danbradster2
danbradster2 t1_iwg8adi wrote
Reply to comment by -domi- in TIL Of the Bre-X fraud. The Canadian mining company was a penny stock that reportedly found billions of dollars of gold in Indonesia. The stock skyrocketed but collapsed following the suicide of one of the geologists and discovery that the core samples were salted. by jamescookenotthatone
Added gold to the samples, to make it look like a high potential deposit. Faking the results, because they know its no good.
danbradster2 t1_iwg8g7e wrote
Reply to comment by danbradster2 in TIL Of the Bre-X fraud. The Canadian mining company was a penny stock that reportedly found billions of dollars of gold in Indonesia. The stock skyrocketed but collapsed following the suicide of one of the geologists and discovery that the core samples were salted. by jamescookenotthatone
From my vague memory, they may have had the samples in bags of ground dirt - extra gold thrown in.
A regular technique might have solid core, photos taken, then grind only half the core - the rest retained as evidence.