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Chinese firm said to have used tungsten to manufacture fake gold bars
Shanghai Gold Exchange Denies Connection with Fraudulent Manufacturer
By Leng Cheng
Shanghai Daily
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
The Shanghai Gold Exchange today denied a media report that it was connected with a supplier that has allegedly cheated loans with fake gold bars.
A Caijing magazine report on Monday accused Boyuan Mining Co., a metal producer based in Lingshan, Henan Province, which used to produce gold-plated tungsten bars, has caused loss of more than 10 billion yuan (US$1.45 billion) during the past decade through fraud.
The report referred the producer as one of the suppliers of Shanghai Gold Exchange since 2010 due to its expansion on assembly lines of gold production.
"Boyuan Mining Co. is not on the list of licensed suppliers," said an announcement made by the exchange. "Gold ingots, gold bars, and silver ingots traded on the Shanghai Gold Exchange have gone through strict inspections." ...
The Caijing report said that Boyuan Mining Co. managed to produce a type of gold-plated tungsten bars weighing five kilograms with 62 percent tungsten and 38 percent gold since 2005. The bullion price surged more than 30 percent in 2007, marking its biggest rise since 1979.
Caijing said the company used those fake gold bars as collateral to obtain loans from several credit unions in both Henan Province and Shaanxi Province. Main suspects were detained by the police in May 2016, the report added. ...
... For the remainder of the report:
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/business/Shanghai-Gold-Exchange-denies-conn...
At 3 Aces Project, Golden Predator Finds 7.5 Meters of 33 Grams-Per-Tonne Gold
Company Announcement
Thursday, January 19, 2017
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada -- Golden Predator Mining Corp. (TSX.V: GPY; OTCQX: NTGSF) is pleased to report assay results for the first 13 holes of a total of 54 holes completed in the winter 2016 drill program at the 3 Aces Project in southeastern Yukon Territory.
Drilling has demonstrated an extension of high-grade gold at the Ace of Spades zone, as well as the exciting discovery of a blind vein and the occurrence of significant assay values in stockwork zones.
Significant results reported at true width include:
-- Hole 3A16-RC-032 intersected 7.54 meters of 32.86 grams per tonne gold from a depth of 16.76 meters, including 0.54 meters of 252 grams per tonne gold; and a new blind vein at a depth of 71.63 meters returned 3.23 meters of 10.04 grams per tonne gold. (The hole ended in mineralization. ...
For the remainder of the announcement:
http://www.goldenpredator.com/_resources/news/nr_2017_01_19.pdf
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