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Bre-X's Felderhof found not guilty

JANET MCFARLAND AND PAUL WALDIE

Globe and Mail Update

John Felderhof has been found not guilty of insider trading after selling $84-million of Bre-X Minerals Ltd. shares in 1996, before the world learned there was virtually no gold at Bre-X's Busang site in Indonesia. Mr. Felderhof, former vice-chairman and chief geologist, was the only person to face charges in the Bre-X scandal, which saw investors lose $6-billion after tests in 1997 revealed core samples had been faked and Bre-X was the world's largest mining fraud.

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