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False and Misleading Press Releases Issued by Mountain-West Resources Inc.
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December 21, 2011 — Mountain-West Resources Inc. ("MWR"), a Vancouver-based company trading on the Canadian National Stock Exchange, has recently issued a series of false and misleading press releases in which MWR falsely claims that Barrick's Pascua property in Chile is not owned by Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE: ABX) (TSX: ABX) (“Barrick” or “the Company”), but is instead owned by Jorge Lopehandia, that MWR has acquired an option to acquire 50% of Barrick's Pascua property from Mr. Lopehandia, and that Barrick has engaged in "fraudulent market activity" in its public disclosure regarding its interest in the Pascua property.
These statements are demonstrably false and misleading and undermine the integrity of the capital markets. These statements appear to have been made to improperly advance the business interests of MWR, improperly "inflate" the market price of MWR's stock, slander Barrick's title to the Pascua property and defame Barrick. These statements are particularly egregious given the fact that Barrick advised MWR in March 2011 that they were false.
Neither Jorge Lopehandia nor MWR have a registered ownership interest in the Amarillos 1-3000 concessions or the Tesoro Uno 1-30 to Tesoro Doce 1-5 concessions. Furthermore, these concessions are not necessary for mining the Pascua-Lama deposit. Barrick holds all the necessary rights for mining the Pascua-Lama deposit.
Barrick has filed a formal complaint referring these matters to both the Ontario and British Columbia Securities Commissions. Barrick has also contacted the RCMP Integrated Market Enforcement Team (IMET) regarding these matters.
It should be noted that Mr. Lopehandia, who appears to be the source of the “information” forming the basis of MWR's false and misleading statements, has a long history of asserting false claims against Barrick in connection with the Pascua property. In 2002, Barrick commenced a defamation action against Mr. Lopehandia in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. Mr. Lopehandia took no steps to defend the action and in 2003 Barrick obtained a damages award against Mr. Lopehandia. In June 2004, the Ontario Court of Appeal issued a judgment against Mr. Lopehandia awarding Barrick increased general damages, punitive damages and a permanent injunction restraining Mr. Lopehandia from disseminating, posting on the Internet or publishing further defamatory statements concerning Barrick or its officers, directors or employees.
For the Slugman YKR and whoever else.
As an observation there seems to be a structured legal plan to pursue a story that we are told has no bearing as JRL owns nothing, never did, never will !
Just reading through MTstack posts of late for those who read the newly relaunched Stockhouse where we are trading at $.56 delayed yeppers real delayed.
I for one would relish any court appearance by John Thornton and Brady together or separately in stating their positions in the matters of claim ownership to Amerilos/Tesoros.
That video would make the movie much more credible, n'est ce pas?
I am told that the infamous press release issued by none other than our own lovely Sybil Veenman is framed in the entrance to Barrick's offices in TO.
Gilded in GOLD, no less.
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Does anyone have knowledge of the Canadian version of the class action launched against Barrick in Canada.
Still ongoing without a sound from any source.
ROCHON|GENOVA LLP
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What ever became of the other Mine that JRL claimed ownership of and had contemplated gifting to MSX.
This MINE he had stated had more potential than Mina Pascua or was this solely coming from Johnson in order to raise funds yet again?
There will be BLOOD !
Newgold did you pay into the collection funds for the millions "awarded" to JRL in three separate actions in Chile.
One from memory was people were playing in his sand pile unjustly taking gravel during some flooding disaster.
The other was that he destroyed construction equipment maliciously and the local constabulary was paid off to see the case to the courts.
These had no direct relationship to the Mina Pascua case, just a feeble effort to raise funds to keep 'them" going.
There will be actions taken for those who paid into these if false.
Were there any actual collections evidenced that the beer group was apprised of ??????
To keep with tradition on these legal cases it has been determined that Torres is paid 10,000 pesos for every case launched win or loose.
This would be in keeping with the 10,000 pesos paid to Villar for the original sale of the Amerilos claims to Lill and Emery a la Llanos' Tesoros .
A sale of the sort that CMN Barrick has attested to be rather common at the time in the Chile mining logs.
I have a bag of magic beans if anyone has a claim they wish to sell.
