2013-02-06 16:00 ET - News Release
Mr. Brent Johnson reports
BARRICK'S (ABX) CHILEAN SUBSIDIARIES LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE AND EXECUTIVE CRIMINALLY CHARGED
Mountainstar Gold Inc. is issuing this update with regard to its joint venture with Jorge Lopehandia in Chile. The following is information received from the company's Chilean lawyer, Juan Guillermo Torres Fuentealba.
Mr. Torres has confirmed that the Judicial Court of Chile has received, accepted and processed criminal charges against Laura Phyllis Maria Emery, a Canadian lawyer, legal representative and executive of Barrick Gold Corp. subsidiaries Minera Nevada SpA and Minera Nevada Ltd. The criminal charges originate from her false testimony on Dec. 14, 2012, stating Minera Nevada's ownership of the Tesoros concessions.
Ms. Emery has been criminally charged in compliance under the Chilean Penal Code, sections 111-112-113. Judge Freddy Antonio Cubillos Jofre of the Seventh Court of Guarantee of Santiago (Penal Process Court) accepted the charges from jurist Mr. Torres on Mr. Lopehandia's behalf, and these charges have been served to Ms. Emery.
Ms. Emery is also charged criminally for falsification of the Pascua Lama protocol and malicious use of the same in a separate action before the court Fiscalia Centro Norte de Santiago.
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