The gold mining sector in Nevada thrives on a rich blend of companies varying in size and scope. Some are established mining players, with expansive operations that cover vast tracts of the state's gold-rich lands. Others are smaller scale, focusing on niche segments within this lucrative market. Everything they offer, from extensive bullion products to strategic exploration, contribute to Nevada's reputation as a global force in gold production. With sustainability and innovation underpinning their growth strategies, these companies hint at a future where gold mining remains an integral component of Nevada's economy.


Top 25 gold mining companies in Nevada

1. Sunshine Minting, Inc.

Sunshine Minting Inc. is a leading supplier of precious metal and base metal mint products. They offer a range of gold and silver bullion products, from small gram bars to large 100 ounce bars, providing a reliable and convenient way to enhance any investment portfolio. With a focus on quality and purity, their bullion products are guaranteed for weight and content. Additionally, Sunshine Minting supplies high-quality precious metal blanks to government and private mints worldwide, specializing in silver, gold, and platinum blanks, as well as alloys.


2. Hycroft Mining Holding Corporation

  • Website: hycroftmining.com
  • Headquarters: Winnemucca, Nevada, United States
  • Founded: 2006
  • Headcount: 11-50
  • Latest funding type: Post Ipo Equity
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Hycroft Mining Holding Corporation is a U.S.-based gold and silver development company that owns the Hycroft Mine, a well-established, world-class asset located in northern Nevada, a tier-one mining jurisdiction.


3. Scorpio Gold Us Corporation

  • Website: scorpiogold.com
  • Headquarters: Elko, Nevada, United States
  • Founded: 2006
  • Headcount: 51-200
  • Latest funding type: Post Ipo Debt
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Scorpio Gold Corp is a mining company based in Nevada. They own and operate the Goldwedge and Mineral Ridge projects, which are gold mining operations. The company focuses on exploration, development, and production of gold in the South-Central Nevada region.


4. Paramount Gold Nevada Corp. (NYSE American: PZG)

  • Website: paramountnevada.com
  • Headquarters: Winnemucca, Nevada, United States
  • Founded: 2015
  • Headcount: 1-10
  • Latest funding type: Post Ipo Equity
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Paramount Gold Nevada Corp. is a mining exploration and development company focused on acquiring, exploring, and developing high-quality precious metals deposits in the Americas. The company operates the Grassy Mountain Gold Project and Frost Sleeper Gold Project.


5. Bonanza Goldfields

  • Website: bonanzagoldfield.com
  • Headquarters: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
  • Founded: 2008
  • Headcount: 11-50
  • Latest funding type: Ipo

BonanzaGoldfield is a mining company that specializes in prospecting, exploring, and developing mineral properties. They take a comprehensive approach that emphasizes research, advanced technology, and cross-functional teamwork to sustainably extract gold and other precious metals.


6. Lahontan Gold Corp.

  • Website: lahontangoldcorp.com
  • Headquarters: Reno, Nevada, United States
  • Founded: 2020
  • Headcount: 11-50
  • Latest funding type: Post Ipo Equity
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Lahontan Gold Corp is a Nevada-based exploration company that controls three gold and silver projects. Their flagship project, Santa Fe Mine, has past production of gold and silver using open pit mining and heap-leach processing. They recently unveiled maiden Mineral Resource Estimate for the Santa Fe project.


7. Western Exploration

Western Exploration is focused on gold and silver discoveries in Northern Nevada, with a history of proven ore finders. They have a strong geological base for a project and investment, first and foremost in drilling.


8. U.S. Gold Corp.

  • Website: usgoldcorp.gold
  • Headquarters: Elko, Nevada, United States
  • Founded: 2014
  • Headcount: 1-10
  • Latest funding type: Ipo
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U.S. Gold Corp. is a gold exploration and development company with a focus on the US. It is advancing four projects, including the CK Gold Project in Wyoming, Maggie Creek in Nevada, Keystone on the Cortez Trend in Nevada, and the Challis Gold Project located in Idaho.