Can no longer afford beer!
Would rather keep a very long distance from the local, errrr, believers.
Has anyone had a pacemaker installed recently?
I'll have one with a side of Geritol, thank you.
Newgold what's happening at the beer meetings?
Who is buying rounds?
I wonder where MTStack will post more JRL/Torres court losses for all to read.
I can not recall one win ever being posted am I wrong AGAIN?
Yes after I posted that comment I made I figured you would come back with the point you have made. Granted they put you in a rather negative position with the declaration the BCSC made .The sufferance and loss can be attributed to the position taken by the BCSC.
Still with all the bluster of your claims titles it is rather surprising that the BCSC and the judges tribunal felt comfortable enough to have proceeded with their ruling against MSX????
You are not a publicly traded company and as such no securities org has any need nor responsibility to communicate with you in any fashion.
As an aside I had put much more funds into MWR/MSX than SLW or WPM.
The beliefs of yesterday have turned to the losses of today.
I think I will buy more WPM on Monday on my timetable.
It is still trading!
I marked the five days on my calendar as an event to follow with a felt tip marker.
I checked it today and there was nothing on the calendar. Just like it never happened or in this case will ever happen.
Been too long for anything to materialize. The evidence as it is has been washed away with the passage of time and the powers to rule have no appetite to pursue.
The Skunk of a Munk may have won.
Ok so the sale and claims of ownership are bogus.
Why are Emery and Llanos walking around as free humans?
Alright OK Here it is Have to ask fool that I am ............................
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER 5 DAYS ?
Geeeesh I feel foolish!
Sale of Amerilos by Villar sill on the legal books in Chile?
Can not be said to have been sold and unsold. Until this legal matter is dealt with all other pertinent claims are Moot !
As far as I can tell after 15 years or so of Mountain West / Star Gold and the case of Mina Pascua goes no one has been proven guilty of anything thus far.
The only parties found guilty is Johnson and Mountain Star Gold for making false claims against Barrick.
JRL contends that there are multiple guilty parties and he may have a case but as far as where we are now no one is guilty other than MSX of anything in the legal courts as nothing but nothing is proven to change anything and so we spin our wheels year after year.
Now there is a five day ultimatum given to bring in titles. We have heard these behind the curtain stories for years now so yes we make up ridiculous posts to entertain ourselves as we know there is never an end in sight.
One would need to believe that the principal of this amazing story would have better things to take up his time than posting on a stupid blog site.
I will venture to say that before any serious financial damage is done to Barrick or Wheaton Precious Metals on these proceedings we will all be long gone deep down under. Oh and yes no one is going to jail on these matters no one!
Where were the clear ownership titles during the BCSC Hearings?
Enough said.
Nobody posts here any longer other than the very ............................
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Well Mikey 221/4 all I have to add on the matter is that Rocco was poisoned with Polonium 210 in his Christmas spaghetti by Barrick agents. Although not dead as yet he is far from a court date.
POLICE IMET have asked for the recipe used. It seems it has a funny aftertaste caused by the Polomium 210. YAH THINK!
Since this matter appears to be somewhat complex in the declarations of titles to a mining project named MINA PASCUA ; the ruling governing bodies in Chile are still at a loss to understand fully who has what to what, a court date has been postponed.
So if Chile has no idea what the case matter is attempting to declare imagine any efforts to settle in a court of law in Chile (one can hear giggling in the law lunch rooms where legal people hang out) .
Perhaps it will never be, just like any mining at that location. The locals have gained super powers and the minerals will stay in their god placed locations FOREVER!
There is not much of the Barrick Albatross left as it has now mostly decayed around the proverbial neck of BARRICK GOLD CORPOARATION OF CANADA.
The stench of it will always remain.
Anybody have any idea as to the count of individual EX MSX shareholders there are?
I think the posts he was referring to were yours PostBot!
Either of you JRLs could you forward to me the name and coordinates for the principal inspector at the Chile CDE white collar crime dept.
I would like to relay some information I alone have garnered through deep deep digging.
You had mentioned on several occasions that there was an interest on their part to gather further evidence regarding the "FRAUD AT PASCUA LAMA".
