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A lot of people have shared with me their take on the future, and haved asked me what I think is going to happen.
The only thing I can say now is that they did an EXCELLENT job confusing the competition.
Look at the pieces and try to put them all together...
Maryland Energy Administration
April 7, 2009
Grants to attract manufacturers and generators to the State: ARRA $6.7 million Total = $6.7 million
In partnership with Maryland Clean Energy Center (MDCEC) and DBED, MEA will aggressively attract emerging clean energy companies, such as thin film solar and wind turbine manufacturers to Maryland by providing economic development loans and grants.
Furthermore, MEA plans to extend the attraction to manufactures of components within the clean energy supply chain for all clean energy technologies used within the state and region.
Alternative Transportation Fuel and Infrastructure Grants:
Total ARRA $2 million SEIF FY2010 $860,000 Total = $2.86 million
Alternative transportation fuels play a critical part in advancing Maryland’s sustainability and energy independence goals. MEAcommissioned studies have identified the three top areas with the greatest potential for Maryland as biofuels, electric hybrids, and alternative fuel infrastructure projects.
Maryland has previously provided grants to offset the costs of building 13 E85 stations, as well as two biodiesel terminals. MEA plans to expand the existing alternative fuel grant program and focus its efforts on these three strategic areas.
Martin O'Malley, Governor
Malcolm D. Woolf, Director
1623 Forest Drive, Suite 300
Annapolis, MD 21403
p.410.260.7655
800.72.ENERGY
f.4109742250
www.energy.maryland.gov
http://media.myfoxdc.com/Documents/ARRAProposedSEIFFY10040709.pdf
Level 2
There it is!
The whole time I'm looking for Pinnacle...lol
Abilene firm to build plant
FPL, NASA Celebrate New Solar Array at Kennedy Space Center
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 27, 2009--
At Kennedy Space Center today, Sen. Bill Nelson and Reps. Suzanne Kosmas and Bill Posey joined officials from Florida Power & Light Company (NYSE:FPL) and NASA to celebrate the groundbreaking of FPL's Space Coast Next Generation Solar Energy Center.
The new solar photovoltaic power facility is the result of a unique public-private partnership between FPL and NASA and demonstrates both organizations' commitment to bringing clean-energy solutions to the state.
"The Space Coast Next Generation Solar Energy Center is an important part of Florida's clean-energy future. I grew up in Florida, seeing NASA as the home of historic American achievements, so I love the idea of FPL helping to power the space program," said FPL President and CEO Armando J. Olivera. "Like NASA, FPL is looking beyond the horizon. We are building more emissions-free solar power with the quality of life of our children and grandchildren in mind."
"The partnership between NASA and FPL is an excellent one that comes at the right time," said Robert Cabana, director of Kennedy Space Center. "It will help provide clean, renewable power to Florida residents, it will help support America's space program by supplying electricity directly to Kennedy Space Center, and it helps to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels and improves the environment."
The Space Coast Next Generation Solar Energy Center will be located on NASA property at Kennedy Space Center and, when completed, will produce an estimated 10 megawatts of clean, emissions-free power for FPL customers, which is enough energy to serve roughly 1,100 homes.
FPL is also building a separate solar facility of approximately one megawatt that will provide clean power directly to Kennedy Space Center, helping NASA meet its renewable energy goals.
"There's no better time than right now to start using the sun and other clean sources to power America," said Nelson. "And, perhaps, there's no better agency to help lead the way than NASA. Let's hope power companies all over the country take a cue from this partnership."
"Florida is poised to be a leader in America's growing clean energy economy, which naturally includes solar power," said Kosmas. "Bringing new clean energy jobs to our communities is one of my top priorities. This joint effort between NASA and FPL is an example of how we can create jobs while investing in common-sense solutions to the economic, environmental and national security challenges we face today."
"As a member of the Congressional Renewable Energy Caucus, I have a strong commitment to renewable energy and am pleased to see this project going forward right here on the Space Coast," said Posey. "This is an important step in the development of future sources of renewable energy and is one way we can reverse our dependence on foreign oil."
The Space Coast Next Generation Solar Energy Center will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by more than 227,000 tons, which is the equivalent of removing 1,800 cars off the road each year according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. It will also save approximately 122,000 barrels of oil and 2.8 billion cubic feet of natural gas over its lifetime.
Additionally, the solar array will provide about 100 jobs during construction, helping to boost the local economy in Brevard County. FPL expects to complete the project by the middle of next year at the latest.
The facility will feature approximately 35,000 highly efficient solar photovoltaic panels from SunPower, a global leader in commercial-scale solar power technology, across 60 acres at Kennedy Space Center. The panels are 50 percent more powerful than conventional solar panels. Last month, SunPower and FPL Group announced a supply agreement beginning in 2010 through 2012. SunPower has also committed to locating a research and development center in Florida if the state continues its robust solar program.
The Space Coast Next Generation Solar Energy Center is one of three solar facilities that FPL is currently building in the state of Florida, totaling 110 megawatts of clean, renewable energy generation. The Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center in Indiantown will be the world's first hybrid solar thermal facility to connect to an existing fossil fuel plant. It is the largest of the three at 75 megawatts and is scheduled to be complete in 2010. FPL's contractor on the project, Lauren Construction & Engineers, is currently hiring about 1,000 workers to complete the work.
FPL's DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center, a 25-megawatt solar photovoltaic facility in Arcadia, will be the nation's largest photovoltaic array when it is complete later this year. The project has brought more than 200 construction jobs to DeSoto County.
Find more information about FPL's Next Generation Solar Energy Centers online at www.FPL.com/solar.
http://online.barrons.com/article/PR-CO-20090527-905164.html
US, China announce clean energy research center
US, China announce clean energy research center; US calls on Beijing to avoid trade barriers
By Joe Mcdonald, AP Business Writer
Wednesday July 15, 2009, 7:10 am EDT
BEIJING (AP) -- The United States and China, the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitters, announced plans for a joint clean energy research center Wednesday as the American commerce secretary appealed to Beijing to avoid imposing trade barriers on green technology.
The research center is an effort at compromise between the two governments, which disagree on whether China should join richer nations in adopting binding emissions-reduction targets to stave off environmental devastation from climate change.
