The studies of prediction and control of rockburst are presented during deep excavation in a gold mine in China Firstly, thestress-relief method is used to obtain a vast amount of data about initial geostress. Secondly, 3D FEM analyses of large scale areperformed to find out the law of geostress distribution at various excavation levels of the mining area. At the same time, as an equallyimportant measure, six typical kinds of rock blocks are sampled for the experimental study of rockburst tendency. According to thesynthesized results of the theoretical and testing results, the methods of brittleness coefficient, brittle index and stress, and so on, areadopted. Finally, the evaluation on the possibility of rockbursts is given that may take place at the deep mining area and some effectivemeasures are put forward to prevent and control the rockburst.