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Current podcast - The Six Billion Dollar Gold Scam about Canadian mining company Bre-X

Posted by LMS (aka RufusS) Jul 10 '24, 04:42

t was the biggest gold discovery in history…until it wasn’t. In 1995, Canadian mining company Bre-X announced to the world it had found a significant amount of gold deep in the jungles of Indonesia. Stock prices soared as investors worldwide fought to stake their claim. But when Bre-X’s chief geologist mysteriously fell from a helicopter over the jungle, the story of the billion dollar discovery began to unravel.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xtvt4 (www.bbc.co.uk)

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Sounds interesting, I'll check it out. New episode of Off Menu with James and Ed came out today and Sophie Willan is the guest. Should be chaotic fun. -- nm - Krusty Jul 10, 04:58 2
- It's a bit slow to get going, there's a lot of set up. -- nm - LMS Jul 10, 05:00 1
  - Good to know, thanks! For our Canadian STers I recommend a podcast called Broomgate about how a new broom caused chaos in the curling sports world. - Krusty Jul 10, 05:03
F-ing mafic -- nm - Dano Jul 10, 04:46

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