Bre-X was a group of companies in Canada. Bre-X Minerals Ltd., a major part of Bre-X based in Calgary, was involved in a major gold mining scandal when it reported it was sitting on an …

Oct 4, 2024 · Bre-X Minerals Ltd., often referred to simply as Bre-X, was a Canadian gold mining company that infamously defrauded investors by falsifying gold samples and misstating its …

May 19, 2024 · On the morning of 19 March 1997, Michael de Guzman, chief geologist at Canadian mining company Bre-X Minerals, boarded a helicopter flight to travel to a remote …

Jan 27, 2017 · Two decades after stock-market darling was declared a colossal hoax, the mining firm’s amazing tale is finally getting the celluloid treatment — though loosely based on true …

Jan 26, 2017 · In 1995, the small Canadian mining company Bre-X claimed a massive gold find deep in the jungle in the Busang area on the Indonesian island of Borneo.

Jan 23, 2015 · This infographic details the rise and fall of Bre-X and the Busang gold discovery in Indonesia - one of the biggest scandals in capital markets history.

Jan 25, 2015 · Major mining companies such as Barrick Gold, Placer Dome, and Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, among other top producers, fought an epic battle to get a piece of …

Mar 17, 2003 · Bre-X was the hot stock, on its way to being touted as the guardian of the largest single gold deposit discovered in human history. Scattered through the crowd were the usual …

Jul 3, 2019 · Start with the biggest deposit of gold ever reported, in the headwaters of the Busang River in the steaming jungle of Borneo. The Canadian company Bre-X Minerals Ltd. didn't …

Aug 28, 2006 · The trial of former Bre-X chief geologist John Felderhof entered its final week in Toronto Monday, almost six years after it began.