article_snippet.sent: Towie is bracing Towie for the world's next gold rush - after prospectors found evidence that Towie sits on major deposits.
article_snippet.sent: The remote community in Aberdeenshire does not even have a shop but local streams have been well known for grains of gold of 'significant size' for decades.
article_snippet.sent: Towie has been ignored by investors in favour of the oil industry but a two-year investigation has revealed the possible existence of gold deposits worth millions.
article_snippet.sent: A significant deposit is believed by scientists to lie somewhere near Towie which shares A significant deposit name with the popular Essex reality TV show .
article_snippet.sent: GreenOre managing director Gavin Berkenheger, 31, said: 'This area in Aberdeenshire has all the right hallmarks of a major deposit to be hiding underneath the surface. '
article_snippet.sent: We looked at the geology and found some really exciting rocks with potential for a large deposit. '
article_snippet.sent: Over two years We have found that the whole of Aberdeenshire is a ripe area for gold mineralisation.
article_snippet.sent: He added: 'A 3.5million ounce gold deposit is currently being developed by Dalradian Gold in Northern Ireland.
article_snippet.sent: Gold was discovered by Aberdeen University in nearby Rhynie in the 1990s and has long been spotted in local streams.
article_snippet.sent: GreenOre Gold was discovered by Aberdeen University in nearby Rhynie in the 1990s and Aberdeen University in nearby Rhynie in the 1990s has long been spotted in local streams .
article_snippet.sent: Mr. Berkenheger said the the development of a gold mine was at a very early stage but claimed the area had 'enormous potential'.
article_snippet.sent: Panning for gold: Local streams have been well known for grains of gold of 'significant size' for decades .
article_snippet.sent: Mr. Berkenheger added: 'We're testing the rock and soil to sample whether it has the potential for gold beneath it. '
article_snippet.sent: Then from the streams with high gold content, We will crack open any rocks We think have the potential of hosting gold. '
article_snippet.sent: The mineral sector has neglected for too long in Scotland because we're so rich with oil and gas but we don't have to be so reliant on that because we're also rich with mineral deposits.'
article_snippet.sent: Locals said the prospect of finding gold was 'exciting'.
article_snippet.sent: Peter Argyle, local councillor for Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside, said: 'Having gold in the area is a very exciting prospect, but gold in the area is something that will require a great deal of thought and consultation. '
article_snippet.sent: GreenOre already has a licence from the Crown Estate to search for gold in the undulating hills between Rhynie and Aboyne.
highlights_snippet.sent: Significant' ore deposit could herald the beginning of highland gold rush .
  