Bre-X, Indonesia In the 1990s, some Canadian promoters claimed that their mineral concession in Indonesia contained one of the world’s largest gold deposits. |
Mississippi Bubble One of history’s most famous financial manias gripped France in the early 1700s. It was based on a phony assay that supposedly found rich silver ore in what is now Illinois. |
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