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Cult economist jailed for hiding rare coins says they're his now

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Chris Dolmetsch and David Glovin
Bloomberg News
Thursday, June 13, 2019

The 58 rare coins at the center of two federal lawsuits are exceptionally valuable.

Now a bankrupt company's receiver wants them.

An antique dealer wants them.

... Dispatch continues below ...


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Crystal Lake Mining's Discovery Team Outlines
Chachi Corridor Copper-Gold Target At Newmont Lake Project


Company Announcement
Wednesday, June 12, 2019

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada -- Crystal Lake Mining Corp, (TSXV: CLM; OTC: SIOCF; FSE: SOG-FF) announces that a large copper-gold porphyry target area, with high-grade gold potential, has been outlined on the eastern side of the company's Newmont Lake Project in northwest British Columbia's Eskay Camp.

The northeast trending Chachi Corridor along the McLymont fault system has a current strike length of greater than 8 kilometers by 3 kilometers wide as defined by an extensive review of historic data including rocks, soils, and geophysics. The entire corridor, which features astonishing glacial retreat, is notably underexplored and will be one of several primary areas of focus for the 2019 summer exploration program, now underway.

The Chachi Corridor begins approximately 6 kilometers northeast of the historic Northwest Gold zone and 20 kilometers northeast of Crystal Lake's recent drilling discovery at Burgundy Ridge, underscoring both the scale and potential of the entire 430-square-kilometer Newmont Lake Project located in the heart of the Golden Triangle. ...

For the remainder of the announcement:

https://crystallakemining.com/crystal-lake-minings-discovery-team-outlin...



And so does Martin Armstrong, a self-taught economist with a cult following who spent years behind bars for what the U.S. said was a $700 million Ponzi scheme and for allegedly hiding assets, including what may be those very same coins.

Armstrong's story is one of Wall Street's more bizarre tales -- and the newest chapter makes it even more absurd. ...

... For the remainder of the report:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-13/cult-economist-jailed...

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