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Gold/Mining/Energy : Steppe Gold (SPE:V) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: brian krause who wrote (999)	7/8/1998 9:07:00 PM
From: tango	Respond to of 1248

i am still watching. from what i can imagine, they were unable to get financing due to the track record in KAZ. This country really has its act together. I hope that merger wasn't a last ditch effort to blow off stock for management. PS: Mr. Menzies: thanks for the fax promo on your company you sent to me over a year ago. I never took the bait because i hate KAZ and you always struck me more as a stock jockey than a CEO. I hope you got off enough stock to make the deal worth while. When is the next fax coming?

To: brian krause who wrote (999)	7/8/1998 11:03:00 PM
From: Robert Dydo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1248

Canadian Market News from Market News Publishing, Wednesday, July 08, 1998 at 08:27 John Menzies, President of Steppe Gold Resources Limited (the "Company") advises that a cease trade order was issued by the Ontario Securities Commission, due to the delay in filing audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 1997 and unaudited statements for the quarter ended March 31, 1998. The Company's 1997 audit is presently in progress and completion is expected before the end of July 1998. At that time the Company will seek to have its trading privileges reinstated. The Company continues with its principal objective of the development of the Mizek gold project and the evaluation of the Kosmurun and Akastau copper-gold-zinc massive sulphide deposits close to Mizek. TEL: (604) 689-7837 John Menzies, President, Robert Bell, CEO CELL: (604) 803-5910 EMAIL: jmenzies@istar.ca INET: steppe-gold.com

To: brian krause who wrote (999)	7/9/1998 7:31:00 PM
From: abdias	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1248

I have been a follower of this stock for some time now, having bought some in the mid 30 cents area almost a year ago. I was apprehensive about owning a VSE stock operating in Kazakstan naturally, but was impressed by John Menzies and his relationship with users on this thread. Before the recent financing debacle, the ever ubiquitous John would offer witty quips and assure everyone that all was processing excellently. Then the wheels fell off the wagon, and suddenly the ever present (when compliments were dished out) John disappeared from this thread when serious questions were raised. Now I accept that this investment was always a speculative one, and the cease-trade (and I believe subsequent de-listing) probably shouldn't surprise. What does surprise though, is that John should vanish like the aptly phrased 'thief in the night'. Anyone can be humble and chatty when the hyperboles are flowing John, but your recent lack of contribution (and I'm sure you still read this) speaks volumes about your character. As I said earlier, I see no valid reason why we should believe in you or your company, and I think de-listing is not a matter of whether, but when. If you have any rationale that suggests otherwise, prove that you are not as weak in character as I suspect, and address all holders of this stock on this thread and tell us otherwise. I'm not holding my breath John .........