The miners are back for a brand new season of 'Gold Rush'

MANILA, Philippines - Discovery Channel's ambitious gold miners are at it again and the stakes have never been higher.

Who's in and who's out? In season five of 'Gold Rush,' everything has changed – new miners, new claims, and new tools, technologies and methods to get gold out of the ground. Will big risks lead to even bigger pay outs? 'Gold Rush 5' premieres on Discovery Channel every Monday at 8:00 p.m., kicking off with a two-hour special on January 26. 

Returning this season is 20-year-old Parker Schnabel who proved himself in his rookie season mining the Klondike - raking in over 1,000 ounces of gold worth USD1.4 million dollars. Parker is taking off his "training wheels" this year, setting an unprecedented goal of 2,000 ounces worth more than USD2.5 million dollars - double his take from last season. Parker re-invests every last cent in a mad scramble to get to good gold, asks more of his crew than ever before and manages to steal one of rival gold miner Todd Hoffman's top mechanics. If Parker can hit his lofty goal, he could be on his way to becoming a Klondike legend. Otherwise, it will become clear that his first season was simply a stroke of good luck.

Catch more gold than ever seen before, as well as shocking twists and turns in the all-new season of 'Gold Rush.' Encores are every Thursday at 11:00 p.m., Saturday at 5:00 p.m. and Sunday at 10:00 p.m.