S2 E4: Michael de Guzman and the Bre-X Scandal - a podcast by CDM Productions

In this week's Mugshot, we discuss a start-up gold mining company who struck it rich when they uncovered the world's largest gold mine. Everything was going perfectly, until one of the company's founders and top geologists died. In a story filled with conspiracy, it's up to you to decide if you think it was suicide, murder, or if he even died at all...

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Sources:
https://www.businessinsider.com/bre-x-6-billion-gold-fraud-indonesia-2012-7
http://www.mining.com/web/bre-x-scandal-a-history-timeline/
https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/bre-x-the-real-story-and-scandal-that-inspired-the-movie-gold
https://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/06/business/david-walsh-52-promoter-caught-up-in-gold-mine-scandal.html
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/bre-x-geologist-mike-de-guzman-rumoured-to-be-alive
https://business.financialpost.com/commodities/mining/gold-the-movie-about-the-bre-x-mining-scandal-that-isnt-about-bre-x

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