James bates
Director
Gold Rush: Mine Rescue with Freddy and Juan (2021)
Season 5
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.
Released Jan. 3, 2021
Episode 47 min
14+
Genres: Reality, Reality TV
Keywords: tmdb.treasure-hunt, tmdb.spin-off, tmdb.extreme-jobs, tmdb.gold-mining, mdblist.has-trailer
Watch Providers: Hulu, Disney Plus, Discovery, Spectrum On Demand, Discovery + + 5 more, Discovery+ Amazon Channel, HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Philo, YouTube TV
Production Companies: RAW
Network: Discovery
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S5E1 - Pipe Dreams
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 first Washington state rescue.
May 9, 2025, midnight
S5E2 - Gold Today, Gone Tomorrow
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 everything out of nothing.
May 16, 2025, midnight
S5E3 - Blue Channel Gold
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 in all-new tech as a final hope.
May 23, 2025, midnight
S5E4 - The Goldy Locks
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 Chasing gold fever, miners take big risks on poor ground with outdated equipment.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 those pitfalls into profits.
May 30, 2025, midnight
S5E5 - All the Pretty Gold
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 uncover ancient river channel gold.
June 6, 2025, midnight
S5E6 - Shake, Rattle and Gold
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 production, saving a father's dream.
June 20, 2025, midnight
S5E7 - The Jig is Up
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 in jig upgrades to get the gold.
June 27, 2025, midnight
S5E8 - Truth or Dare
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 wash plant nicknamed "The Octopus."
July 11, 2025, midnight
Network: Discovery
Episode Runtime: 47 min.
Season Runtime: 2162 min.
Released: Jan. 3, 2021
Last Air Date: July 11, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-14 / 14+
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