Commentary: Climate change’s ‘consensus?’
The adage “history repeats itself” could have been invented to describe the science of geology. As it is axiomatic that present geological processes are for the most part, replays of past events, deci…
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Commentary: R. vs. Felderhof — an industry post-mortem
Judge Peter Hryn acquitted John Felderhof, former vice-president of Bre-X Minerals, on Securities Act charges (four of insider trading and four of misleading disclosure, all in connection with the 1997…
Commentary: R. vs. Felderhof: an industry post-mortem — part 2 of 2
This is the second of two parts of a commentary on the verdict in R. v. Felderhof, the Bre-X securities violati…
Commentary: R. vs. Felderhof: an industry post-mortem (August 08, 2007)
This is the first of two parts of a commentary on the verdict in R. v. Felderhof, the Bre-X securities violatio…
Commentary: Bullion market on the couch: a psychological assessment
Description: The patient, named Mr. Goldfinger for the purpose of this presentation, is a 5,000-plus-year-old commodity residing within the precious metals sector and in use all over the world. At Dec…
Commentary: Busang criticisms led to distortion
In this, the conclusion of a 2-part report, the author examines additional warning signs, or “red flags,” which supposedly should have been obvious to those involved in the Busang project in Indonesia…
Commentary: Some new perspectives on Busang’s red flags
According to the critics of Bre-X’s gold project in Kalimantan, Indonesia, the warning signs, or “red flags,” were numerous and obvious and should have alerted those involved that the gold mineralizat…