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Straight talker

In his final Fifth Column, Ken Gooding takes a look at the colourful and sometimes controversial career of Wayne McCrae
Fifth Column Article 16 Dec 2011 0 Stars

Faith in exploration

In this week's Fifth Column, Ken Gooding looks back at the career of Ken Thorsen.
Fifth Column Article 09 Dec 2011 0 Stars

Continuing to trade up

In this week's Fifth Column, Ken Gooding looks at the career of Brian Hinchcliffe, who, at the beginning of the 1980s, was a trader at J Aron and Co when he noticed a report in the Northern Miner newspaper about Breakwater Resources
Fifth Column Article 02 Dec 2011 0 Stars

Rothschild on war path

In this week's Fifth Column, Ken Gooding looks at the enthralling bust-up between Nat Rothschild, the aristocratic billionaire financier, and the Bakrie family, one of richest in Indonesia and also his partners in London listed Bumi plc
Fifth Column Article 18 Nov 2011 0 Stars

Doing own thing

In this week's Fifth Column, Ken Gooding looks at the career of Chris Fraser, who says he decided to take his career in a different direction after being lead adviser on the US$2.5 billion initial development capital financing for Andrw Forest's Fortescue Metals Group
Fifth Column Article 11 Nov 2011 0 Stars

New story to tell

In this week's Fifth Column, Ken Gooding notes that Leanne Baker took over as chief executive of Sutter Gold Mining Inc on Tuesday this week. He looks at her career.
Fifth Column Article 04 Nov 2011 0 Stars

Having a plan

In this week's 5th Column, Ken Gooding looks at the fulfilling career of Colin Bird.
Fifth Column Article 28 Oct 2011 0 Stars

Next target for Johnson

Ken Googing notes in this week's Fifth Column that you have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find your prince. B2Gold Corp signed confidentiality agreements with about 170 exploration and mining companies in the past three years and came up with only one that ticked all the boxe: Auryx Gold Corp.
Fifth Column Article 21 Oct 2011 0 Stars

Mongolian push

As recently as February last year that Hunnu Coal Ltd listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), selling its shares for A20cents each. Now Hunnu is on the receiving end of a friendly, A$477 million
Fifth Column Article 14 Oct 2011 0 Stars

Top dollar

Gold at US$18,000/oz? That’s what Roland Phelps has been getting
Fifth Column Article 07 Oct 2011 0 Stars

Doing themselves out of a job

In this week's Fifth Column, Ken Gooding notes that one of the unusual aspects of the proposed merger of GGG Resources plc and Auzex Resources Ltd is that the chairmen and managing directors of both companies lose their job
Fifth Column Article 23 Sep 2011 0 Stars

Diamond from the rough

Ed Haslam is in London this week explaining to major shareholders how Namakwa Diamonds Ltd is going to recover after news of a profound shake-up of senior management
Fifth Column Article 16 Sep 2011 0 Stars

Queen of diamonds

In this week's Fifth Column, Ken Gooding asks what is Eira Thomas going to do next, now she has left Stornoway Diamond Corp, a company she co-founded at the end of the 1990s?
Fifth Column Article 09 Sep 2011 0 Stars

American dream

In Fifth Column, Ken Gooding takes a look at the American dream being lived by Shawn Ryan, his wife, Cathy Wood, who, not long ago were living at the edge of Dawson City in the Yukon in a tin shack that had no toilet, no running water, no electricity and no telephone
Fifth Column Article 02 Sep 2011 0 Stars

Time for a change

In this week's Fifth Column, Ken Gooding looks at the career of Colin Loosemore, who recently resigned as managing director of Archipelago Resources plc, a company he co-founded.
Fifth Column Article 26 Aug 2011 0 Stars

Recovery from tragic start

Ken Gooding looks at the long career of Nick Clarke
Fifth Column Article 19 Aug 2011 0 Stars

Following an African trail

In this week's Fifth Column, Ken Gooding looks at the career of Roy Pitchford, whose latest venture, Ferrex plc, recently listed on London's AIM
Fifth Column Article 12 Aug 2011 0 Stars

A Mano redistribution

In this week's Fifth Column, Ken Gooding notes that Luis da Silva has spent the past four years pulling what was Mano River Resources Inc apart.
Fifth Column Article 05 Aug 2011 0 Stars

Career gap

In this week's Fifth Column, Ken Gooding notes that, for the first time in many years Kim Harris is taking a break. She has stepped down from the company she built over the past 16 years, Midlands Minerals Corp, following a hostile proxy fight with a group of dissident shareholders
Fifth Column Article 29 Jul 2011 0 Stars

Contact contacts

How did International Enexco Ltd, listed on Toronto’s junior Venture exchange and with a market value of under C$8 million, manage to recruit to its board Jim Gibbons, a former governor of Nevada?
Fifth Column Article 22 Jul 2011 0 Stars
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