Reading rank 318
The Big Score: Robert Friedland, Inco, and the Voisey's Bay Hustle
, subject: Robert Friedland, Voisey's Bay, and mining finance, 1998
Robert Friedland’s mining career, taking in both a mining-securities opportunity others overlooked and the Voisey’s Bay nickel discovery.
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Coverage Score
5
Scored evidence
About the book
Jacquie McNish traces the discovery of the Voisey's Bay nickel deposit, the struggle for control of Diamond Fields, and Robert Friedland's role in the resulting mining deal.
Why read it
Best if You want a focused account of Robert Friedland’s mining career and the Voisey’s Bay nickel discovery, and you are interested in how someone acts on an opportunity others overlooked.
Key themes
- Spotting the overlooked opening
- The Voisey’s Bay find in context
Evidence and original sources
Sources: official Founders episodes — #131, #175, #214, #367
This record is supported by 5 public evidence rows linked to original Founders episodes.
- Robert Friedland (Billionaire Miner) — The episode is a full recap centered on this book, covering Robert Friedland's mining career and the Voisey's Bay nickel discovery.
- Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey — David connects the rainforest-vine metaphor to Robert Friedland's mining-securities story from The Big Score.
- Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography — David references this Robert Friedland biography, previously covered in Founders No. 131.
- Inside the Contrarian Mind of Sam Zell — David connects The Big Score to a prior Founders episode about Robert Friedland.