Just wondering if you guys have discussed about this strange relationship between sgr board and skp board:

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skp board

http://www.strikepointgold.com/Board-Management.html

Richard A. Boulay, B.SC., Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Boulay graduated from Carleton University in 1967 with a Bachelor of Science degree in geology. His 40 year career has included a diversity of projects in the international mining, mineral exploration and mine financing industries, including twelve years of international mine project financing work with three international banks: The Bank of Montreal, The Royal Bank of Canada and The Bank of Tokyo. Throughout his entire career, Mr. Boulay has been active in mineral exploration in Canada, the United States and South America. Mr. Boulay is also a director of San Gold Corporation.



Mr. Courtney Shearer, Bsc. MBA, President

Mr. Shearer has an extensive background in the resource industries including mining, oil and gas and the timber business. He is a Director of San Gold Corporation and was CFO of Gold City Industries Ltd., one of San Gold's predecessor companies.

sgr board

http://www.sangoldcorp.com/index.php?id=54

Richard Boulay, B.Sc. - Director

Mr. Boulay is a geologist with 35 years of experience in senior and executive level management of junior mining companies. He has been involved as a mine project finance specialist with BMO Bank of Montreal, RBC Royal Bank and Bank of Tokyo. . Mr. Boulay is also a director for several public companies. Mr. Boulay is a member of the Nominations Committee and the Governance Committee and served as San Gold's Chief Financial Officer from 2005 until June 2007.
Courtney Shearer, B.Sc., MBA - Director

Mr. Shearer has a background in oil and gas and mining. He founded and ran an oilfield services company for 15 years and is currently the president of a private oil and gas company in Alberta. He is the director and committee member of another public company and was the CFO of Gold City Industries Ltd., one of the predecessor companies of San Gold Corporation. Mr. Shearer is the Chairman of the Governance Committee and a member of the Audit and Compensation Committees.

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So the CEO and President of skp are also current sgr directors and former sgr CFO. Do they own both sgr and skp shares ? If so, then how can they best represent skp shareholder's interest in negotiations with sgr on JV and future issues ? I have never seen any two companys have such strange relationship. I also speculate a merger talk between sgr and skp may be going on, since sgr's exploration skills plus skp's 50% rice lake land will create a new gold power house that may own 10-20M oz gold, if rice lake has the similar amount of gold as red lake, as many believe.

Pls share your thoughts. Thx in advance.