With initial financing of $15 million and headquarters in both countries, the center will focus on coal and clean buildings and vehicles, said U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu. It highlights potential U.S.-Chinese cooperation in an industry that Washington says could create thousands of jobs.
"I know we can accomplish more by working together than by working alone," Chu said after meeting with Chinese Science and Technology Minister Wan Gang in the Great Hall of the People in central Beijing.
Chu and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke were in Beijing to lobby China to promote private-sector development of solar, wind, biofuels and other clean energy.
Locke appealed to China to avoid trade barriers to clean technology. Some companies say Beijing is trying to build up its industry by shielding companies from competition, shutting foreign competitors out of wind power and other projects.
"We need to empower U.S. and Chinese entrepreneurs and innovators to create and collaborate free from artificial trade barriers," Locke said in a speech to an audience of American businesspeople.
President Barack Obama sees the development of cleaner energy as a source of growth and jobs for the struggling U.S. economy. His stimulus package includes billions of dollars for alternative energy research.
China is promoting solar, wind and hydroelectric power to reduce reliance on imported oil and gas, which its communist leaders see as a strategic weakness. But Beijing has rejected binding emissions commitments, saying it is the responsibility of rich countries to cut their own output.
Locke acknowledged such sentiments but said the environment does not care where the gases came from.
"Fifty years from now, we do not want the international community to lay the blame at the feet of China," he said.
Locke and Chu, both descendants of Chinese immigrants, were meeting with Chinese ministers in charge of trade, technology, health and other areas.
Most scientists agree that even a slight increase in global temperatures will wreak havoc as seasons shift, crops fail and storms and droughts ravage fields.
Earlier Wednesday, Chu called for developing countries to adopt emissions-reduction targets.
If China fails to use more renewable sources, the "amount of carbon China emits in the next 30 years will equal all the carbon the U.S. has emitted in the life of the country," Chu said in a speech to students at Beijing's Tsinghua University.
"We are all in this together so we have to fix it together," he said.
Chu, a Nobel laureate in physics, said that while the United States and other developed nations were the first to emit greenhouse gases, developing economies are fast catching up.
"Unless they also say, 'We need to decrease our carbon emissions by mid-century,' then the world will be in big trouble," Chu said. "What the U.S. and China do in the coming decades will in a large part determine the fate of the world."
Beijing opposes proposed U.S. legislation that would impose tariffs on countries that do nothing to cut emissions.
"Our main concern is that the implementation of this policy will harm the interests of developing countries," a Commerce Ministry spokesman, Yao Jian, said Wednesday.
Yao said Beijing sees protectionist motives behind the bill and warned that it might trigger retaliation by developing countries.
"This will not be good for tackling the current financial crisis together," he said.
Also Wednesday, Locke urged China to help revive world growth by opening its markets further and easing currency controls.
"If China allowed for greater flexibility in its exchange rate and further opened up its domestic markets for imports and foreign direct investment, it would accelerate the world's return to growth," Locke said.
Trade ties between the United States, the world's biggest economy, and No. 3 China are regarded as a key element of a recovery from the deepest global economic slump since the 1930s.
Beijing's currency controls and complaints about import and investment barriers are a chronic irritant in U.S.-Chinese trade relations. China unsettled its trading partners when it announced in May that projects financed by its economic stimulus package are required to use domestically made goods whenever possible.
Protectionism or barring foreign companies from Chinese contracts could be a "serious threat to trade cooperation," Locke warned.
Associated Press Writers Henry Sanderson and Tini Tran and researcher Bonnie Cao contributed to this report.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/US-China-announce-clean-apf-4261424609.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=2&asset=&ccode=
Here's an email I received today
I was very surprised to see it.
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC Response - File HOXXXXXXX
Dear Mr. XXXXX,
Thank you for contacting the SEC in regards to Card Activation Technologies, Inc. (OTC: CDVT).
We welcome hearing from you because we keep a database of information about the complaints and inquiries we receive. This database allows us to track whether a troubling situation may be developing about a particular issue, company, broker, stock, or other securities product. The information you have provided will be reflected in our database.
We also would welcome receiving the additional information you mention in your complaint relating to this matter and about which we also spoke on the phone.
We will carefully consider your request for an investigation. But at this point, our office can do nothing further to help you. This is because the SEC conducts its investigations on a confidential basis and neither confirms nor denies the existence of an investigation until we bring charges against someone involved. We cannot provide you with updates on the status of your complaint or of any pending SEC investigation. We know this policy can be frustrating, but it protects the integrity and effectiveness of our investigative process and preserves the privacy of the individuals and entities involved. I’ve attached a flyer that describes our policy more fully.
Once again, thank you for writing to us.
Sincerely,
BRYAN J BURKE
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F St, NE
Washington, DC 20549-0213
Pincher!
Lookout!
I'm confident and at ease...
My swirling vortexes of energy are working together in total harmony.
These are some of the points I base my decision on regarding this company.
"It is true that we are sharing board members with Pinnacle, SRE, Methes and now SunSi"
1.
Central Contractor Registry (CCR) is the primary database which collects, validates, stores and disseminates data in support of agency missions. Funding Opportunity Announcements which require application submission through Grants.gov require that the organization first be registered in the CCR.
Current Registration Status: Active in CCR; Registration valid until 10/01/2009.
Legal Business Name: SENTINEL SOLAR, LLC
NAICS Code--Description----------Small Business-------Emerging Small Business
111110- Soybean Farming-- --Yes---- No
111120- Oilseed (except Soybean) Farming---- Yes---- No
111150- Corn Farming ---- Yes ----No
111191- Oilseed and Grain Combination Farming ---- Yes---- No
111998- All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming ---- Yes---- No
115114- Postharvest Crop Activities (except Cotton Ginning)---- Yes---- No
311222- Soybean Processing---- Yes---- No
311223- Other Oilseed Processing---- Yes---- No
325120- Industrial Gas Manufacturing---- Yes---- No
325193- Ethyl Alcohol Manufacturing---- Yes---- No
325199- All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing---- Yes---- No
424510- Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers---- Yes---- No
424590- Other Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers---- Yes---- No
424690- Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers---- Yes---- No
424710- Petroleum Bulk Stations and Terminals---- Yes---- No
424720- Petroleum and Petroleum Products Merchant Wholesalers (except Bulk Stations and Terminals)---- Yes---- No
454319- Other Fuel Dealers ---- Yes---- No
454390- Other Direct Selling Establishments ---- Yes---- No
493130- Farm Product Warehousing and Storage---- Yes---- No
493190- Other Warehousing and Storage---- Yes---- No
CCR POINTS OF CONTACT
Government Business Primary POC
MCCUTCHEON MARSHALL
111 SOUTH CALVERT STREET
BALTIMORE MD 21202
410-385-5285
Government Business Alternate POC
LAMONT HALE
111 SOUTH CALVERT STREET
BALTIMORE MD 21202
410-385-5285
Past Performance Primary POC
LAUREN ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTORS
901 S. FIRST STREET
ABILENE TX 79602
325-864-9924
Past Performance Alternate POC
LEE MOORE, P.E.
