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‘Zero Dark Thirty‘ alum Edgar Ramirez has signed on for his next project, ‘Gold‘ which also stars Matthew McConaughey, it hails from Black Bear Pictures from director Stephen Gaghan (‘Syriana’).

Ramirez will appear as geologist Michael Acosta opposite McConaughey’s prospector Walsh. The project is based on the true story about the 1993 Bre-X Mineral Corporation mining scandal, revolving around an unexpected pair traveling to the Indonesian jungle in search of what the title suggests, ‘Gold‘. Patrick Massett (‘Friday Night Lights‘)and John Zinman (‘The Blacklist‘) penned the script. Production begins in June with locations in New York, New Mexico and Thailand.