Although the film changes names and locations (moving the company from Canada to the U.S.), it draws directly from the Bre-X Minerals scandal : is based on David Walsh, the founder of Bre-X.
is a composite of geologist John Felderhof and Michael de Guzman. Gold (2016)
The film follows (McConaughey), a struggling prospector and dreamer desperate for a lucky break to save his family business, Washoe Mining. He teams up with a similarly ambitious geologist, Michael Acosta (Edgar Ramírez), to find gold in the uncharted jungles of Indonesia . Although the film changes names and locations (moving