How will the UK government and the salvage company spit the silver recovered from the SS Gairsoppa?

[sandyRoe]

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[craft1948]

I think the government gets 20%...............

[albaqwerty]

I read on here a day or so ago, that the salvage company is getting 80%.

[sandyRoe]

That doesn't seem fair. A 50-50 split and the salvagers would have still have been well paid.

[albaqwerty]

The government put it out to tender, and this salvage company appear to have offered the best bid.

I wish I could find something to link to for more info for you. I'll keep digging.

[albaqwerty]

http://markets.financ...airsoppa_Silver_Cargo

[sandyRoe]

Thank you both. If a fee of 80% was the best tender I wonder what the worst one was?

[craft1948]

Brown gets bugger all for our gold...............Cameron does the same with the silver.

[emmie]

80% to the company, 20% government, it's still a fair amount of money, we aren't talking chickenfeed.

[emmie]

£150 million haul, not a bad days work