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Mine manager strikes it rich with $16.6m lottery win

Andrew Topf | February 09, 2012 | 7:49 am Precious Metals Canada Europe Gold 

A northern BC miner has hit the proverbial jackpot. Steve Murphy, a 52-year-old mine manager at Chieftain Metals, won $16.6 million on the Lotto Max draw last week. Murphy, from Atlin, BC, a gold-mining town with 300 inhabitants, has already...

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