LAUREN ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTORS
901 S. FIRST STREET
ABILENE TX 79602
325-864-9924
The Lauren Corporation, is a leading EPC contractor serving power and industrial clients. Lauren is an ENR Top 400 Contractor with revenues in excess of $300 Million for year-end 2007.
2.
www.sentinelsolar.com
Registrant:
Sentinal Solar
111 S Calvert St
Ste 2700
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Domain Name: SENTINELSOLAR.COM
Administrative Contact:
Addison, LaTasha TashaAddison@odysseylogistics.com
Sentinal Solar
111 S Calvert St Ste 2700
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
(704) 957-0796
Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corporation provides outsourced logistics management services to the chemical industry and other process manufacturers.
Odyssey enables these companies to outsource any part of the management and transportation of their raw materials and finished goods, helping its customers achieve cost savings through reduced transportation and infrastructure costs, measurable customer service and process improvements, and improved data quality and management.
The company manages logistics for products with market value in excess of $20 billion. A sample list of our clients include Procter & Gamble, BASF, Hercules Corporation Incorporated. Arch Chemicals, Chemtura, Dial Corporation and Performance Fibers Corporation Inc
Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corporation
4421 Stuart Andrew Blvd, Suite 500
Charlotte, NC 28217
Phone: 704-529-6300
http://www.odysseylogistics.com/
3.
Sentinel Renewable Energies
Management Team
McCutcheon Marshall, Jr.
Founder and CEO
Perichyappan Senthilnathan
Member of Advisory Board
Kebir Ratnani
Member of Advisory Board
4.
Sunsi Energies
45 Main Street, Suite 309 Brooklyn, New York, NY, 11201
Michel G. Laporte: mlaporte@sunsienergies.com
Tel: 647-835-1617
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World Asset Management(WAM)
P.O. Box CB-13039 Nassau, Bahamas
www.wam-online.com
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New Shore
Parque Emp. Forum Torre G, Piso 1, CDN Center
Santa Ana, Costa Rica 126-6155
www.new-shore.com
Registrant: Michel G. Laporte
Other names of the mailservers
www.ccithermaltechnologies.com
www.methes.com
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CCI Thermal Technologies Inc.
A leader in heating and filtration solutions. We engineer and manufacture a wide array of heating and filtration products for industrial, commercial and hazardous area applications throughout the world.
5.
Methes Energies International Ltd.
Michel G. Laporte, President
Member of the Board of Directors
Kebir Ratnani
Member of the Board of Directors
Member of the Advisory Board
Richard St-Julien
VP & Chief Legal Officer
Perichiyappan Senthilnathan
Member of the Advisory Board
SunSi Energies
Michel G. Laporte
President and Chief Executive Officer - Member of the Board of Directors.
Richard St-Julien
Vice President and Chief Legal Officer - Member of the Board of Directors.
Kebir Ratnani
Member of the Board of Directors.
Yifeng Song
Daniel Julien
Chief Accounting Officer, Acting Chief Financial Officer.
6.
Process Research Ortech Inc.
2350 Sheridan Park Drive,
Mississauga, Ont. Canada
L5K 2T4
The mandate of PRO is to continue the research and development work carried on by the Process Technology group of ORTECH Corporation, while exploring, developing and commercializing innovative solutions in areas including Cleantech and Renewable Energy.
Consultants
P. Senthilnathan
Ph.D. (University of Toronto)
Environmental Engineering
The Lauren Corporation...
is an international contractor specializing in full-scope services, including engineering, construction, project management, fabrication and industrial services.
Backed by over 25 years of experience, Lauren serves the following industries: alternative energy, power, materials handling, special metals, pulp & paper, chemicals, polymers and refining.
Lauren provides complete turnkey solutions to the electric utility market. Services include planning, design, procurement, construction, and maintenance for the production and delivery of power in the following areas:
Simple and combined cycle combustion turbine generation
Cogeneration
Coal/Lignite fired generation
Renewable (Concentrated Solar Power)
Environmental products & technical solutions
Studies, assessments and analyses
Plant betterment
Plant maintenance
Construction monitoring
Substations
Transmission lines
Distribution system
System studies
EPC Project - Five Unit Simple-Cycle Power Facility
Old Dominion Electric Cooperative-Gordonsville, VA
Lauren was responsible for the greenfield installation of 4 dual fuel GE 7EA's and 1 dual fuel GE 7FA combustion turbine. Project scope also included fuel unloading and storage facility, gas conditioning equipment, startup and commissioning and plant building.
14 month schedule from award to commercial operation.
General Contractor - 550 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant
Dominion Energy-Dumfries, Virginia
Lauren Engineers & Constructors was the General Contractor for the installation of a 550 MW combined cycle power plant.
Project consisted of 2 GE 7FA combustion turbines, two heat recovery steam generators, one 200 MW steam turbine, one 8 cell cooling tower, water treatment facility, one 2 million gallon demineralized water storage tank, one 2.25 million gallon fuel oil storage tank, fuel unloading facility, 3 GSU transformers, all underground duct banks and utilities, 96" circulating water system, piping river water intake pump system, and final site work/roads.
The project was located in an existing coal fired power plant facility. Project was a ground up installation through start-up and commissioning.
New Substation & Transmission Lines
LS Power, LLC-Batesville, Mississippi
Lauren Engineers and Constructors, Inc. was responsible for the design and construction of a new 161/230 kV substation and transmission lines for an 834MW merchant power plant located in Mississippi. Scope of work included design and installation of eight 161 kV overhead lines for connections to plant GSU and Auxiliary Transformers, two 161 kV transmission lines to interconnect with a TVA substation and one 230 kV transmission line to interconnect with an Entergy substation.
