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Geographical Magazine UK Gold: The hunt for the precious metal has returned Written by Laura Cole The view from Cadair Idris, a mountain at the southern end of Snowdonia National Park near the town of Dolgellau, which sits in the crook of a belt of gold-bearing rock 05 Mar 2021 In Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, miners are looking to the hills and mountains for viable gold deposits. Laura Cole asks why the hunt for the yellow metal has returned to the United Kingdom Pubs are a good place to overhear tales about gold in the valley. Roger Marr runs the Cross Keys Inn in the former slate town of Dolgellau, north Wales, and every so often, an amateur gold panner shows up at his bar, raising a hand and tilting it so as to show off a ring between sips of beer. ‘They’ll make one from melted-down pieces they find in the rivers,’ Marr says, ‘but it can take years to find enough of ....