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Russian ship with 700 tons of gold ore missing by Pyrthian

Started on	: 10-29-2012 01:47 PM
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Report this Post10-29-2012 01:47 PM

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Russian ship with 700 tons of gold ore missing
Associated Press – 6 hrs ago

MOSCOW (AP) — A vessel with a nine-person crew and 700 tons of gold ore onboard has gone missing in stormy seas off Russia's Pacific Coast.

The ship sent a distress call on Sunday as it was sailing from the coastal town of Neran to Feklistov Island in the Sea of Okhotsk.

The vessel, hired by mining company Polymetal, was carrying 700 tons of gold ore from one deposit to another where it was to be processed. Gold ore is the material from which gold is extracted and contains only a small percentage of the precious metal.

Polymetal's spokesman on Monday would not estimate the value of the cargo.

The company said it has shipped ore via that route before, and there was nothing unusual in shipping it by the sea.

http://news.yahoo.com/russi...438836--finance.html

now theres some salvage, eh?!

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Report this Post10-29-2012 02:01 PM

Don't look at me. I don't have it.

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Report this Post10-29-2012 02:08 PM

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Originally posted by Pyrthian:

http://news.yahoo.com/russi...438836--finance.html

now theres some salvage, eh?!

That ore is likely not worth the expense to salvage it. I'll bet it is between 10-25 grams per ton.

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Report this Post10-29-2012 02:25 PM

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Originally posted by Doug85GT:
That ore is likely not worth the expense to salvage it. I'll bet it is between 10-25 grams per ton.

$55/gram 700 tons. but - yeah - still gotta process all that to get them scraps

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Report this Post10-29-2012 02:28 PM

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Originally posted by J-Holland:

Don't look at me. I don't have it.

You weren't there. You have witnesses...

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Report this Post10-29-2012 02:50 PM

What's the chance that they cross-loaded it onto another ship, sent the distress signal, then sank the first ship?

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Report this Post10-29-2012 06:05 PM

Well it's a safe bet that Todd from Gold Rush will never find it!

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Report this Post10-29-2012 07:16 PM

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Originally posted by steve308:

Well it's a safe bet that Todd from Gold Rush will never find it!

Obama said Bush took it.

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Report this Post10-29-2012 07:20 PM

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Originally posted by steve308:

Well it's a safe bet that Todd from Gold Rush will never find it!

I love watching that guy fail. And your comment was my chuckle of the day.

He does try damn harder than most men though.

Tony

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Report this Post10-29-2012 07:59 PM

My money says that it had little to NO gold in the rocks. They sank it for an insurance claim.

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Report this Post10-29-2012 08:10 PM

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