9/8/2023 0 Comments Jade empire kia minAlmost half of all jade sales are "unofficial" - that is, spirited over the border into China with little or no formal taxation. But rare finds by small-time prospectors like Tin Tun pale next to the staggering wealth extracted on an industrial scale by Myanmar's military, the tycoons it helped enrich, and companies linked to the country where most jade ends up: China. That's about $50,000 - and it was more than enough money for Tin Tun, 38, to buy land and build a house in his home village. "Last year I found a stone worth 50 million kyat," he said, trekking past the craters and slag heaps of this notorious jade-mining region in northwest Myanmar. Marshall and Min Zayar Oo HPAKANT, Myanmar (Reuters) - Tin Tun picked all night through teetering heaps of rubble to find the palm-sized lump of jade he now holds in his hand.
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