• X's chief geologist at Busang, a Filipino, fell from a helicopter on his way to the site.

    ECONOMIST: Gold mining

  • Until recently many of the world's biggest mining firms had been falling over themselves to get a stake in the Busang project.

    ECONOMIST: Gold mining

  • By contrast, the race of investors big and small to grab a piece of the Busang action was not the least bit irrational.

    ECONOMIST: All that glisters . . .

  • The Busang affair was not, first of all, a speculative frenzy such as the Dutch tulip mania of the 17th century or the South Sea Bubble of the 18th.

    ECONOMIST: All that glisters . . .

  • Sibling rivalry reached a climax of sorts with the fabulous (in both senses) Busang gold deposit in Kalimantan, claimed as among the world's biggest until shown to be a hoax.

    ECONOMIST: A survey of Indonesia: The family firm | The

  • For some, the Busang affair is a minor upset.

    ECONOMIST: Gold mining

  • As the eager participation of some of the world's leading mining firms attests, there was nothing geologically implausible about there being a rich lode of gold at the Busang site, or its value as implied by the firm's share price.

    ECONOMIST: All that glisters . . .

  • It is indeed an extraordinary tale, with many strokes of tragi-comedy, notably the alleged suicide of one of the company's geologists, Michael de Guzman, whose mysterious disembarkation from a helicopter in mid-flight was an early clue that all might not be quite as it seemed at the Busang gold reserve.

    ECONOMIST: All that glisters . . .

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