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BRIAN GAYNOR: Backdoor listing No. 8 - Chris Castle

Brian Gaynor
Wed, 24 Jun 2020

BRIAN GAYNOR: Backdoor listing No. 8 - Chris Castle

Brian Gaynor
Wed, 24 Jun 2020

Chris Castle, who has been involved with NZX companies for nearly 45 years, is participating in another complex backdoor listing.This time he is asking Aorere Resources shareholders to approve the reverse acquisition of Queensland based All Industrial Networks Limited. The virtual special meeting to approve the transaction will be held tomorrow, June 25.Castle is a stubborn and persistent individual, who has had little success on the NZX. Nevertheless, he keeps coming back with complicated transactions that are unlikely to be better than h...

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