a book
BRE-X
Jennifer Wells · 1999 · 404 pages
It was hailed as the biggest gold discovery in the world this century, worth more than #15 billion, but it turned out to be the greatest mining scandal of all time. This is the astonishing account of the how Bre-X Minerals shot to fame after announcing the discovery of gold on Borneo.
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Dan Davies
“@Gilesyb @BondHack Of all the ones I read, the very best was "Octopus" by Guy Lawson, followed by "Bre-X" by Jennifer Wells. "The Man From Lisbon" is a novel rather than a nonfiction book but it is an excellent account of the Portuguese banknotes scandal.”↗