Bre-X: Fool’s Gold

By 1995, Calgary’s Bre-X became a $6 billion dollar company when it declared that it had discovered the world’s largest gold mine within the jungles of Indonesia. What followed years later would entail all the elements of a Hollywood story: lies, betrayal, the collapse of an empire, and a badly decomposed body

Guest Bio

Alfred Lenarciak

Writer, Grand Jury Member

Alfred Lenarciak was born in Poland, and in 1975 emigrated to Canada. Degrees in engineering and finance were the platform that allowed him to invest in mining companies all over the world for more than 30 years.

At the age of sixty, Alfred decided to retire from a career of investing to devote his time to publishing stories based of his life experiences. He is author of Gold of Bre-X, Road to Freedom, Bre-X: Dead Man’s Story, Revenge of Money, and Napoleon’s Eagle Prophecy which are already available in over 40 countries worldwide.

Alfred currently resides in Nassau, Bahamas with his wife Barbara. Besides writing, Alfred enjoys golfing, travelling, and studying history. He can be contacted by email at alfred@lenarciak.net