Encore Episode: Bre-X: Fool's Gold
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By 1995, Calgary's Bre-X became a $6 billion company when it declared it had discovered the world's largest gold mine within the jungles of Indonesia. What followed years later would entail all the elements of a Hollywood story: lies, betrayal, the collapse of an empire and a badly decomposed body. Thank you to our partners at AdvertiseCast. https://www.advertisecast.com/TheGreatFail Thank you to our sponsors at Ping Identity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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