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Gold/Mining/Energy : BRE-X, Indonesia, Ashanti Goldfields, Strong Companies.
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To: marcos who wrote (26647)9/3/1997 12:27:00 AM
From: Sleeperz   of 28369
 
I think this was BigDude..

canoe1.canoe.ca

The book also unveils the identity of two of Bre-X's biggest Internet boosters. They were, in fact, one person: Merrick Walsh, the brother of Bre-X president David Walsh.
Francis says using the aliases Drumbeat and MikeSloan, he "acted like an investment adviser telling people when to get in, and so on. He even bad-mouthed Walsh's and Bre-X's detractors."
Another big player in Internet chat groups, Bigdude, was traced to Deutsche Bank AG in New York.
Internet chat groups like Silicon Investor became an important source of information for some investors caught up in the fairy tale find. One false rumor posted April 23 sent the share price to $5.75 from $2.55 - and back down again - in a matter of minutes.
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