9. Hecla Nevada

  • Website: hecla-mining.com
  • Headquarters: Winnemucca, Nevada, United States
  • Founded: 1891
  • Headcount: 51-200
  • Latest funding type: Post Ipo Debt
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Hecla Mining Company is a mining corporation that specializes in extracting various natural resources. They offer a range of mining services and products including precious metals, industrial minerals, and base metals. With a focus on sustainability and responsible mining practices, Hecla Mining Company aims to deliver high-quality resources to meet global demand.


10. General Metals

About General Metals Corporation?General Metals Corporation (OTCQB: GNMT.OB); www.nevada-goldmine.com, is an aggressive junior mining exploration and development company, based in Reno, Nevada. The company is actively pursuing the re-opening of its Independence gold and silver mining project strategically located in the prolific Battle Mountain Mining District of Nevada. Cautionary Note to U.S. Investors - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission permits U. S. mining companies, in their filings with the SEC, to disclose only those mineral deposits that a company can economically and legally extract or produce. We use certain terms in this presentation, such as ""measured"", ""indicated"", and ""inferred"" ""resources"", which the SEC guidelines strictly prohibit U.S. registered companies from including in their filings with the SEC. U.S. investors are urged to consider closely the disclosure in General Metal's form 10-K, which may be secured from General Metals or the SEC website at: http://www.sec.gov.


11. Pershing Resources Company

Pershing Resources Company is a venture-stage mineral exploration firm for the findings and development of precious and base metals.


12. Comstock Mining Inc.

  • Website: comstockmining.com
  • Headquarters: Virginia City, Nevada, United States
  • Founded: 2003
  • Headcount: 11-50
  • Latest funding type: Ipo
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Comstock Mining Inc. is a Nevada-based, gold and silver mining company with extensive, contiguous property in the Comstock District and a leader in sustainable, clean, responsible mining.


13. Dakota Territory Resource Corp

  • Website: dakotatrc.com
  • Headquarters: Reno, Nevada, United States
  • Founded: 2002
  • Headcount: 1-10
  • Latest funding type: Ipo
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Dakota Territory Resource Corp. (OTC-QB:DTRC) is a mineral exploration company committed to creating shareholder value through the acquisition and responsible exploration and development of high caliber gold properties in the Black Hills of South Dakota, USA


14. Asia Broadband Inc

Asia Broadband Inc. is a resource company specializing in the production, supply and sale of precious and base metals to Asian markets. They recently launched AABB Gold, a secure and transparent gold-backed ERC-20 token, and AABB Wallet, offering an innovative distribution process from production in Mexico to client sales networks in Asia.


15. Argonaut Gold Inc.

  • Website: argonautgold.com
  • Headquarters: Reno, Nevada, United States
  • Founded: 2009
  • Headcount: 1001-5000
  • Latest funding type: Post Ipo Equity
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Argonaut Gold is a mining company that operates a portfolio of growth assets in the mining industry. They generate positive cash flow through their existing operating portfolio and have a diverse jurisdictional profile. They are focused on sustainability and have implemented an environmental management system directly correlated to their code of ethics.


16. i-80 Gold Corp

  • Website: i80gold.com
  • Headquarters: Reno, Nevada, United States
  • Founded: 2021
  • Headcount: 51-200
  • Latest funding type: Post Ipo Debt
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i-80 Gold Corp is a mining company engaged in exploration and development of mineral resources. It offers responsible mining practices and engages in community engagement. The company focuses on various projects including Ruby Hill, Granite Creek, McCoy-Cove, and Buffalo Mountain.


17. NexGen Mining Inc.

NexGen Mining, Inc. is a diversified and experienced junior mining company that embraces a path of aggressive growth, creating shareholder value, & sustainability. As we continue to develop and build on our existing exploration assets and pursue additional opportunities, we remain committed to building a sustainable business today with a focus on tomorrow.


18. Thomas H Bagan

  • Website: thbagan.com
  • Headquarters: Sparks, Nevada, United States
  • Headcount: 1-10

Thomas H Bagan is a company that operates in the Mining & Metals industry. It employs 6-10 people and has $0M-$1M of revenue. The company is headquartered in Sparks, Nevada.


