Jim Richards Jim Richards i(9752525 works by)
Gender: Male
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1 3 y separately published work icon Gold Rush : How I Made, Lost and Made a Fortune Jim Richards , Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2016 9752542 2016 single work autobiography

'Jim Richards has done it all: dived for diamonds in the piranha-infested rivers of South America; discovered a fabulously rich goldmine in the Australian outback; got caught up in the world's biggest mining scam in Indonesia; and even started a gold rush in the war-torn jungles of Laos. Today he's one of the mining industry's leading executives. This is his story.' (Publication summary)
1 Up Close - Gold Fever Jim Richards , 2016 single work essay
— Appears in: Good Reading , October 2016; (p. 46-47) 'Geologist and former British Army man Jim Richards embarked on a quest for gold after he spotted a photo of a Brazilian goldmine in an old magazine. His new book, Gold Fever [sic], recounts his expeditions for gold in the piranha-infested waters of Central America, the jungles of Laos and in his own Western Australian backyard'
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