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Gold Rush: Mine Rescue with Freddy & Juan Season 5

8 Episodes First aired May 9, 2025

With nearly 40 years of mining under his belt, Freddy Dodge goes on the road to help struggling mine owners to hit the mother lode; he teams up with Juan Ibarra to overhaul washplants, introduce gold recovery techniques and transform operations.

Episodes

E1
1. Pipe Dreams
May 9, 2025

Freddy and Juan face off at a hard rock mine spanning three elevations at 4,000 feet in the Cascades; battling impenetrable rock, the guys devise an innovative 180-foot chute featuring a spiral concentrator in their…

E2
2. Gold Today, Gone Tomorrow
May 16, 2025

When nuggets dry up on a couple's mine, the guys must crack the case, is it the miners or the mine?; battling a faulty operation, they build a new shaker table and a never-before-seen sluice scissor mechanism, making…

E3
3. Blue Channel Gold
May 23, 2025

When Freddy and Juan get an SOS from an Oregon couple's mine, they must unravel an underground mystery buried beneath a dried riverbed; facing misleading dredge tailings and a faulty homemade wash plant, the guys call…

E4
4. The Goldy Locks
May 30, 2025

With gold prices surging to new records, the modern-day rush is on. Chasing gold fever, miners take big risks on poor ground with outdated equipment. Gold recovery experts Freddy Dodge and Juan Ibarra are back, turning…

E5
5. All the Pretty Gold
Jun 6, 2025

Two rookie miners in MT desperately need to double their gold after a disastrous start to the season. Battling a personal crisis, Juan rejoins Freddy as they follow signs of old mining tunnels and use new technology to…

E6
6. Shake, Rattle and Gold
Jun 20, 2025

A BC miner fights to set up a legacy mine for his son, located beside the gold-rich Fraser River. With his money exhausted, Freddy and Juan resurrect a boneyard shaker and Franken-build an entire wash plant to triple…

E7
7. The Jig is Up
Jun 27, 2025

Constant shutdowns and an overly complicated wash plant threaten to destroy a BC family's $1.2 million mining investment. When a personal crisis turns the rescue into a one-man mission, Juan must pull off a masterclass…

E8
8. Truth or Dare
Jul 11, 2025

Despite sitting in the epicenter of a famous BC gold rush, a mining couple's ground yields no gold. Freddy and Juan's limits are tested as the rescue becomes a two-plant upgrade; they face off against an overcomplicated…