Evidence of gold found in Trossachs

A MINING firm searching for precious metals in the Trossachs has found evidence of gold.

Scotgold said it had drilled small holes into two structures at Auch, and found rockchip sampling revealed high-grade gold and two other "significant magnetic anomalies" that it plans to investigate further.

The company, which had its application for Scotland's first commercial gold mine at Cononish, near Tyndrum, turned down last summer, said earlier this week that it would submit a second, revised planning application by the end of March.

Scotgold chief executive Chris Sangster said: "The results continue to highlight the high prospectivity of Scotgold's extensive land position outside the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park."