Category Archives: Disclosure and Diligence

Bre-X #2: the Skeptical Geologist

Feb 6, 2005 – 7:05 AM

Here is an interesting contemporary report from a stock market observer about a Bre-X skeptic: I n our Stockex Issue 6/96 of October – November last year we wrote as follows, at about the time Bre-X was being asked to go on a blind date with Barrick. “Remarkably, given the involvement of groups like Kilborn […]

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Bre-X #1: the March 1997 P.D.A. Convention

Feb 6, 2005 – 6:40 AM

In 1996, Bre-X, a speculative exploration company, claimed to have found the biggest gold discovery in the history of the world. At the 1997 Prospectors and Developers Association Convention held between March 10-16, 1997 in Toronto, John Felderhof, Vice President of Bre-X, received an Award as Man of the Year; I’m pretty sure that Michael […]

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