SEC Company Response from Caledonia Mining Corp Plc (CMCL) (CIK 0000766011) (CMCL) — Mar 9, 2007
Caledonia Mining Corp Plc (CMCL) (CIK 0000766011)
Date: March 9, 2007 · CIK: 0000766011 · Accession: 0001137171-07-000296
AI Filing Summary & Sentiment
Reasoning
Referenced dates: December 12, 2006
Letter
CC Filed by Filing Services Canada Inc. 403-717-3898
Mr. Baer:
As a result of our telephone conversation this morning I have asked Steve Curtis, the Company's Chief Financial Officer - based in the Company's Johannesburg office - to ascertain the status of the preparation of a reply to your letter dated December 12, 2006. As the responses requested were entirely relating to engineering the responses could not, of course, be prepared by Mr. Curtis and were to be worked on by the Company's senior geological staff in the Johannesburg office. Hopefully I will have a status report within 1 - 2 days.
With respect to clause1 of the letter - Caledonia has resolved to permanently close the Barbrook Mine and efforts are currently underway to sell it. I attach a copy of a News Release that Caledonia issued January 17, 2007 describing the situation.
With hindsite it might now be said that Caledonia should perhaps not have included reserve estimates for the Barbrook Mine in its 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2005.
In an earlier telephone conversation you confirmed that any revisions to the 20-F should include the information which Caledonia had as of thte date of the document. Under the circumstances, it would not appear to be necessary to change the December 31, 2005 20-F - nor would it now be necessary for Caledonia to supply you with information relative to the matters referred to in clause 1 of your letter. The information in the 20-F was the information the Company had at the date of the document. At that date the Company's Board believed that Barbrook could be made profitable. But the December 31, 2006 20-F A/R which is now under preparation will not, of course, claim Barbrook as a material property nor refer to any reserves.
Could you confirm that under the circumstances described above you do not require any further reply to clause 1 of the letter?
Sincerely,
Carl Jonsson
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CORRESP 1 filename1.htm CC Filed by Filing Services Canada Inc. 403-717-3898 Mr. Baer: As a result of our telephone conversation this morning I have asked Steve Curtis, the Company's Chief Financial Officer - based in the Company's Johannesburg office - to ascertain the status of the preparation of a reply to your letter dated December 12, 2006. As the responses requested were entirely relating to engineering the responses could not, of course, be prepared by Mr. Curtis and were to be worked on by the Company's senior geological staff in the Johannesburg office. Hopefully I will have a status report within 1 - 2 days. With respect to clause1 of the letter - Caledonia has resolved to permanently close the Barbrook Mine and efforts are currently underway to sell it. I attach a copy of a News Release that Caledonia issued January 17, 2007 describing the situation. With hindsite it might now be said that Caledonia should perhaps not have included reserve estimates for the Barbrook Mine in its 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2005. In an earlier telephone conversation you confirmed that any revisions to the 20-F should include the information which Caledonia had as of thte date of the document. Under the circumstances, it would not appear to be necessary to change the December 31, 2005 20-F - nor would it now be necessary for Caledonia to supply you with information relative to the matters referred to in clause 1 of your letter. The information in the 20-F was the information the Company had at the date of the document. At that date the Company's Board believed that Barbrook could be made profitable. But the December 31, 2006 20-F A/R which is now under preparation will not, of course, claim Barbrook as a material property nor refer to any reserves. Could you confirm that under the circumstances described above you do not require any further reply to clause 1 of the letter? Sincerely, Carl Jonsson Carl R. Jonsson Tupper Jonsson & Yeadon Barristers & Solicitors An Association of Lawyers and Law Corporations 1710 - 1177 West Hastings Street Vancouver, B.C. V6E 2L3 Tel: (604) 640-6357 Fax: (604) 681-0139 This message may contain confidential or privileged material. Any use of this information by anyone other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately reply to the sender and delete this information from your computer. Thank you.