Download The Six Billion Dollar Gold Scam: 4. Prospector of the year
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 BBC Scotland Productions for the BBC 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
BBC Commissioning Senior Producer: Anne Dixey
BBC Commissioning Editor: Jon Manel
Published on Monday, 17th March 2025.
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