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LISTEN | How Canadians are cashing in on a new gold rush:
Cost of Living5:02There’s gold in them thar thrift stores!
Juan Blanco calls it the modern-day gold rush.
The precious metals dealer says he’s recently seen a “huge uptick in just foot traffic” of people looking sell at his Calgary shop Instant Cash for Gold.
“There was a day this week we had a lineup all the way downstairs to the first floor. It was insane,” he told CBC’s Cost of Living.