Feb 03, 2020 Feb 03, 2020 Excavations by treasure hunters searching for a hoard of gold in the Philippines, said to have been hidden by a Japanese World War II general, are threatening to cause landslides in a remote

Oct 11, 2015 The Philippines are blessed with mineral and metal deposits due to its geology. The islands are on the top of underwater mountains that were formed due to the molten rocks from the interior of earth, which created the ideal setting of a variety of valuable minerals. Placer and lode gold deposits are found throughout the country, the districts of Baguio and Paracale in Luzon and Masara, Surigao

For the most part the program was the story of Roger Roxas, the Filipino locksmith who discovered a golden buddha and, allegedly, an enormous chamber full of gold bullion (both of which were later stolen by Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos), only to have the US Supreme court demand that Roxas be awarded what amounted to the largest civil settlement in history: US$22 billion

Yamashita’s gold has been found and it's not what you think. Long before Yamashita ever set foot in the islands, local sleuths would go on the hunt for the caches of silver dollars left over

Jan 06, 2017 Treasure hunters claim they've found the masses of gold reportedly hidden in the Philippines by Japanese soldiers during WWII, under the command of

MANILA—By the late industrialist Enrique Zobel’s recollections, former strongman Ferdinand Marcos left behind his widow, Imelda, and three children with a cache of gold bars that in 1989 was worth at least $35 billion. Former President Ferdinand Marcos (center) poses with members of his family on January 15, 1986, namely: his wife Imelda; eldest daughter Imee and her husband at the time, Tomas Manotoc

The vast majority of the 120 artifacts in Philippine Gold, unearthed between the 1960s and 1980s, affirm the sophisticated metalworking traditions that existed across the ancient Philippines. In 1981, a hoard of gold objects was accidentally discovered in the village of Magroyong in the southern Philippines by the late archaeologist-collector

Did the Japanese deposit immense quantities of gold in the Philippines? And So We Begin. In 2013 I was contacted by Peggy Seagrave, who invited me to present for a television documentary entitled The Truth About Yamashita’s Gold. For the most part the program was the story of Roger Roxas, the Filipino locksmith who discovered a golden buddha

Jan 06, 2017 Treasure hunters are claiming they have uncovered the masses of gold reportedly hidden in the Philippines by Japanese soldiers during WWII

Sep 21, 2021 It consists of a gold nose-disc and eye-mask, both of which were found in a gravesite in San Antonio, Oton, Iloilo. The gold mask–dated from the late 14th to the early 15th century A.D.–is the first of its kind recovered in the Philippines. It was part of ancient burial practice, with the gold mask serving as an amulet against evil spirits

Jul 24, 2013 •The biggest economic discovery in history . . . worth “$100 trillion” By Dave Gahary. A man claiming to have in his group’s possession the legendary treasure known as “Yamashita’s Gold,” consisting of over $100 trillion worth of precious metals and bank funds, was released from federal prison on July 3, 2013, and has agreed to speak with AMERICAN FREE PRESS to discuss details of

Jan 09, 2014 Australian mining company Red Mountain Mining has made an exceptionally high-grade gold discovery at its Batangas Gold Project in the Philippines, the firm announced on January 7. The findings include high-grade gold at 50 to 110 grammes per tonne virtually at the surface of its mining site

Marinduque, an island near the center of the Philippines, was the site of the first documented discoveries of precolonial gold in the Philippines that were similar to the objects recovered in the 1960s through 1981. The ornaments were all recovered in ceramic burial jars and wooden coffins by the French explorer Alfred Marche in 1881

Apr 02, 2019 The president – or, rather, dictator – of the Philippines at the time, President Ferdinand Marcos, apparently found out about Roxas’s discovery, and had him arrested and beaten up. Replica Buddha statue of a solid gold, that was returned by Ferdinand Marcos after he allegedly had his armed troops steal the original gold statue at gunpoint