This is going to sound maybe a little weird,
but is Tony like involved in any way
other than helping with some equipment and like that?

Beyond that, uh, no.
Good.
Yeah.

Well, then I feel better about helping you
’cause I’m like, if this is just Tony’s thing,
then Tony can deal with his.

But, um, congrats on doing this.

Oh, thank you. Thank you.
Yeah.

Those are 11 grand.
11 grand is a good deal for that one.
You don’t need to pay for anything now.
You start a tab.

Appreciate that. Really do.
I’m more than happy.
I know how hard it is when you’re first starting out.

That’s awesome.
You owe me a hug.
Yeah, for sure, buddy.
Nice seeing you again.

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150 miles south of the Arctic Circle
lies the Klondike.

[Music]

For over a century, prospectors have poured into these valleys,
hoping to strike it rich.

And today, fortunes are still being made.

I love it up here.
It’s great.
There’s a lot of gold here to find.

We have no landlords.
We have no royalty.
It’s really nice that we are in control of our own destiny
and path forward.

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At only 29 years old,
Parker Schnabel has already hauled in over
63,000 ounces of gold
worth more than $98 million.

And last year,
he made the biggest bet of his life
when he leveraged everything he had
to buy the massive Dominion Creek claim.

There’s only six years left on the license,
and there’s a lot of ground to get through in that time.

If the ground’s as good as he thinks it is,
he could bring in $200 million in gold.

If you work out the ounces that we think are here
across the years that are here,
we have to do, you know,
10-plus thousand ounces a year.

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But unearthing the gold won’t come easy.

Everything comes at a price.
The purchase was really expensive
and we have more payments to make.
We’ve blown a hole in every dollar we had
and then some.

We have millions of yards of dirt
that need to get moved every year,
or else it’s going to just load up
the last few years.

And that makes me really nervous
if something goes wrong, right?

Well, that’s not a gear.
Grind it till you find it.