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TIL about a canadian ex- banker who bought a slowly producing gold mine and created a controversial, online, open to public contest to find more sites. he offerd 500k$ prize and by using 3D model, an australian group helped him find more the 6Bn$ worth of gold without having ever visiting the site.

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