Multi-Million Dollar Gold Cargo Found in Chilean Ship Sunk South of Argentina

June 24, 2009

Buenos Aires, 23 June (EFE).- A search ship confirmed that the cargo of 9.5 tons of gold and silver carried by the Chilean fishing boat Polar Mist remained in its hold, five months after it sank in the Atlantic, off the southern coast of Argentina, the Buenos Aires press reported today.

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Multi-Million Dollar Gold Cargo Found in Chilean Ship Sunk South of Argentina

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