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Gold Rush: A $194B

Media Network in

Gold Salvage Operation the World.

During World War I and World War II there were an estimated 7,500 merchant ships were sunk, 700 of which were carrying shipments of gold under U.K. Govern- ment direction, leaving an estimatd $194 billion in gold lying underwater.

Britannia’s Gold Ltd. was created ? nance the recovery of targeted cargoes and return them to the UK for the bene? t of the government, investors and merchant marine charities, and Aleron Subsea -- a

Remotely Operated Vehicle specialis.

www.marinelink.com/news/operation- salvage-gold432204

Mike Bisset, Aleron Subsea Technical

Director.

Aleron

The Hunt for MH370

Malaysia will allow a U.S.-based exploration ? rm to resume the search for Malaysia Airlines ? ight MH370, an airline sup- port group told families of the victims on Friday, in a bid to solve one of the world’s greatest aviation mysteries.

Flight MH370, carrying 239 people, disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March 2014. Australia, China and Malaysia ended a fruitless search in January last year.

www.marinelink.com/news/goahead-resume-search432673

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