When a third party creates a no tax zone on your countries land mass and more or less creates a separate legal zone on Chile's land mass and it is done fraudulently with many high legal officers involved it is truly worth some scrutiny.
Have they been working closely with the RCMP IMET division on your file #1.
Does the MSX lawyer have access to file #1 from the IMET folks?
Is the information in the file available through the rights to information law?
Can someone say watergate!
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The Mina Pascua GROUND HOG DAY and TWILIGHT ZONE put together and moderated by THE OZZ .
Cheeesh that is truly scary but possible.
It may be the truth as the labyrinth built by the JRLs details has no entrance and no escape. It is a perpetual journey into the voyage of "it will never end".
Some have been Velcroed onto this passing ship with never a hope to detach themselves. Bound by an ever darkening scope of helplessness.
Pulled daily into the belief that their original greed and avarice will hit the numbers and pay out big!
Pass the commercial Velcro please.....................................................
Mike 25 and 3/4 when JRL finishes with us for some element of doubt we have in questioning his supremacy in all things legal mina Pascua we will surely be incarcerated in the Lopecabana, Hoosegow, Crowbar wing of some plushy jail somewhere in the arid plains of the Atacama,Chile.
We can share a cell if you like.
I get dibs on the top bunk.
Spooning is my favorite position.
Fllarting and snoring is a given. It is prison after all, we need to fit in!
Think of it beans and sardines every single night, oh boy!
Almost makes me want to volunteer before any court time.
We need to work out a criminal charge applicable so the judge does not laugh us out the court.
At the risk of sounding like a angry investor I will take my dividends and value increases on my SLV/WPM stock every time, all the time, any time.
You can kick their butts if and when the times comes. It will not come soon and I will likely no longer be here on this earth if and when it does come many years from now in the ever lasting life.
Now as far as calling people crooks well Mr. Kettle and Mr. Pot as a MWR/MSX EEEEEXXXXXX Shareholder where all is lost thus far principally due to a possible sham I wonder who would be listed in the Crook column at this point?
Yes your journey has been long and riddled with corruption and you and Johnson have made up so many stories to keep funds coming in like sinners at the confessional. Somehow always a steady flow of sinners looking for THE LIGHT.
In retrospect one would have had to be totally insane to think this would work out in a lifetime!
We were supposed to be in a BC court today having it out with the BCSC and that as you can see is not a happening event. I would have to think there is not enough material legal or otherwise to fill the gap of credibility.
So is it rescheduled or lost?
MSX is defunct so we post here picking and poking away as a pastime knowing full well we will never see the end in our now shorter, much shorter lifetimes.
sad ending or cataclysmic finale
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Just out of interest, where did Villar and the wife go after Barrick/CMN got to them with the filthy lucre paid off for their signatures.
Where would they have been safe as well could enjoy the beach sun and tranquility??
(nice scene for the movie)
I would wager Phyllis Emery knows where they went.
I wonder if it was one payment or several to guarantee silence as well as non interference. Phyllis would have had to know to send the payments on.
To think I thought Villar was a stupid schlepper and a drunk!
Did Villar know about the 4 secret contracts? Was he involved at the outset or not on these peripheral agreements?
Some mining agent he turned out to be at the time, is all I can say.
Golden Money can turn people can it not JRL?
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knowing me knowing you (Abba plays in background)
Sometimes, only sometimes, mind you, poking around the forest with a red hot stick may start a fire.
read this on Stockhouse does it still have merit or did it ever?
https://stockhouse.com/companies/bullboard?symbol=c.mwr&postid=34691656
Villar sale was ruled by the most EXCELLENT SUPREME COURT OF CHILE as being accepted.
Therefore sale still on the books?
What will take it off?
This entire deal rests on the sale being canceled or annulled as per the acting Judge Kokisch ruling that we have been told over and over was overturned.
Real tired of hearing it was canceled... no it wasn't, yes it was, no it wasn't.
We wish a letter from the Supreme Court to tell us they made an error and yes it was unconstitutional as the terms were frivolous and one sided.
Please post said letter on this board for all to see.
Jorge what would be the principal reason that you have never been successful thus far in having CMN/Barrick bring and or show their version of their titles to these disputed properties to the courts in Chile?
