The news feeds on this site are independently provided by Adfero Limited © and do not represent the views or opinions of the World Gold Council.

Thursday, 27th March 2008 (1640 views)

A recent gold hunting trip in New Zealand was undertaken with the utmost care for the environment, its leader has asserted.

Maritime entrepreneur Bill Day told the Dominion Post that his No Fat Chicks Tour of Antarctica combined the search for the precious metal with an ecologically responsible sensibility.

About 50 of Mr Day's companions joined the trip, the aim of which was to find the gold cargo that sank with the General Grant in May 1866.

The group behaved responsibly and did not harm the environment on the tour, which took in the Auckland Islands en route to Antarctica.

It was the fourth attempt by Mr Day to find the treasure and the entrepreneur plans to return again, he told the newspaper.

Over 2,000 ounces of gold is thought to have sunk with the General Grant, named after Ulysses S Grant who was later to be 18th president of the US.

 

« Back to Gold News stories