CREEKRATS GOLD · RESEARCH LIBRARY
Independent sources. Clear context.
A curated starting point for understanding gold—from prices and positioning to geology, responsible sourcing and the human stories written across the world’s goldfields.
HOW WE SELECT RESOURCES
Chosen for clarity and usefulness
Authoritative
Public institutions, recognised standards bodies and established educational organisations.
Transparent
Sources that explain their data, methodology or institutional role clearly.
Independent
Resources are selected for their usefulness and relevance. Any commercial relationships are clearly identified.
01 · MARKETS & OFFICIAL DATA
Prices, positioning and the movement of gold
Primary data and institutional research for examining gold’s market structure, official reserves and global trade.
WORLD GOLD COUNCIL
Goldhub
Industry research, gold demand and supply data, price series, central-bank material and analytical tools in one extensive library.
Explore GoldhubWORLD BANK
Commodity Markets
The World Bank’s “Pink Sheet” commodity price data, historical spreadsheets, outlook reports and forecasts—including precious metals.
View commodity dataLBMA
Precious Metal Prices
Reference prices and explanatory material from the body that administers key global precious-metals benchmarks and Good Delivery standards.
View LBMA pricesU.S. CFTC
Commitments of Traders
The official source for weekly futures and options positioning, report descriptions, historical files and downloadable public data.
Open CFTC reportsINTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
International Reserves
Country-level data on official reserve assets, other foreign-currency assets and related liquidity obligations in a common template.
Explore IMF dataUNITED NATIONS
UN Comtrade
Official international merchandise-trade statistics for investigating gold flows by country, reporting period and commodity code.
Explore trade data02 · GEOLOGY & SUPPLY
Where gold comes from
Government science and educational resources for understanding deposits, production, physical properties and gold in the field.
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Gold Statistics & Information
Worldwide supply, demand and material-flow information, with monthly and annual publications plus historical mineral data.
View USGS resourcesGEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA
Australian Gold Facts
An accessible government overview of gold’s properties, formation, deposits, mining and the scale of Australia’s gold resources.
Explore gold geologyROYAL SOCIETY OF CHEMISTRY
Gold: Element 79
An educational guide to gold’s atomic data, physical properties, uses, natural abundance, history and supply risk.
Discover element 79NEW ZEALAND PETROLEUM & MINERALS
Gold Fossicking
Official guidance on where recreational gold fossicking is permitted in New Zealand, the applicable rules and mapped public areas.
View official guidance03 · RESPONSIBLE GOLD
Standards, impacts and supply-chain questions
Frameworks and evidence for looking beyond price to the environmental, social and governance dimensions of gold.
OECD
Mineral Supply-Chain Guidance
The international due-diligence framework for responsible mineral sourcing from conflict-affected and high-risk areas, including a supplement on gold.
Read the OECD guidanceUNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME
Artisanal & Small-Scale Gold Mining
Research and practical guidance on mercury, environmental impacts and efforts to improve outcomes in artisanal gold mining.
Explore UNEP resources04 · GOLD HISTORY & ARCHIVES
Gold Through Time
A developing visual history of the people, places and technologies that shaped goldfields across the world—told with context, careful attribution and respect for the communities represented.
FEATURED STORY · GOLD THROUGH TIME
Before Hokitika Became a Gold Town
Our first Gold Through Time story follows the report that helped turn scattered West Coast discoveries into a rush—and Hokitika into a bustling port.
Read the storySTART EXPLORING THE ARCHIVES
TE ARA · AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND
Gold & Gold Mining
A richly illustrated account of New Zealand’s gold rushes, mining methods, communities and the metal’s role in the young economy.
Read the New Zealand storyALEXANDER TURNBULL LIBRARY · NEW ZEALAND
Historic Image Collections
Photographs, prints and documentary records of New Zealand’s goldfields, miners, settlements and working landscapes.
Search the collectionsSTATE LIBRARY VICTORIA · AUSTRALIA
Victorian Goldfields
Primary sources spanning miners’ diaries, maps, paintings and early photographs from the Australian gold rushes.
Explore the goldfieldsLIBRARY & ARCHIVES CANADA
Klondike Gold Rush Collection
Hundreds of catalogued photographs recording Dawson, the trails through Alaska and the people drawn north by the Klondike rush.
Enter the Klondike archiveLIBRARY OF CONGRESS · UNITED STATES
California Gold Rush Photography
Early western photographs and stereographs documenting mining landscapes, settlements and the rapidly changing American West.
View the American archiveUNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA · SOUTH AFRICA
Witwatersrand Mining Collections
Historic photographs, mining maps, documents and artwork tracing the mines and communities of South Africa’s gold-bearing reef.
Explore the Rand archive