This request has been made several times with no actions by either CMN or Barrick to support this request.
For those who like to read.
Interesting to attempt to make any parallels between Lac vs Corona and Lopehandia and Compania Minera Nevada / Barrick.
https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/516/index.do
I find in viewing/listening to the Lopehandia video a weak area is the actions relative to the sale by Villar and the following lack of actions by "Lopehandia" where Villar supposedly disappeared due to being threatened by Lil and his goons.
Of course we are told Villar was offered many hundreds on thousands to disappear.
One would think as a paid mining agent that the lines of communication would be much more on the dial.
Why was Lopehandia in Canada while all this was going on?
Making himself less available to..........
Let's see a very lucrative property deal just gets let go for how long before the Injunction gets put in place?
The movie will be a blockbuster.
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We need a lot more SPAM-BOTS here to add reality and trustworthy information to the Pascua Lama Story.
The sale by Villar is still on the books.
Nothing but nothing happens while the sale is "still on the books".
Should we ask the BCSC what condiments they would like SERVED with their NOTHINGBURGER?
Slowly chipping away at the constructed fraud!
How much base material still needs chipping away?
One things that has bothered me is what the public will see when the drapes are drawn away and the principals on the MSX / Lopehandia story can be seen.
The WIZARD OF OZZ comes to mind.
Clothes .... what clothes!
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I am somewhat dismayed that Ossa was not asked why he did not appear in the hearings where he was served a summons and where were his whereabouts during that time.
Readers of this board know full well what he did and where he went to hide from the inquiries that would eventually take him to lockup.
He was in Brazil poling and peeling with four pros out of Montreal who have given testimony that Angelina (Felipe) was involved in a big constructed fraud case in Chile involving Barrick.
"The absolvent will state if it is true with respect to the trial of which he issued his report in his AFFIDAVIT, that is, the trial Rol C 3784-2016 of the 18th Civil Court of Santiago, he was notified repeatedly through a judicial receiver to testify as a witness, taking into account the legal knowledge he had of said trial, and did not do so even though an arrest warrant was issued through the Carabineros of Chile. In the event he does not remember the alluded to trial was the subject of his AFFIDAVIT, I will exhibit these documents that realize that. In the event he does not remember or he is not aware of his repeated failures to appear before the 18th Civil Court of Santiago as a witness and where an arrest warrant was issued through the Carabineros of Chile, I will exhibit copies of the proceedings, of the resolutions and the arrest warrant that was issued and the diligence of the Carabineros, without success, in the trial Rol C 3784-2016 of the 18th Civil Court of Santiago. Then, he will respond.
R. There was indeed a summons, which I was unable to appear and even called the Court to excuse myself, and obviously, there had to have been subsequent summons of which I was not aware, which culminated in the arrest warrant of which I became aware a long time later. *
Mike24 and 3/4's you are not a Canadian, are you?
Barrick road gate to Pascua Lama deposit still up and running, maned by machine gunners and every day rapists! Much like Barrick's other mines.
Unda Llanos owner of Tesoros Claims still on the books?
Sale of Amerilos by Villar still on the books!
Is it generally understood that all claim titles, documents and otherwise mining registries are kept up to date in Chile's registrars?
I can refer you to one of my friends who is of the gay pursuasion and an MSX shareholder as well. You might even hit it off.
Practice, practice, practice before the big house.
When this is is all done and we are through with our online critiques we will all be lubing it up (so to speak) in the Hoosegow.
Mike23 and 2/3 do you think there will room for us?
Do they look after their dead?
We are dreadfully near.
Not quite in La La Land!
I do not think there will be a May 18th in BC courts. Likely for several reasons.
Better to make plans for the disposal of your remains, as I have, than to wait on this.
There is absolutely no credibility on any forward movement on this story unless it gets a reason to get out somewhere with a completely arms length entity with other sources.
Barrick / CMN has a Perry Mason moment....................................................
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Sernageomin officials are looking for certain undisclosed individuals in order to obtain DNA samples.
This DNA is required to determine if any matches can be made with human material samples left at UTM coordinates which correspond to claim coordinates currently being disputed in Chile Courts.
More to follow.