Gold today, gone tomorrow by james whyte and vivian danielson. They add an engineering viewpoint to the excellent, dealbydeal analysis, the brex fraud, published earlier this year by globe and mail columnists douglas goold and andrew willis. A few desperate men and a salt shaker an excerpt from the northern miners brex. I remembered peter bernsteins book, power of gold in which he stated. Gold today, gone tomorrow by vivian danielson goodreads. Gold today, gone tomorrow, danielson and whyte expose the worlds greatest mining fraud in a drillhole by drillhole chronicle. See all 4 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. If that wasnt a red flag, you wouldnt see the multiple other crimson banners flying either and youd be in on losing a piece of the 6 billion dollars that were swindled out of. The mines the men the dreams by frank keane 1991 mountains of ore and rivers of gold stories of a contemporary prospector by m. Gold today, gone tomorrow 2019 american advertising.
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James whyte and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. In the rush to publish first, early books about brex, the greatest mining scam in history, tended to be a rehash of old newspaper clippings. Gold today, gone tomorrow by vivian danielson a couple of months ago and found it to be pretty decent covering on the technical components. Gold today, gone tomorrow by danielson, v and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Anatomy of the busang swindle, the northern miner publications, toronto, 1997, isbn 1552570037. It reads like a great mystery thriller, complete with its own murder mystery and the greatest heist in.
Walsh was founder and ceo of the canadian mining company brex, which was involved in one of the largest stock market scandals in canadian history. The making of a global market fraud by brian hutchinson pub. The northern miner and coauthor of gold today, gone tomorrow. How the principals worked their scam is the core of the book. Gold today, gone tomorrow in march 1993, david walsh picked up the phone, tracked down john felderhof and said he wanted to come to indonesia to look at mineral properties for his latest junior company, brex minerals. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. The brex fraud, the gold price, and mining stock prices. Brex wikipedia bahasa indonesia, ensiklopedia bebas. Book depository books with free delivery worldwide. The bre x fraud by douglas goold and andrew willis, mcclelland and stewart 1997 fools gold.
The magnitude of the tampering with core samples that we believe has occurred, and resulting falsification of assay values at busang, is of a scale and over a period of time and with a precision that, to our knowledge, is without precedent in the history of mining anywhere in the world, strathcona mineral services limited, busang project audit report. Tells the story of the brex fraud of the mid 90s, where they grew the resource from a couple million oz gold to 200,000 million oz hold in a matter of two years. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Gold today, gone tomorrow 1st edition, 1nov1997 is a book i highly recommend reading for the story itself and also for some. We argue that this market collapse was triggered by the failure of brex minerals when that companys indonesian claims, previously believed to contain the worlds largest gold deposit, were shown to be pure fraud. With a particular account of the recent gold discoveries, and observations on the present aspect of the land questio by. Gold today, gone tomorrow oleh james whyte and vivian danielson. It also might point you in a decent direction for finding some people more familiar with the project. I tried finding some papers in addition to hugos and came up a little short. Brex bought the busang site in march 1993 and in october 1995 announced significant amounts of gold had been discovered, sending its stock price soaring. The history books will add the brex saga to other legendary frauds like the south sea.
Gold today, gone tomorrow, anatomy of the busang swindle 19971116 hardcover vivian danielson on. I decided to read this book because in an earlier book i read, asian eclipse, mention was made of the brex story and it seemed interesting to me. For those of you not familiar with brex, it was a massive scandal involving salting drill core with placer gold, false assay results. Gold today, gone tomorrow by james whyte and vivian danielson 22 indonesian gold by kerry b. The vancouver composite index fell by over 25 percent in less than 6 weeks during spring 1997 as the junior mining sector collapsed. The group arrived on april 24 and met felderhof that evening at the.
Jungle fever, a documentary about the brex gold scam. Department of health protect yourself poster campaign gold addy. Gold today, gone tomorrow 2019 american advertising awards. This book is a wellresearched, coherent and logical account of a goldmining scam that literally rocked the foundations of the mineral exploration industry in the mid to late 1990s, and caught up in its maw the spectrum of individuals who make their living from exploring for, bankrolling, analyzing, developing and producing gold. Brex, the story of scoundrels at work, a litany of unchecked larceny, is laid wide open in this fastpaced presentation of historys biggest gold con. I just saw the trailer for gold and am actually pretty excited to see it. View vivian danielsons professional profile on linkedin. Deeply honest canadians in often corrupt indonesia, good people anywhere, must be made aware by experienced practitioners, by authors, professors, and managers that we dont all see the same thing when we look at it. David walsh 11 august 1945 4 june 1998 was a canadian businessman in the oil and gas and mining industries biography.
The brex fraud by douglas goold and andrew willis, mcclelland and stewart 1997 fools gold. Fever the dark mystery of the bre x gold by wells, jennifer 1998 hardcover. Gold today, gone tomorrow, danielson and whyte expose the worlds greatest mining. Gold today, gone tomorrow, anatomy of busang swindle by james whyte hardcover mint condition. Although walsh had been oblivious to or dismissive of warning signs before the outbreak of the scandal, he called in rcmp.
Tells the story of the bre x fraud of the mid 90s, where they grew the resource from a couple million oz gold to 200,000 million oz hold in a matter of two years. Best geology books best books written on the subject of geology see also. It reads like a great mystery thriller, complete with its own murder mystery and the greatest heist in history. Amazon price new from used from hardcover please retry. A few desperate men and a salt shaker an excerpt from the. Sebongkah emas di kaki pelangi oleh bondan winarno 1997 brex. Gold today, gone tomorrow, anatomy of the busang swindle hardcover november 1, 1997 by vivian danielson author, james whyte author 3. Gold today, gone tomorrow by james whyte and vivian danielson indonesian gold by kerry b. So the potential of 200 millions ounces or 6,500 tons of gold announced in brex busangs. Gold today, gone tomorrow, anatomy of the busang swindle. Check out the new look and enjoy easier access to your favorite features. Its never been clear if we have gold or gold has us. This probably appeals more to those involved in economic geology but the story of the brex scandal is fascinating and it was only a matter of time until a movie was made about it. The brex fraud by douglas goold and andrew willis, mcclelland and stewart 1997 26 fools gold.