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Many Canadian mint workers fired for theft, gold-in-rectum trial hears

Section: Daily Dispatches

Kelly Egan
Ottawa Citizen
Sunday, October 2, 2016

The employee suspected of smuggling gold up his rectum from the Royal Canadian Mint would not be the first inside job at the Crown corporation on Sussex Drive.

Many were kept quiet until word leaked out during the trial of Leston Lawrence, 35, of Barrhaven, who is accused of stealing about $180,000 from Fort Knox North by "secreting" gold nuggets -- called pucks -- "on his person."

The Citizen has examined records of the trial not covered by any media. Quite an eye-opener.

Martin Sevigny is a security analyst at the mint and, in his 12-year career, has been a front-line protective services officer, the ones who operate metal detectors and hand-held wands. The arch-style detectors and wands are the primary defence against employees walking out with hidden chunks of gold.

Sevigny told the trial he knows of about five occasions in which employees have been caught attempting to exit with small amounts of gold. ...

... For the remainder of the report:

http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/egan-many-mint-workers-fired-fo...



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NewCastle Gold's New CEO, Gerald Panneton, Hits the Ground Running

By Tommy Humphreys
CEO.ca
Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Mining entrepreneur Gerald Panneton took a few years off after building one of Canada's largest gold miners, Detour Gold. He raced performance cars in his down time, and conducted due diligence on various mining assets to potentially back.

This summer, the geologist set his sights on NewCastle Gold (TSXV:NCA), owner of a past-producing gold mine in California with similarities to Detour Gold in its early days. ...

... For the remainder of the report:

https://ceo.ca/@tommy/new-newcastle-gold-ceo-gerald-panneton-hits-the-gr...



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