A normal blood clot consists of a clump of blood-born particles that have become stuck together inside a blood vessel; this usually occurs at the site of a blood vessel injury and is part of the normal healing process.
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Bre-X was a group of companies in Canada. Bre-X Minerals Ltd., a major part of Bre-X based in Calgary, was involved in a major gold mining scandal when it reported it was sitting on an enormous gold deposit at Busang, Indonesia. Bre-X bought the Busang site in March 1993 and in October 1995 announced significant amounts of gold had been discovered, sending its stock price soaring. Originally a penny stock, its stock price reached a peak at CAD $286.50 in May 1996 on the Toronto Stock Exchange, w