By Daniel Seleanu, Compliance Complete
TORONTO, April 5 (Thomson Reuters Accelus) – In a landmark settlement, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has fined and permanently banned Bernard Boily for falsifying scientific research used in press releases by Bear Lake Gold Ltd., a mining exploration company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange in Toronto. When Bear Lake Gold announced that its research had been tampered with, it suffered a one-day market capitalisation loss of $42 million.
The Boily case is the first to come before the OSC that pertains to the conduct of a qualified person, a position defined as a gatekeeper of technical information under National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (PDF) (NI 43-101). (more…)