Design and installation of the substation includes thirteen 161 kV circuit breakers, eighteen 161 kV disconnect switches, four 240/320/400 MVA 161-230 kV auto-transformers, rigid bus systems rated 161kV and 230 kV, control building, AC and DC auxiliary power systems, protective relay panels for substation and transmission line protection, and a SCADA RTU system.
Refinery Expansion - Navajo Refining - ROSE Unit
Artesia, New Mexico
Lauren Manufacturing recently completed fabrication of all piping for the ROSE Unit project. 1200 pipe spools were completed and shipped to the jobsite, including 5% chrome piping manufactured to B31.3 service.
Lauren has a long history and an extensive relationship with Navajo and has also completed fabrication of all the carbon steel piping in support of our Gas-Oil Hydrotreater Project in Artesia, New Mexico. Piping was fabricated to B31.3 severe standards.
Lauren is also active in biodiesel process design
Lauren Engineers & Constructors is a leader in the construction of polymer production facilities, power generation plants, and other heavy industrial facilities.
We have successfully completed many projects, maintaining an overall safety rating well below the industry average. This success has allowed us to develop lasting relationships and secure repeat business with customers such as:
Old Dominion Coop.
ODEC is an electric generation and transmission (G&T) cooperative. We are a regional, consumer-owned power supplier formed in 1948 to provide power to a consortium of electric distribution cooperatives.
Our core business is generating, purchasing and delivering electricity to wholesale customers, primarily our member systems.
ODEC is a not-for-profit member-owned cooperative and has no capital stock. We follow the 7 principles of cooperatives. Qualifications for membership and the rights and obligations of our members are defined by law and established in the corporate bylaws. ODEC’s net margin above expenses and reserves does not belong to ODEC. It represents an increase in an investment that belongs to our member-owners. ODEC’s margins must be used to improve or maintain operations, set aside in reserves or distributed to our membership.
ODEC’s power is generated through a combination of owned baseload and peaking power plants that use coal, natural gas and nuclear as their primary fuels supplemented by purchased power and renewable resource technologies.
Our 11 members own and operate almost 400,000 meters which serve approximately one million member-owners along over 51,000 miles of line (as of 2008). This service territory extends from Delaware and Maryland south across Virginia to the North Carolina border, and from Virginia's Eastern Shore to the Alleghany Highlands.
Our corporate headquarters are located in Glen Allen, Virginia.
Southern Company
Based in Atlanta, Southern Company is one of the largest generators of electricity in the nation, serving both regulated and competitive markets across the southeastern United States. We participate in all phases of the electric utility business with more than 42,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity and a grid of transmission and distribution lines that would more than circle the earth. Southern Company and its subsidiaries have been serving the Southeast for more than 100 years.
Recovery Act - Demonstration of Integrated Biorefinery Operations
Funding Opportunity Announcement Number: DE-FOA-0000096
The intent of this FOA will be to select integrated biorefinery projects that have the necessary technical and economic performance data that validates their readiness for the next level of scale-up.
In general, “integrated biorefineries” employ various combinations of feedstocks and conversion technologies to produce a variety of products, with the main focus on producing biofuels and bioproducts. Co- or by-products can include additional fuels, chemicals (or other materials), and heat and power.
These integrated biorefineries would produce, as their primary product, a liquid transportation fuel that supports, depending on topic area, meeting the advanced, renewable or advanced biofuels portion of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS) or, depending on topic area, a bioproduct that substitutes for petroleum-based feedstocks and products.
Posted Date: May 06, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications: Jun 30, 2009 In order for the Biomass Program to meet programmatic requirements.
Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity: Energy-Recovery Act
Category Explanation: Recovery Act Funds
Expected Number of Awards: 15
Estimated Total Program Funding: $480,000,000
Award Ceiling: $50,000,000
CFDA Number(s): 81.087 -- Renewable Energy Research and Development
http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=2jdqKbWTGJjpZyQ1S2QGLytgRt4mDGtBf8TlnMhF5pp7j2qjdzDY!-1757398871?oppId=47227&mode=VIEW
“Central Contractor Registry (CCR)”
is the primary database which collects, validates, stores and disseminates data in support of agency missions. Funding Opportunity Announcements which require application submission through Grants.gov require that the organization first be registered in the CCR.
Current Registration Status: Active in CCR; Registration valid until 10/01/2009.
