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Regulators seek public comment in race to regulate Wall Street
By Roberta Rampton
Reuters
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2515836220100825
WASHINGTON -- U.S. regulators are soliciting comments before attempting to write new rules ahead of fast approaching deadlines to implement the extensive swaps portion of the Wall Street reform law.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which will bear the brunt of the swaps rule-making frenzy, said on Wednesday it will publish a Federal Register notice seeking comments, its latest plea for information from players in the $615 trillion over-the-counter derivatives industry.
"Regulators are charged with putting some meat on the bones of the new law, but we want comments from folks to get it right," said CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton in a statement. "We know Washington doesn't have all the answers and we can't write these important rules in a vacuum," he said.
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Sona Resources Expects Positive Cash Flow from Blackdome,
Plans Aggressive Exploration of Elizabeth Gold Property
On May 18, 2010, Sona Resources Corp. (TSXV: SYS, Frankfurt: QS7) announced the release of a preliminary economic assessment for gold production at its flagship Blackdome and Elizabeth properties in British Columbia.
Sona Executive Chairman Nick Ferris says: "We view this as a baseline scenario for gold production. The project is highly sensitive to the price of gold. A conservative valuation of gold at $1,093 per ounce would result in a pre-tax cash flow of $54 million. The assessment indicates that underground mining at the two sites would recover 183,600 ounces of gold and 62,500 ounces of silver. Permitting and infrastructure are already in place for processing ore at the Blackdome mill, with a 200-tonne per day throughput over an eight-year mine life. Our near-term goal is to continue aggressive exploration at Elizabeth and develop a million-plus-ounce gold resource, commencing production in 2013."
For complete information on Sona Resources Corp. please visit: www.SonaResources.com
The CFTC has organized its to-do list into 30 topic areas, and has invited submissions on its web site to each. See:
http://www.cftc.gov/LawRegulation/OTCDerivatives/otc_rules.html
Most of the areas have a 360-day deadline, meaning the CFTC will need to propose draft rules by late November to mid-December so they can be finalized by mid-July, the agency's general counsel told a Futures Industry Association meeting this month.
"It's a very fast-moving process," Dan Berkovitz said, describing the challenge of trying to grapple with the intense industry interest on the plethora of rules.
Some rules with tighter deadlines will be drafted sooner, such as the much-anticipated revised rule for position limits for energy and metals markets. The final version of the rule is due by January.
Normally, interested parties often hold a series of meetings with CFTC staff members and commissioners to press their views on proposed rules, Berkovitz said. "Unfortunately, we don't have that luxury under the current process," he said.
Agency staff are holding some meetings and public roundtables to gather input on issues, he said.
The Securities and Exchange Commission, which also must draft regulations to implement parts of the derivatives rules, is following a similar course and will aim to have drafts published by mid-December, said Brian Bussey, associate director of the SEC's Division of Trading and Markets.
"Even though it's somewhat unorthodox to be seeking comment before proposed rules are actually out the door, I cannot stress enough the importance of commenting early and often," Bussey told the FIA meeting.
To listen to or watch the meeting:
http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-financial-reform-forum-program.asp?t=...
Both the CFTC and SEC are posting comments they receive on their websites. For the SEC's site, see:
http://www.sec.gov/spotlight/regreformcomments.shtml
Bank regulators are also putting an emphasis on transparency as they develop rules for other sections of the new law.
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Prophecy to Become Coal Producer This Year
with 1.5 Billion Tonnes of Resource
Prophecy Resource Corp. (TSX.V: PCY) announced on May 11 that it has entered into a mine services agreement with Leighton Asia Ltd. to begin coal production this year. Production will begin with a 250,000-tonne starter pit as planned in August, with production advancing to 2 million tonnes per year in 2011. Prophecy is fully funded to production and its management team includes John Morganti, Arnold Armstrong, and Rob McEwen.
For Prophecy's complete press release about its production plans, please visit:
http://www.prophecyresource.com/news_2010_may11.php
