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Happy birthday There are a couple of anecdotes being told about Marius Kloppers since he made his bid to take over Potash Corp of Saskatchewan Inc (PotashCorp). They are supposed to illustrate aspects of his personality.	Fifth Column Article	27 Aug 2010	0 Stars
Community backing In this week's Fifth Column, Ken Gooding reports on Toronto-listed Osisko Mining Corp's efforts to re-open the Malartic gold mine in north-west Quebec.	Fifth Column Article	20 Aug 2010	0 Stars
There and back In this week's Fifth Column, Ken Gooding comments that the Johannesburg trial of Glenn Agliotti, accused of murdering major mining fraudster Brett Kebble, is bringing back some painful memories for Mark Wellesley-Wood	Fifth Column Article	13 Aug 2010	0 Stars
Carbon trading places In his 5th Column, Ken Gooding comments on what a torrid time Barry Carbon has had since he took over as non executive chairman of Bauxite Resources Ltd eight months ago.	Fifth Column Article	30 Jul 2010	0 Stars
Big backers Shareholder activism has gone much further than usual as far as Triple Plate Junction plc is concerned. In this week's Fifth Column, Ken Gooding notes that, to start with, shareholders voted against a proposal by most of the directors that TPJ be de-listed from London’s Alternative Investment Market. After that it was obvious those directors who had put forward the proposal, including founders, Australian entrepreneur Ian Gowrie-Smith, the chairman, and David Lees, an executive director, would have to go. And go they did. So the board had to be rebuilt.	Fifth Column Article	23 Jul 2010	0 Stars
Inside job In this week's 5th Column, Ken Gooding notes that Interpol, the international police organisation, is breathing new life into its search for Jason Holland, who is wanted in South Africa in connection with the misappropriation of US$32 million from Sentula Mining Ltd.	Fifth Column Article	16 Jul 2010	0 Stars
Vallar in spotlight In this week's Fifth Column, Ken Gooding notes that James Campbell is joining with Nat Rothschild to launch a new mining investment vehicle in London. He recalls what some people call the mystery of the disappearing PhD	Fifth Column Article	09 Jul 2010	0 Stars
Driving Force Of the many tributes paid to Ken Talbot, the one by Nicole Hollows, chief executive of Macarthur Coal Ltd, is among the most heartfelt. In his 5th Column, Ken Gooding looks at the careers of Mr Talbot and Ms Hollows.	Fifth Column Article	02 Jul 2010	0 Stars
Win some, lose some Ken Gooding reports that Mark Creasy has millions of dollars already invested in Central Rand Gold Ltd, whose share price performance is one of the very worst among companies listed on AIM. Yet he is about to contribute another US$1 million to help keep CRG alive.	Fifth Column Article	25 Jun 2010	0 Stars
Exchanges: Blind justice Ken Gooding notes that “Justice should not only be done, but should be seen to be done.” He notes, however, that this form of so-called 'open justice' is not necessarily adhered to by the world's stock exchanges.	Fifth Column Article	18 Jun 2010	0 Stars
Target man Joe Conway, who surprised – even shocked – many analysts and shareholders when in January he suddenly gave up his role as chief executive of IAMGOLD Corp, is back in the mining business	Fifth Column Article	11 Jun 2010	0 Stars
Potash poser So Dmitry Rybolovlev wants to sell part of his 65.5 % stake in OAO Uralkali, the world’s biggest publicly-traded, pure-play potash producer. It also owns half of the Belarusian Potash Co, which claims to control 29% of the global market for the nutrient	Fifth Column Article	04 Jun 2010	0 Stars
Positive out of negative Ken Gooding writes that "It is so unusual to see a company being upfront and honest when giving shareholders negative news that I was startled by a statement by Central China Goldfields plc". This refered to the Nimu project in which the company had made significant progress but has had to sell.	Fifth Column Article	28 May 2010	0 Stars
Mexican nightmare Ken Gooding recounts a tale that involves murder, alleged intimidation, extortion, corruption and mining in Mexico. It all adds up to a nightmare for Blackfire Exploration Ltd.	Fifth Column Article	14 May 2010	0 Stars
Insider brought low At the end of court proceedings that caused puzzlement and sadness among many Australian mining executives, Victorian Supreme Court Justice Terry Forrest sentenced John O'Reilly for the insider trading of Indophil Resources	Fifth Column Article	07 May 2010	0 Stars
Executive under fire This week's Fifth Column looks at Don Blankenship,the chairman and CEO of Massey Energy Co, who is under fire from the US media following the death of 29 miners at the company's Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia.	Fifth Column Article	30 Apr 2010	0 Stars
Executive aliens It was almost inevitable that Mick Davis, chief executive of Xstrata plc, would get a mention in the debate raging in the UK about the vast rewards senior executives are paying themselves. However, comments about Mr Davis's 'take' were relatively muted compared with the furiously angry response to news that Oleg Deripaska, chief executive of UC Rusal, had collected a bonus worth about US$70 million for his role in preparing the world's biggest aluminium group for its controversial listing in Hong Kong.	Fifth Column Article	23 Apr 2010	0 Stars
Quadra's grand tour Paul Blythe, chief executive of Quadra Mining Ltd, has a lot of explaining to do; so he has been touring Europe to meet investors and shareholders. For Quadra made not one, but two major announcements in March – revealing deals that, if completed, will transform the Toronto-listed, base-metals producer.	Fifth Column Article	16 Apr 2010	0 Stars
Aberfan-inspired work The Professor of Mining at Witwatersrand University in South Africa, Huw Phillips, says he has devoted most of his research during a 40-year career into mining health and safety because he had first-hand experience as a young man of Britain's worst mining disaster (the death of 116 children at the Pantglass junior school in Aberfan).	Fifth Column Article	09 Apr 2010	0 Stars
Assessing potential Gerald Panneton estimates that during his near-30 year career as a geologist he has visited more than 300 open-pit and underground mines in various part of the world – including North America, Africa, Russia, Australia and pretty much every single one in Canada’s Abitibi Greenstone Belt	Fifth Column Article	01 Apr 2010	0 Stars