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Bre-X Minerals Ltd. was a Canadian company that perpetrated a major fraud when it claimed that there was an enormous gold deposit at its gold mine in Busang, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. However, samples from the mine were "salted" and, in reality, the mine did not contain much gold at all; an estimated 40,000 investors were defrauded and lost their…

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Founded
1989; 37 years ago (1989)
Industry
Mining
Headquarters
Kensington, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Defunct
2003; 23 years ago (2003)
Fate
Bankruptcy
Founder
David Walsh

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Death of chief geologist Michael de Guzman

Fraud exposed

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Bre-X

Nodes72
Edges71
Triples85
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.027778
Components1

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related to Books · 35
Bre-X → Bondan Winarno, Bre-X Gold Rush, Brian, Busang, Collison, Diane, Fever, Fools' Gold, Forty Years Covering Asia, Global Market Fraud, Gold Today, Gone Tomorrow, Hutchinson, ISBN, James Whyte, Jennifer WellsFrancis, John McBeth, Kerry, Key Porter Books, Knopf Canada
related to history · 21
Bre-X → Alberta Stock Exchange, Bre-X Minerals Ltd, Bre-X's Indonesian, Bresea, Bresea Resources Ltd, Brett, Busang River, David Walsh, Felderhof, Felderholf, In March, In May, Indonesia, John Felderhof, Kalimantan, October, Ok Tedi Mine, Papua New Guinea, Sean, The
related to Fraud exposed · 11
Bre-X → After Freeport, An, Bre-X's, De Guzman, However, May, On April, Over, Strathcona Minerals, The, This
related to Documentaries · 5
Bre-X → Fools Gold, How The Bre-X Gold, Masterminds, Mine Scandal Swindled Thousands, YouTube
related to Film · 4
Bre-X → Danger Mouse, Gold, Iggy Pop, The
Defunct · 1
Bre-X → 2003; 23 years ago (2003)
Fate · 1
Bre-X → Bankruptcy
Founded · 1
Bre-X → 1989; 37 years ago (1989)
Founder · 1
Bre-X → David Walsh
Headquarters · 1
Bre-X → Kensington, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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gold company de 1997 may guzman mine fraud stock walsh 1996 busang felderhof geologist 000 however minerals ltd michael body

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Bre-XDefunct2003; 23 years ago (2003)1.00infobox
Bre-XFateBankruptcy1.00infobox
Bre-XFounded1989; 37 years ago (1989)1.00infobox
Bre-XFounderDavid Walsh1.00infobox
Bre-XHeadquartersKensington, Calgary, Alberta, Canada1.00infobox
Bre-XIndustryMining1.00infobox
Bre-XKey peopleMichael de Guzman, Chief Geologist John Felderhof, VP of Exploration1.00infobox
Bre-XProductsGold1.00infobox
Bre-XTypeDefunct1.00infobox
Bre-Xrelated to BooksLock-green0.60section
Bre-Xrelated to BooksLock-gray-alt-20.60section
Bre-Xrelated to BooksLock-red-alt-20.60section

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