Gold Crimes

Gold, if you haven't noticed, has been on a tear lately; right now its price is hovering around $650 per ounce, according to Pitpundit. When that happens, all sorts of mining prospects look interesting. But ever since the Bre-X mining scandal of 1997, where greedy managers overlooked clear signs of tampering, people have been extra careful. Nevertheless, if you read the Bre-X story, you'll see that ordinary business safeguards eventually carried the day.

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