Legal Business Name: SENTINEL SOLAR, LLC
Company URL: http://www.sentinelrenewable.com
Physical Street Address 1: 5 FALLS GLEN CT
Physical City: PARKTON
Physical State: MD
Physical Zip/Postal Code: 21120-9400
Physical Country: USA
Business Start Date: 02/01/2008
CORPORATE INFORMATION
Type of Organization - Other
Business Types/Grants
23 - Minority Owned Business
2X - For-Profit Organization
77 - Service Provider
LJ - Limited Liability Company
MF - Manufacturer of Goods
OY - Black American Owned
VW - Contracts and Grants
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC)
0762 - FARM MANAGEMENT SERVICES
2813 - INDUSTRIAL GASES
2819 - INDUSTRIAL INORGANIC CHEMICALS, NEC
2869 - INDUSTRIAL ORGANIC CHEMICALS, NEC
2992 - LUBRICATING OILS AND GREASES
4911 - ELECTRIC SERVICES
9641 - REGULATION OF AGRICULTURAL MARKETING
Product Service Codes (PSC)
B543 - STUDY/ENERGY
S111 - UTILS/GAS
S112 - UTILS/ELECTRICTY
S204 - FUELING SERVICE
Federal Supply Classification (FSC)
6150 - Miscellaneous Electric Power and Distribution Equipment
6830 - Gases: Compressed and Liquefied
9140 - Fuel Oils
9410 - Crude Grades of Plant Materials
9420 - Fibers: Vegetable, Animal, and Synthetic
9440 - Miscellaneous Crude Agricultural and Forestry Products
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
NAICS Code--Description----------Small Business-------Emerging Small Business
111110- Soybean Farming-- --Yes---- No
111120- Oilseed (except Soybean) Farming---- Yes---- No
111150- Corn Farming ---- Yes ----No
111191- Oilseed and Grain Combination Farming ---- Yes---- No
111998- All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming ---- Yes---- No
115114- Postharvest Crop Activities (except Cotton Ginning)---- Yes---- No
221119- Other Electric Power Generation ---- No---- No
221121- Electric Bulk Power Transmission and Control---- No---- No
221122- Electric Power Distribution---- No---- No
311222- Soybean Processing---- Yes---- No
311223- Other Oilseed Processing---- Yes---- No
325120- Industrial Gas Manufacturing---- Yes---- No
325193- Ethyl Alcohol Manufacturing---- Yes---- No
325199- All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing---- Yes---- No
424510- Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers---- Yes---- No
424590- Other Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers---- Yes---- No
424690- Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers---- Yes---- No
424710- Petroleum Bulk Stations and Terminals---- Yes---- No
424720- Petroleum and Petroleum Products Merchant Wholesalers (except Bulk Stations and Terminals)---- Yes---- No
454319- Other Fuel Dealers ---- Yes---- No
454390- Other Direct Selling Establishments ---- Yes---- No
493130- Farm Product Warehousing and Storage---- Yes---- No
493190- Other Warehousing and Storage---- Yes---- No
CCR POINTS OF CONTACT
Government Business Primary POC
Name: MCCUTCHEON MARSHALL
Address Line 1: 111 SOUTH CALVERT STREET
City: BALTIMORE
State: MD
Zip/Postal Code: 21202
Country: USA
U.S. Phone: 410-385-5285
Fax: 866-344-3105
Government Business Alternate POC
Name: LAMONT HALE
Address Line 1: 111 SOUTH CALVERT STREET
City: BALTIMORE
State: MD
Zip/Postal Code: 21202
Country: USA
U.S. Phone: 410-385-5285
Fax: 866-344-3105
Past Performance Primary POC
Name: LAUREN ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTORS
Address Line 1: 901 SOUTH FIRST STREET
City: ABILENE
State: TX
Zip/Postal Code: 79602
Country: USA
U.S. Phone: 325-864-9924
Fax: 325-670-9663
Past Performance Alternate POC
Name: LEE MOORE, P.E.
Address Line 1: 901 SOUTH FIRST STREET
City: ABILENE
State: TX
Zip/Postal Code: 79602
Country: USA
U.S. Phone: 325-864-9924
Fax: 325-670-9663
World’s Second Largest Solar Plant to be Built in Florida
Abilene, TX, March 26, 2009
Lauren Engineers & Constructors recently signed a contract with Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) as the engineering, procurement and construction contractor for a new 75 MW Concentrated Solar Power Plant located near Indiantown, FL.
This landmark solar project will achieve several milestones for solar power, including:
• The second largest solar thermal power plant in the World
• The largest solar thermal plant outside of California
• The first hybrid solar facility in the world to connect to an existing combined-cycle power plant
This project, named the Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center, will be located on 500 acres of land adjacent to FPL’s Martin Plant. Using Parabolic Trough Technology to capture heat from the sun, this project will include approximately 200,000 parabolic mirrors. Total power produced for this new solar plant will be 155,000 MWh of power annually – enough power for 11,000 homes or 26,000 people.
Utilizing the latest in Solar Thermal technology, this revolutionary solar project will help to advance the field of solar power by producing clean energy at a competitive price. According to FPL’s website, the Martin Facility is expected to reduce green house gas emissions by approximately 2.75 million tons over a thirty year period, which is the equivalent of removing more than 18,700 cars from the road annually for the next 30 years.
“Lauren is proud to build this project and is dedicated to a project approach which minimizes disruption to the local community and ecosystem,” said Cleve Whitener, CEO of Lauren Engineers & Constructors.
http://www.laurenec.com/press_release_FPL2009.php
Lauren Engineers & Constructors
Lauren Engineers & Constructors, under its parent company The Lauren Corporation, is a leading EPC contractor serving power and industrial clients. Lauren is an ENR Top 400 Contractor with revenues in excess of $300 Million for year-end 2007.
Lauren Engineers & Constructors has over 1,500 employees and is licensed in 39 states. With offices in Texas, Tennessee, Georgia, and throughout Canada (KSI, Inc.), Lauren is equipped to provide customers with a full range of high-quality, cost-effective, in-house engineering and construction services.
Alternative Energy
• $250 Million Solar Plant
• 64 MW of Solar Power
• Power for 48,000 Homes
• 3rd Largest Solar Plant in the World
• 219,000 Parabolic Mirrors
• 1.5 Million Man-hours
• 14 Month Fast-track EPC Project
• 700 Craft Personnel during Peak Construction Efforts
Lauren Engineers & Constructors is a leading EPC contractor in alternative energy. Lauren successfully completed the 64 MW Nevada Solar One parabolic trough solar thermal power generating facility near Boulder City, Nevada, in 2007. Nevada Solar One is the largest solar thermal project to be built in over 17 years and the third largest in the World. Lauren is also active in biodiesel process design, freshwater recovery from brine, and oil sand process plant construction.
Lauren’s experience encompasses project conceptual design studies during the early project development phase through turnkey engineering, procurement, and construction. Lauren is also well experienced in plant commissioning and start-up. Lauren routinely self-performs all aspects of project execution with a dedicated engineering group, experienced site supervision and a large direct-hire construction craft base.
Project Contact
Lee Moore
325-864-9924
Lee.Moore@laurenec.com
http://www.laurenec.com/index.php
It's from the settlement
The pr's are well planned
If I get pissed at anyone
it would be me, because I'm the one that makes the decision to buy or sell. I can understand your attitude toward people who bash, 95% of the time I think your right, so I guess I'm in that 5%. I said what I wanted to say a long time ago, and since I never wish ill will on anybody, do your own DD, and GLTA.
I saw that
but it didn't go anywhere, except this:
HMI Key Management Team
Svenn Midtgaard, Co-Founder & CEO
Mr. Michel G. Laporte, Co-Founder,
Erik Steen Jensen, Esq., Euro Banking Expert,
Svenn Midtgaard is a founding Director of Ventura Capital, LLC, a venture capital firm located in Long Beach, California. Mr.Midtgaard has more than thirty years experience in investment banking, finance, business development and corporate positioning for acquisition of high technology companies. He has, on several occasions held executive positions as President and CEO.
He has also held operating management positions in finance, sales and marketing, in both start up and fast growth public companies.
