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2012 BCSECCOM 324
Cease Trade Order
Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd.
Section 164 of the Securities Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 418
¶ 1 Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd. (Barkerville) is a mineral exploration company with offices
in Vancouver, British Columbia. Barkerville is a reporting issuer in British Columbia.
Its securities are listed on the TSX-Venture Exchange.
¶ 2 Barkerville holds a mineral property in the Cariboo Mining District of British Columbia
(the Cariboo Gold Property), which includes mineral deposits at Cow Mountain. The
Cariboo Gold Property is a property material to Barkerville.
¶ 3 On June 28, 2012, Barkerville issued a news release that included first time disclosure
of a change in mineral resources at Cow Mountain. The increase in mineral resources
was a material change in the affairs of Barkerville.
¶ 4 Pursuant to section 4.2(1)(j)(ii) of National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure
for Mineral Projects (NI 43-101), Barkerville was required to file a technical report for
the Cariboo Gold Property, supporting the first time disclosure of the change in mineral
resources at Cow Mountain.
¶ 5 On August 13, 2012, Barkerville filed a technical report, dated August 13, 2012, on the
Cariboo Gold Property (the Report). The Report was not prepared in the required form.
¶ 6 Under section 164(1) of the Act, the Executive Director orders that all trading in the
securities of Barkerville cease until:
1. it files a technical report for the Cariboo Gold Property, completed in accordance
with the Act and regulations, supporting Barkerville’s disclosure of the change in
mineral resources at the Cow Mountain (the required record), and
2. the Executive Director makes an order under section 164 of the Act revoking this
order.
¶ 7 August 14, 2012
Robert Holland, P.Geo.
Chief Mining Advisor
Corporate Finance