Gold Mine

Gold Mine

Workers at a gold mine in Thabeikkyin (Phyo / Myanmar Now)
MEHL acquires hundreds of acres of gold mines in Mandalay
The military-owned conglomerate has been granted mining rights over an area of more than 460 acres...
Published on Jan 15, 2021
Soe Htun Shein arrives at a court hearing in February 2020. (Nyan Hlaing Lin/ Myanmar Now)
Nationalist gold magnate begins appeal against illegal mining charge
Soe Htun Shein, chairman of the National Prosperity Gold Production Group, faces charges in several Mandalay courts
May 19, 2020
Soe Htun Shein at an exclusive interview with DVB news
Democratic Voice of Burma Took $75,000 Loan From Wirathu-Supporting Gold Tycoon’s Company
The broadcaster says its coverage of the company remained impartial, but its journalists failed to ask about links to extremists during interviews
Nov 7, 2019
Fugitive Gold Tycoon Arrested in Thailand, Handed to Myanmar Police
Soe Htun Shein fled Myanmar after defying a government order to cease operations at his gold mine
Nov 6, 2019
Soe Htun Shein seen at Suvarnabhumi Airport on Oct 14 (Photo : Tun Maung Nyein / Myanmar Now)
Myanmar Police Hunt Fugitive Gold Baron in Thailand
Investigators travel to Bangkok after Myanmar Now reported Soe Htun Shein had been spotted at Suvarnabhumi airport
Oct 29, 2019
A banner hanging at a gate in Moehti Moemi reads: “Anyone who stops our business is our enemy.” (Photo: supplied)
‘The Dogs Are Eating Each Other’ - How the NLD’s War With a Nationalist Gold Baron Left a Mining Town Desolate
Top executives linked to anti-Muslim extremists fled the lucrative site in fear of arrest after losing a bitter spat with the government
Sep 26, 2019