Mr. Midtgaard has served as an executive with several private and public technology companies where he was responsible for general management and strategic business development. Prior to joining Ventura Capital Mr. Midtgaard served as Executive Director of Med Mark, Inc., a management consulting company and as Vice President of McGaw Laboratories, Irvine, CA Mr. Midtgaard has served as a board member on numerous boards of directors.
Mr. Midtgaard has been a frequent speaker in the investment community, both domestically and internationally and a key note speaker with the U.S. Department of State, where he received the President of The United States E-Award for contributions to the export of high technologies. Mr. Midtgaard received his business degree from the Business School of Odense, Denmark and additional MBA studies at Northwestern University in Chicago.
http://www.hmiadvisors.com/aboutus2.html
A grab bag of dots...
Sunsi Energies
45 Main Street, Suite 309
Brooklyn, New York, NY, 11201
Michel G. Laporte: mlaporte@sunsienergies.com
Tel: 647-835-1617
www.sunsienergies.com
Registrant : Softdiffusion S.A.
Rovert House
#1 Market Street Suite 201
Nassau, Bahamas
Administrative:
Sydney Kenyon
PO Box 40592
Austin TX, 78704 US
Phone: +1.8176836966
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SoftDiffusion
SJO # 215 Apdo 424-1260
Plaza Colonial, Escazu, Costa Rica
Telephone: 011-506-2504-7005
E-mail: info@softdiffusion.com
www.softdiffusion.com
Registrant: SoftDiffusion
SJO # 215 Apdo 424-1260
Plaza Colonial, Escazu, Costa Rica
Phone: 011-506-2504-7005
E-mail: info@softdiffusion.com
Administrative:
Sydney Kenyon
PO Box 40592
Austin TX, 78704 US
Phone: +1.8176836966
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World Asset Management(WAM)
P.O. Box CB-13039
Nassau, Bahamas
Fax: 1-443-328-0383
www.wam-online.com
Registrant: Nancy Lake
Santa Ana, Costa Rica 87-6155 CR
Phone: 011-506-2504-7005
Email: contact@wam-online.com
Technical:
Sydney Kenyon
PO Box 40592
Austin TX, 78704 US
Phone: +1.8176836966
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New Shore
Parque Emp. Forum
Torre G, Piso 1, CDN Center
Santa Ana, Costa Rica
126-6155
www.new-shore.com
Registrant: Michel G. Laporte
SJO # 269 San Jose US
Phone: 514-940-9494
Administrative:
Mr. Michel Laporte-New Shore
Apdo Postal 87-6155
Santa-Ana, Costa Rica
Phone: 011-506-2504-7521
Email: mgl@netaxis.ca
new-shore.com has one IP number, but the reverse is server1.highlyinspired.com. methes.com, thewbg.com, www.methes.com, powerfulplay.ca, highlyinspired.com and at least four other hosts point to the same IP.
Hostnames sharing ip with a-records
www.ccithermaltechnologies.com
www.methes.com
Other names of the mailservers
www.ccithermaltechnologies.com
www.methes.com
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CCI Thermal Technologies Inc.
A leader in heating and filtration solutions. We engineer and manufacture a wide array of heating and filtration products for industrial, commercial and hazardous area applications throughout the world.Our products represent the broadest based industry expertise and the range of our technologies enables their application in any environment.
At CCI Thermal Technologies Inc., our success is founded in the strength and diversity of our brands. Our Cata-Dyne™ brand is the industry standard in explosion-proof infrared gas catalytic heating. The Ruffneck™ product line includes explosion-proof electric unit heaters, heat-exchanger unit heaters, industrial electric air heaters and explosion-proof thermostats. Our Norseman™ line provides a range of explosion proof convection heaters, as well as electric unit heaters. Caloritech™ is a leading manufacturer of custom engineered electric process heating equipment and a major supplier of industrial heating products including immersion heaters, electric forced air heaters, tubular and finned tubular electric elements. 3L Filters supplies a broad range of liquid filters, strainers, separators, pressure vessels, and custom engineered products and systems. As the pioneer in radiant oven technology, DriQuik™ designs and manufactures custom infrared ovens and curing and finishing systems for a diverse range of industries worldwide.
The manufacturing strength of CCI Thermal is maintained in four strategic locations across North America. Our Corporate Head Office in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada is also the home of our Western Canadian manufacturing operation. CCI Thermal currently maintains two plants in the province of Ontario - Oakville and Orillia - that house our Eastern Canadian manufacturing operation. Finally, our United States manufacturing operation is located in Greensburg, Indiana in the center of America’s manufacturing heartland.
CCI Thermal provides a wide range of standard products plus custom engineered solutions to meet any customer application. Our facilities in Canada and the United States are home to our growing team of several hundred experienced and knowledgeable employees, where new ideas are developed, tested and brought to our customers. CCI Thermal Technologies Inc. is recognized as one of Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies for the third consecutive year.
CCI Thermal Technologies Inc. is the result of a merger between seven complementary yet diverse heating & filtration equipment manufacturers: Ciscan Industries Ltd. of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Ruffneck Heaters of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; DriQuik Inc. of Greensburg, Indiana, US; Caloritech Inc. of Oakville and Orillia, Ontario, Canada; Wellman Thermal Systems formerly located in Shelbyville, Indiana, US; Flo-Dri Inc. of Sunset Beach, California, US; and 3L Filters of Cambridge, Ontario, Canada.
http://www.ccithermal.com/
Nothing new
People talking about uplisting, and you know what that means, soon we will see 'threshold price reset' pop up somewhere.
I remember it too
My 2 sense
The Government won't fund a non-reporting pink sheet company for obvious reasons.
They'll fund a company has been reporting for years and trades at $2.72
Watch for an up-list at the very least
I'm there
I was about to say the same thing
That was a MONSTER day!
Why would they do that?
I think some people here are jumping the gun a bit.
Why would they go dark, saving money in the process, just to turn around and only go back to the otcbb?
I don't know
I'm not even going to bother to call the TA to find out, but a good first step would be to get out of default with Nevada.
Touched a nerve huh...
my comment is your back bashing.....
Look at my history of posting, and see if I'm a basher. I made a couple of comments just to let people know from the beginning what they were dealing with. The posts probably would've been lost in the shuffle, but I was ASKED to come back and say what I thought.
