NEW TERRITORY, NEW CHALLENGES, NEW ZEALAND: PARKER SCHNABEL TRAVELS ACROSS THE GLOBE IN NEW SEASON OF "GOLD RUSH: PARKER'S TRAIL"

The new season kicks off Friday, June 17 at 8pm ET/PT on Discovery and streams on discovery+

(New York - May 27, 2022) - On an adventure of a lifetime, 27-year-old Parker Schnabel is traveling further than ever before in search of gold. Parker and his friends head to New Zealand - land of sharks, hobbits, big gold and revolutionary mining gear. To gain an edge back home, the crew head deep into the wilderness to explore all that this unique land has to offer and take Parker's mining to the next level.

An all-new season of GOLD RUSH: PARKER'S TRAIL premieres Friday, June 17 at 8pm ET/PT on Discovery and streams on discovery+. In addition to watching GOLD RUSH: PARKER'S TRAIL on Discovery and discovery+, viewers can join the conversation on social media by using the hashtag #GOLDRUSH and following Gold Rush on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

After closing out an epic $15 million Yukon season, Parker has rolled the dice yet again, putting down nearly $200,000 of his own gold on a Fairbanks property in his home state of Alaska. There's a huge profit to be made on the ground, but he'll need to find specialty equipment to process the clay-rich ground before he can obtain any of it. It's a state-of-the-art wash plant that he's in need of... and he's going to travel around the globe to find it.

Parker believes New Zealand is the only other place in the world with the engineering prowess to give him any real chance of a massive Alaskan payday. Home to some of the most forward-thinking miners, Parker and his crew quickly learn this remote island is chalk full of high-risks, tough environments, and secretive Kiwi mining communities who aren't so quick to lend a helping hand to a fellow competitor.

A journey that's as epic as it is high-risk, Parker and his crew find adventure at every turn as they explore all that this land has to offer. Whether scaling the Franz Josef Glacier to find the source of New Zealand's famous West Coast Gold or undertaking a hair-raising jet boat trip down the Kokatahi River, Parker's biggest test of all will be facing his fears with a gold prospecting dive through shark infested waters.

GOLD RUSH: PARKER'S TRAIL is produced for Discovery by Raw Television, where Sam Maynard, Craig Blackhurst and Peter Campion are Executive Producers, Adam Hayes is Head of Production, and Sophie Hales is Series Producer. For Discovery, Carter Figueroa is Executive Producer and Jessica Mollo is Coordinating Producer.

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