A weekly trade journal that mainly reports on Canada’s Mining Industry is in the midst of running a treasure hunt that could end up being life changing for the people that find the hidden prizes.
The Northern Miner has organized an event known as the Great Canadian Treasure Hunt and their president, Anthony Vaccaro, went onto explain what was hidden and how the hunt works;
“At the time that we put this all together, the idea was $1 Million worth of gold coins. That worked out to about 215 gold coins but then the gold price ran up. So it’s the same amount of gold coins, but they’re worth more. That big treasure is worth over $1.1 Million and is somewhere in Canada. In addition to that, we decided we would do 12 regional separate treasures, each one worth about $30,000 in gold coins. The first one was found outside Dawson City, then we did one in Cobalt, Ontario. And now the third one is in BC.”
That gold is located somewhere in the Golden Triangle and the way that people can find it is by deciphering the clues inside of the unique stories that are released alongside every announcement of the general area that the next gold batch is located in.
Each story is also tailored to the region that gets announced as well.
Nine more of those smaller gold prizes are set to be announced on a monthly basis throughout the next year so where the next prizes pop up remains to be seen.
Vaccaro also went onto reveal what the main inspiration behind the hunt was;
“We definitely received some inspiration from a gentleman named Fenn down in the U.S. There’s a documentary on Fenn’s treasure, an art dealer that hid $1 Million worth of gold, treasures and trinkets. He did it on his own to try and sell his biography, because the clues were in the book. It was a clever way to get the book sold.”
The Northern Miner was able to gather all that gold thanks to companies like Agnico Eagle Mines, Sprott Money, Alamos Gold and the World Gold Council.