4. Prospector of the year
Bre-X’s new partners visit the Indonesian gold exploration site and make a shocking discovery, which will result in a reckoning half a world away.
World of Secrets presents, The Six Billion Dollar Gold Scam. Bre-X’s new partners visit the Indonesian gold exploration site and make a shocking discovery. It will result in a reckoning half a world away at the mining industry’s party of the year — the Prospector and Developers Association Convention. Is the dream of a billion-dollar gold mine about to shatter?
The Six Billion Dollar Gold Scam was first published in May 2024.
The Six Billion Dollar Gold Scam is made by 91¸£ÀûÉç Scotland Productions for the 91¸£ÀûÉç World Service and CBC
Presenter: Suzanne Wilton
Lead Producer: Kate Bissell
Producers: Anna Miles and Mark Rickards
Research: Tom Hinckley
Story consultant: Jack Kibble-White
Music and Sound design: Hannis Brown
Additional Sound Design + Audio Mix: Joel Cox
Executive Editor: Heather Kane-Darling
CBC Senior Producers: Veronica Simmonds and Willow Smith
CBC Executive Producers: Chris Oke and Cesil Fernandes
91¸£ÀûÉç Commissioning Senior Producer: Anne Dixey
91¸£ÀûÉç Commissioning Editor: Jon Manel
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