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4. Prospector of the year

Bre-X’s new partners visit the Indonesian gold exploration site and make a shocking discovery which will result in a reckoning half a world away.

Bre-X’s new partners visit the Indonesian gold exploration site and make a shocking discovery. It will result in a reckoning half a world away at the mining industry’s party of the year — the Prospector and Developers Association Convention. Is the dream of a billion-dollar gold mine about to shatter?

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