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The Six Billion Dollar Gold Scam Podcast

It was the biggest gold discovery in history鈥ntil it wasn鈥檛

It was the biggest gold discovery in history鈥ntil it wasn鈥檛. 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鈥檚 chief geologist mysteriously fell from a helicopter over the jungle, the story of the billion dollar discovery began to unravel. Nearly three decades later, no one has ever been held accountable. Now, host Suzanne Wilton takes listeners from the jungles of Indonesia to small town Alberta, Canada, to investigate what really happened and find out more about the man behind the biggest goldmine fraud of all time. Produced for the 大象传媒 World Service and CBC by 大象传媒 Scotland Productions.

Please note, this series contains references to suicide and has some graphic content.

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