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Murdered chairman of Maritime General and Fedility Finance John Smith. -
Murdered insurance executive John Henry Smith has been remembered by his employer as an actor, playwright, musician, singer and masman.
But Smith shot into the national spotlight for more ignominious reasons more than 17 years ago when he, along with UNC financiers, politicians and business people were hauled to court on a series of criminal charges arising out of what is now the longest-ever corruption case in this country s history.
He died while out on million-dollar bail and before he got the opportunity to present his own case in his defence for crimes accusing him and others of stealing nearly $1 billion from the maligned $1.6 billion Piarco Airport project between 1995 and 2006.
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Touchstone exploration: an onshore success story
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Touchstone’s discoveries, being onshore and close to existing NGC pipelines means that the development cost will be low and that the fields can be brought on production sooner than offshore gas fields. Photo courtesy the Geological Society of TT -
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Touchstone’s share price was CAD$0.20 in January 2019; by January 2020 it had doubled to $0.40. But by January 2021, despite extenuating circumstances related to the covid19 pandemic, it was approximately CAD$2.50, over 12 times what it was worth two years prior. What caused this and why it is important to TT?
In 2011, CL Financial sold its oil producing subsidiary, the Primera Group, to Canada’s Touchstone Exploration Inc for approximately US$50 million. At the time, Primera had 16 oil and gas properties across southern Trinidad.