BRE-X: The Inside Story of the World's Biggest Mining Scam by Jennifer Wells (HQ148)

Published 1998: First Edition / Hardcover / Very Good Condition / Illustrated Map

Original maroon cloth with gilt titles on the spine and original pictorial dust jacket. 404 very clean and bright pages. Slight shelf wear on the dust jacket. Scarce! (HQ148)

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In this book, Jennifer Wells, one of the first journalists to break the story, investigates one of the greatest business scandals of all time, and attempts to explain the events and motives leading up to it. Even now, no-one knows who is to blame for this incredible fraud, as investigators continue to search for the real perpetrators.

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. [Google Books]