prospect for gold

Frequency: 5.22.3 per million words

to explore an area for gold deposits

goldVERB + NOUN

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prospect for

Examples (10)

  • They trekked into the mountains to prospect for gold after the rainy season.
  • Settlers once prospected for gold along this riverbed.
  • We’re prospecting for gold using lightweight seismic gear.
  • The valley is being prospected for gold under a new permit.
  • Geologists will prospect for gold where quartz veins cross the fault.
  • Have you ever prospected for gold in Alaska?
  • To minimize impact, the team prospected for gold only in previously disturbed plots.
  • Local laws require a license to prospect for gold on public land.
  • Investors funded a startup that prospects for gold with AI-driven maps.
  • If they had prospected for gold farther upstream, they might have struck a richer vein.