desert uncovered the Bom Jesus, a Portuguese ship lost in 1533 enroute to India. The wreck contained approximately 2,000 gold coins and tens of thousands of ...

The South African rand took a breather on Tuesday, shedding some of its gains that have been fuelled by the gold price ...

Africa is a continent full of natural minerals and is home to some of the world's largest gold reserves. In fact, a number of African countries hold more than a whopping 100 metric tons of the ...