Another reason was the scandal over Bre-X Minerals, a Canadian firm that falsely claimed to have discovered a huge gold deposit in Indonesia.

另一个原因是加拿大Bre - X公司的矿业丑闻，该公司曾慌称在印尼发现一个巨大的金矿。

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What about the Bre-X scandal of 1997--when promises of a mountain of gold in Borneo turned out to be a few ore samples salted with gold dust?

FORBES: Gold Rush