19. KA Gold

  • Website: ka-gold.com
  • Headquarters: Hawthorne, Nevada, United States
  • Headcount: 1-10

KA Gold LLC is a private Nevada Limited Liability Company that acquires and explores high-quality mineral properties throughout the Americas and also provides exploration services to the mining industry. KA Gold has multiple projects in the Great Basin of the western United States and has established a partnership with a prominent mid-tier precious metal producer to explore a portion of this portfolio. The Company is interested in acquiring additional mineral exploration and mine development projects in order to expand our business platform. KA Gold has two Managing Partners, Kimberly Ann and Brian Maher, who have extensive experience in the mineral industry and capital markets: Ms. Kimberly Ann, Managing Partner: Ms. Kimberly Ann is a corporate development and finance specialist with over 20 years marketing experience in branding, investor relations and finance. She has served as CFO, Vice President and Board Member for multiple TSX-listed Junior Mining companies. In the past eight years, Kimberly Ann has raised over $150M in project financing and directed three major junior mining rebranding projects. While at Prodigy Gold, Kimberly Ann was responsible for all aspects of the company's corporate communication program, facilitating equity financings, generating analyst coverage, participating in key aspects of corporate M&A leading to the $340M buyout by Argonaut Gold. Kimberly is currently Founder, CEO, President and Director of Latin America Resource Group, a private company focused on copper mine development and exploration projects throughout Latin America. Kimberly Ann attended the University of Washington, majoring in Business and Marketing. Mr. Brian J Maher, Managing Partner: Brian is an economic geologist with over 34 years of experience in the international mining and exploration industry. Currently, Brian is the President and CEO of PPX Mining, developing a high grade underground gold and silver mine in northern Peru. Prior to PPX, Brian was the President, CEO and Director of Prodigy Gold Inc. where he guided the company through a period of expansive growth, culminating in the $341M acquisition of Prodigy Gold by Argonaut Gold in 2012. In 1982, Brian began a 16-year career with ASARCO Inc. exploring for gold and copper deposits in a variety of geologic environments throughout North and South America. From 1998 and 2004, Brian was Project Manager for Metallic Ventures Gold Inc., supervising underground and surface exploration, mine development and operations at an underground gold mine in Nevada. In 2005, Brian joined Hochschild Mining PLC and was involved in all aspects of the company's North American exploration program, serving as the Exploration Manager for the US, Canada and Mexico. Brian received his BA degree (Geology) from the California State University, Chico in 1980 and his MSc. degree (Economic Geology) from Colorado State University in 1983.


20. Nevada Canyon Gold Corp

Nevada Canyon Gold Corp, formerly Tech Foundry Ventures, Inc., is a consulting service company, which is engaged in providing management and consulting services to early and middle stage start-ups. The Company intends to assist start-ups and development-stage companies, as well as established companies, with consulting services focused on providing administrative support and consulting to the entertainment, Web and mobile technology companies. It intends to focus in the digital media, music, consumer, Internet and social networking industries. It also offers financial and accounting resources, marketing and branding services and legal guidance by partnering with law firms and accounting firms.


21. Desert Hawk Gold Corp

Desert Hawk Gold is a mining company that acquires, explores, and develops mineral and metal mining projects. It also produces gold, silver, copper, tungsten, molybdenum, lead, and zinc. It has a land package of approximately 1,500 acres of both patented and unpatented claims near Gold Hill, UT. The company is currently mining and processing gold ore while conducting exploration projects throughout the district. Desert Hawk Gold Corp is headquartered in Reno, Nevada.


22. Geological Society of Nevada

  • Website: gsnv.org
  • Headquarters: Reno, Nevada, United States
  • Headcount: 1-10
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The Geological Society of Nevada (GSN) is a non-profit scientific society focused on promoting the geological sciences through education and enhancing member's geologic knowledge.


23. Paragon Geochemical Laboratories Inc.

Paragon GeoChemical is a Geochemistry Industry consultancy that prepares and analyzes geological samples to quantify precious and base metal contents, providing fast turnaround times, high-quality results, and attractive pricing.


24. Welsh Hagen Associates

Welsh Hagen is a full service Engineering and Consulting Firm providing professional services related to water resources, civil engineering, environmental compliance, and remedial engineering.


25. Silver Mountain Mines

Silver Mountain Mines is a mining company that specializes in the exploration and development of precious and base metal properties in North America.


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