Then, and only then, did I post some INFORMATION WITH LINKS so people could do their own DD. Not all was negative. Since there is basically no information in the ibox, I gave you links to the claims and a link that actually worked for the company's office location.
What have you contributed? The slow pump/promote?
Posted by: traderdogzz Date: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 10:03:59 AM
In 2006 we took almost 400 soil samples along a surveyed control grid. The samples were taken from the "B" horizon where possible and screened at the site to minus 20 mesh. The grid was surveyed on east-west lines 300 feet apart and with sample stations north-south and sample intervals of 100 feet
except when we were in obvious or visible mineralization, then the sample spacing was tightened up to 50 and rarely 25 foot spacing. These samples were shipped to ALS CHEMEX LAB in Sparks, Nevada. The results indicate highly anomalous gold, with lead and zinc, clearly defining several first phase
drill targets.
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=39321465
"They" (Bonanza) did not take any soil samples, Zone Mining did. Then within months Zone terminated the lease agreement, I wonder why? hmmm...
Any comments?
Pamela J. Thompson
Between February and April 2005, Thompson assisted in the attempt to use the BCIT shell in a reverse merger to take Carter Care public.
In April 2005, Thompson prepared and faxed false documents to the Nevada Secretary of State that purported to change BCIT’s registered agent and corporate officers. This filing with Nevada designated a nominee as the sole officer and director of the corporation, thereby purporting to cause a change of control.
At the end of April 2005, Thompson’s assistance culminated in the issuance of 41 certificates. The certificates represented over 249 million shares, including 20 million to Thompson. No registration statements were filed in connection with the issuance of these shares of BCIT stock. Throughout this period, Thompson was aware of information demonstrating that another individual was BCIT’s actual president.
On May 24, 2005, Thompson sent a letter to the Depository Trust Corp. informing them that she was BCIT’s new transfer agent. Thompson never registered as a transfer agent with the Commission.
On May 25, 2005, Thompson assisted in ordering the printing of additional new BCIT stock certificates. Thompson faxed the printer a legitimate BCIT stock certificate issued in 2001 and instructed the printer to use those signatures on the new BCIT certificates. The signatures on the certificate were those of its president and its then-secretary who left in early 2002. At the time of their ordering, Thompson had not received permission or direction from BCIT’s president, the only person with relevant authority, to print new stock certificates.
During June and July 2005, Thompson received and sold two million shares of fraudulent BCIT stock, earning profits of $7,632. No registration statements were filed with respect to these stock issuances.
Thompson acted as the transfer agent of BCIT between April and August 2005.
As a result of the conduct described above, Thompson committed violations of Sections 17(a)(2) and 17(a)(3) of the Securities Act. In the offer or sale of securities, Section 17(a)(2) makes it unlawful “to obtain money or property by means of any untrue statement of a material fact or any omission to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;” and Section 17(a)(3) proscribes “any transaction, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon the purchaser.” Violations of Section 17(a)(2) and 17(a)(3) may be established by a showing of negligence. Aaron v. SEC, 446 U.S. 680, 697 (1980); SEC v. Glt. Dain Rauscher, Inc., 254 F.3d 852, 856 (9th Cir. 2001).
Further, as a result of the conduct described above, Thompson committed violations of Sections 5(a) and 5(c) of the Securities Act, which require that issuances of securities be either validly registered or exempt from registration.
Finally, as a result of the conduct described above, Thompson willfully2 violated Section 17A of the Exchange Act and Rule 17Ac2-1 thereunder, which require registration as a transfer agent.
http://www.sec.gov/litigation/admin/2008/33-8899.pdf
Did I read what?
SideWinder
It caught my eye because of Sunsi
sunsienergies.com
Registrant Contact:
Softdiffusion S.A.
Rovert House ()
Fax:
#1 Market Street
Suite 201
Nassau, Bahamas 00000
BS
Creation date: 19 Jan 2009 11:18:10
Expiration date: 19 Jan 2010 11:18:00
Here's some random Rovert House stuff:
Caledonia Corporate Management Group Ltd.
Phone: 322-7270
Fax: 356-3969
CB-12345
14 Rovert House, Market Street North
http://www.scb.gov.bs/pdf/appreg.pdf
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AKELIUS BOSTADSOBLIGATION LTD. (Akelius Housing Bond Ltd) Swedish language
Registered Office
P. O. Box CB-12345
14 Rovert House,
Market Street,
Nassau, Bahamas
Director:
Matt McNeilly,
Caledonia Corporate Management Group Limited,
P. O. Box CB-12345
14 Rovert House,
Market Street,
Nassau, Bahamas
http://www.akelius.com/invest/pdf/Akelius_Prospectus.pdf
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Barwick Holdings Ltd
14 Rovert House
Market Street
P.O. Box CB 12345
Nassau Bahamas
http://www.secinfo.com/d155qj.22f.htm?Find=rovert#8thPage
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Capital Group One, Inc.
120 Adelaide Street West, Suite 1214
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Directors and Executive Officers
Name Age Position Director Since
Matthew McNeally 40 Chief Executive Officer 2000
James Steward 58 Chief Financial Officer 2001
Matthew McNeally has served as our Chief Executive Officer since 2000 and has also served as the Managing Director of Anglo offshore Inc. since 1995. Anglo Offshore Inc. is a boutique merchant bank located in Toronto, Nassau and London, England. It is involved in fund management, venture capital and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. McNeally also concurrently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Financial Ventures, Inc., where he has served since 2000.
James Steward, has served as our Chief Financial Officer since 2001 and has also served as the President of Steward Capital Corp. since 1982 Steward Capital Corp is a venture capital company for small and medium sized companies.
V. Terence Franzke has served as our Chief Financial Officer since 2004. Since 1986, Mr. Franzke has served as the President of Delray Capital Corporation. Delray Capital Corporation specializes in arranging debt and equity funding by way of private placements, through limited partnerships and by taking companies public through reverse take overs. It also advises in structuring plans designed to obtain government assistance. He also serves as the CFO and a Director of Financial Ventures, Inc.
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Delray Capital Corp.
