Fission 3.0 Corp. and Jody Dahrouge have dropped lawsuits that they filed against each other in the Supreme Court of British Columbia in 2013 and 2014. In one of the suits Fission 3.0 had claimed that Mr. Dahrouge fraudulently acquired a group of permits in Saskatchewan. In the other Mr. Dahrouge had claimed that Fission 3.0's chairman, Dev Randhawa, defamed him in statements to the Northern Miner.

The dismissals are contained in consent orders filed on Feb. 5 and Feb. 3, 2015. The brief orders state that all claims in the lawsuits are dismissed. The orders also specify that there are no costs payable, which means that both sides must pay their own legal fees.

The orders bring an abrupt end to a dispute that began when Fission 3.0 and two related companies, Fission Uranium Corp. and Fission Energy Corp., filed a notice of claim against Mr. Dahrouge over a group of permits in Saskatchewan. The suit complained about Mr. Dahrouge's acquisition of ground that the company had allowed to lapse. According to the suit, Mr. Dahrouge acquired the permits using confidential information. He had been Fission Energy's president and knew that the company had only allowed the ground to lapse because of adverse financial conditions. The company had planned to reacquire the permits later, the suit stated. In breach of his duties, Mr. Dahrouge "fraudulently and dishonestly" picked up the property for himself, the suit claimed.

For his part, Mr. Dahrouge denied that he did anything wrong. In an Aug. 23, 2013, response, he claimed that there was no plan for the company to reacquire the permits. If it did have such a plan, it had more than sufficient money, he said. The total expense would have been $30,000 at a time when the company had over $2.5-million, his response stated.

(Keeping track of which company Mr. Dahrouge was defending against became a complex issue in the case. Although Fission Energy was initially the plaintiff, the company was later acquired by Denison Mines Corp. The suit was then pursued by Fission 3.0, a company that was hived off from Fission Uranium Corp., which was itself hived off from Fission Energy as part of the Denison transaction. At one point a judge simplified things greatly, ruling that Fission 3.0 was the only party with rights to the litigation. The judge also denied an injunction application by Fission 3.0 related to the properties, finding that the company had not established irreparable harm.)
Dahrouge's defamation case

After responding to the property case, Mr. Dahrouge filed a separate defamation lawsuit against Mr. Randhawa and Fission Uranium. His lawsuit, dated Feb. 5, 2014, complained about quotes attributed to Mr. Randhawa in the Northern Miner that he said left readers with the impression he was incompetent. Among other things, the quotes stated that Mr. Dahrouge had spent $9-million on one project without drilling a single hole. Mr. Randhawa also called Mr. Dahrouge "insane."
Mr. Dahrouge further complained that the comments were an unsolicited, defamatory attack. They left readers with the impression that he was an unfit director and was out of touch with the mining business, the suit stated. They also meant that he lacked knowledge or skill as a geologist and had poor judgement, the suit claimed.

Mr. Randhawa, however, maintained that his words were true. In a response filed March 7, 2014, he said that Mr. Dahrouge, as the company's president, had caused Fission Uranium to spend $8.42-million exploring the Davy Lake area, but did not do any drilling. The company later removed him as president after concluding he was "unable to effectively discharge his duties," the response stated.

The parties had been scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday morning in the property suit, but with the dismissal of the cases the appearance was cancelled. Mr. Dahrouge was represented by Vancouver lawyer Patrick Sullivan of Taylor Veinotte Sullivan. Fission and Mr. Randhawa were represented by James Sullivan of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP.
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