Major gold find near Spearfish, South Dakota

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A high-grade gold discovery has been reported near Spearfish, South Dakota.

The results come from Lion Rock Resource’s gold assay results from its recent surface sampling program at the Volney Project, South Dakota.

Lion Rock Resources is a Canadian-based mineral exploration firm focused on high-grade gold and lithium projects across North America. They acquired the Volney Project on October 7, 2024.

The results include 189.5 grams per ton from float material and 14.0 grams per ton from bedrock, which are among the highest grades reported in the region in recent years.


The Volney Project covers roughly 351 acres of private land, with Lion Rock Resources holding both surface and mineral rights, enabling them to execute the rapid drill program and accelerated permitting from exploration through production.

According to the report, the sampling confirms the presence of multiple distinct gold target zones and strong potential for further discoveries across underexplored areas of the property. It’s located roughly 12 miles southwest of Spearfish.

Sampling at the Volney Project target outlined a 260 m shear trend open along strike, where a total of 20 bedrock samples returned values over 0.5 grams per ton of gold. 41 float samples exceeded 1.0 gram per ton, with seven samples topping 10 grams per ton. These high-grade finds were typically associated with quartz veins and sheared greenstone units, both known hosts for gold in the Black Hills.


The Volney property is a multi-commodity project strategically located in South Dakota’s Black Hills, a historically rich and active mining region. The Black Hills have produced over 62 million ounces of gold, including from the prolific Homestake Mine, one of the most significant gold producers in North American history.

There's gold in them thar hills! Gold!

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Were "stealing the rocks" from the Injuns yet again.

^^^That what I was going to say, I hope the Indians got better guns...^^^

Trying to run the Indians away from their ancient burial grounds in the Black Hills is what got Custer killed.

I think Custer got Custer killed. He was an ego-maniac who put the New York and Chicago headlines above the lives of his own men. That and he underestimated the fighting prowess of the Native Americans. For all his faults, and he had many, Custer was a very brave soldier. he proved it time and time again in the Civil War but he also thought he was destined by God to survive every battle and he found out the hard way it wasn't so. Ive read he got wounded in the Civil War a number of times as he always led his men from the front unlike so many of the lousy Generals the Union had.

I think the Army even kicked him out for awhile for drinking or womanizer or something. He must have had connections to get back in but when he did he wanted nothing but glory to make up for it. It was probably the railway Barons that got him back in, I'd have to check again. Its been awhile.

Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse were great leaders with a lot of charisma and nobody expected the Sioux and Cheyenne to band together as they did, also attracting many warriors from tribes that were once hostile to each other. More so then the land they were pissed off at the rail roads and its riders shooting their buffalo for sport and to drive them onto reservations. The Little Big Horn was a great victory for them but Custer and his men never stood a chance against the cream of the native warriors.

The victory itself sealed the fate of the Native tribes. They never stood a chance against against the new tribe emboldened by the idea of Manifest Destiny. The natives were war like because they had always been at war with each other. They were a bad enemy to have because after torture they'd leave you cut up in pieces on the plain. The way they enslaved, raped, and murder woman and children drove white people bananas. But it was a war. It wasn't "Dances with Wolves episode 2". It was war.

I admire the native Americas. They were a tough people who survived in an unforgiving land.