120 Adelaide St W, Toronto.
416-214-9735
http://delraycapital.netfirms.com/index.html
Delray Capital Corp is a private investment banking firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Telephone: 416-214-9735
Fax: 416-214-2797
Postal Address:
11 Berryman Street
Toronto, Ontario
M5R 1M7
VTF@delraycapital.com
(V. Terence Franzke)
This is the only one I've found interesting
pinnacle-eng.net
Date Registered: 2009-4-7
Date Modified: 2009-4-7
Expiry Date: 2010-4-8
DNS1: ns1.sedoparking.com
DNS2: ns2.sedoparking.com
Registrant
Private Whois Service
*******PLEASE DO NOT SEND LETTERS******
****Contact the owner by email only****
c/o pinnacle-eng.net
N4892 Nassau
Bahamas
Administrative Contact
Private Whois Service
Private Whois Service ra7w23l4a359096d517b@v7cl4sh4a3581938201b.privatewhois.net
*******PLEASE DO NOT SEND LETTERS******
****Contact the owner by email only****
c/o pinnacle-eng.net
N4892 Nassau
Bahamas
Tel: +852.81720004
Technical Contact
Private Whois Service
Private Whois Service tf1qsml4a359096bafab@v7cl4sh4a3581938201b.privatewhois.net
*******PLEASE DO NOT SEND LETTERS******
****Contact the owner by email only****
c/o pinnacle-eng.net
N4892 Nassau
Bahamas
Tel: +852.81720004
Registrar: Internet.bs Corp.
Registrar's Website : <a href='http://www.internetbs.net/'>http://www.internetbs.net/</a>
http://www.internetbs.net/en/domain-name-registrations/controller.html?action=WhoisAction&event=showWhoisHTML&domain=pinnacle-eng.net+&securityKey=26344&goToMyAccount=Next
It's funny you mentioned that
The same guy recently grabbed the .net
Domain Name: PINNACLEENERGY.NET
Created on: 26-May-09
Expires on: 26-May-10
Last Updated on: 26-May-09
Administrative Contact:
Dick, John jpdick@pinnacleenergy.com
Pyramid Energy, LLC
6 NE 63rd Street
Suite 260
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105
United States
4058109151 Fax -- 4058434700
The news feed is from Meltwater
It would be encouraging to see that they contracted more of their services and not just the feed.
http://meltwater.com/
Office location
Here's a link that works...
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=736+East+Braeburn+Drive%0D%0APhoenix,+AZ&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=16&iwloc=A
Claims info
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT-MINING CLAIMS
Serial Number: AMC384903
Case Type 384201: PLACER CLAIM
Claim Name: BRB PLACER #1
Case Disposition: ACTIVE
Name & Address-Int-Rel-% Interest
MCNEILL H G 1583 DOWNS DR MINDEN, NV 89423-CLAIMANT-0.00
County/State District
MARICOPA County, AZ HASSAYAMPA FIELD OFFICE
Mer-Twp-Rng-Sec-Subdivision
14-0040N-0070W-020-NE
http://www.geocommunicator.gov/blmMap/identify.jsp?tabset=mc&iXmin=-112.99475212564705&iYmin=33.678183121774204&iXmax=-112.99372438916923&iYmax=33.67921085825204
Serial Number: AMC384904
Case Type 384201: PLACER CLAIM
Claim Name: BRB PLACER #2
Case Disposition: ACTIVE
Name & Address-Int Rel-% Interest
MCNEILL H G 1583 DOWNS DR MINDEN, NV 89423-CLAIMANT-0.00
County/State District
MARICOPA County, AZ HASSAYAMPA FIELD OFFICE
Mer-Twp-Rng-Sec-Subdivision
14-0040N-0070W-017-SE
http://www.geocommunicator.gov/blmMap/identify.jsp?tabset=mc&iXmin=-112.99337883463143&iYmin=33.685135407540805&iXmax=-112.9923510981536&iYmax=33.68616314401864#
Lysiak and Emas
Zone Mining LTD's attorney: Conrad Lysiak
Bonanza Golfield's attorney: Joseph Emas
The B.C. Securities Commission's crackdown on fly-by-night stock deals that Vancouver promoters float on the dreadful OTC Bulletin Board in the United States appears to be working, judging by the declining number of B.C.-based companies that have filed registration statements with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Last September, the commission imposed new rules that make any company, regardless of where they are registered or trade, reporting issuers in B.C. as long as they have a substantive connection here. This makes them subject to the same disclosure rules as all other B.C. public companies and, by extension, places them squarely under the purview of the B.C. commission.
Other provinces have not enacted similar rules, simply because the proliferation of bulletin board companies has been pretty well confined to B.C. This has created a regulatory vacuum which, it now appears, is being exploited.
Last month, two Toronto-based companies, York Resources Inc. and Bearing Mineral Exploration Inc., filed registration statements with the SEC as a prelude to going public on the bulletin board. Both had all the hallmarks of the deals that caused Vancouver so much reputational damage.
The registration statements show York acquired a claim in Nevada for just $3,500, and Bearing acquired a claim in Newfoundland for a mere $508. Both companies were able to find compliant geologists who were willing to say the claims were worth exploring.
Each company has presidents who know nothing about exploration. York's president is Kelvin Campbell, a 50-year-old salesman in Toronto. Bearing's president is 59-year-old Gerhard Schlombs, who runs a renovation company called Dick's Home Improvements in Toronto. These men suddenly want to drill for gold?
Each company has assets of less than $40,000 cash, nearly all of it cash raised by selling shares to close friends and family at fractions of a cent. That's not nearly enough to conduct meaningful exploration programs.
Bearing's filing solicitor is Conrad Lysiak of Spokane, Wash., and York's is Joseph Emas of Miami Beach, Fla.
Each have been filing solicitors for dozens of fly-by-night, B.C-based bulletin board companies. Bearing's auditors, Malone & Bailey, and York's auditors, LLB & Associates -- both located in Houston, Tex. -- have also been associated with many dubious bulletin board issuers.
In most cases, these companies present themselves as earnest explorers, then quickly morph into something else.
What typically happens is that after these companies get cleared for trading, the people behind the scenes who are really running the show quietly gather up all the seed shares.
They end up with a tight, easily controlled shell company that they can either sell to another promoter, or use for their own stock promotion.
It's a recipe for grief. The Ontario Securities Commission should keep a close eye on these deals.
http://www2.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=c433ad89-fddd-4d9b-879b-9f11b77d5af2&k=8456