Expert: Steven Taylor - 5/20/2011

Question
I have read most of your answers(I must say you are doing a great job)but did not find any of the following stocks and about them I would like you,please, to give me as much info as possible as from Italy it is hard to get.
I bought them in 1965/70, left Toronto and lost track of them:

PCE Exploration Ltd – Canada Permanent Trust Co. Toronto
Yellowknife Bear Mines Ltd – Guaranty Trust Co. Toronto
Copper Reef Mines Ltd -  Guaranty Trust Co.  Toronto
Far East Minerals Ltd. – Guaranty Trust Co. – Vancouver
Kayjon Minerals Ltd. – Guaranty Trust Co. Toronto
Amalgameted Rare Earth Mines Ltd. – Guaranty Trst. Co. Toronto
Victoria Algoma Mineral Co. Ltd. – Eastern&Chartered Trst. Co. Toronto
Starrat Nickel Mines Ltd – Crown Trst. Co. Toronto
Columbia River Mines Ltd. – Crown Trust Co. Vancouver

Thank you very much
Ermy

Answer
Ermy, from the information I have availale:

PCE did a 1 for 6 reverse and became Pan Central Exploration. I don't have any other information on the status of the company, but certificates for it show up occasionally on certificate collector sites for sale, which strongly suggests no current value.

Copper Reef had its charter cancelled in 1967. No value.

Far East had its charter cancelled in 1979. No value.

Kayjon went through 2 name changes and a reverse stock split but was later dissolved with no value for shareholders.

Amalgamated Rare Earth did a 1 for 5, then a 1 for 14.9 reverse stock split and became Health and Environment Technologies. I have no information on what happened to that company after that point.

Victoria Algoma had its charter cancelled in 1976. No value.

Starrat did a 1 for 5 reverse and became Starrat Resources, which was suspended and cease traded in 1991. That cease-trade order remains in effect.

Columbia River did a 1 for 5 reverse split, then a 1 for 10 and became Ruth Vermont Mines, which was later dissolved in 1995. No value.

Yellowknife Bear became Yellowknife Bear Resources before merging into Rayrock Yellowknife (1 for 1#. Shareholders also received 1 share of Discovery West. Rayrock merged into Glamis #2.4 shares Glamis for 1 share Rayrock#, which was later acquired by Goldcorp on the basis of 1.69 Goldcorp plus 1 cent cash for each Glamis share. Goldcorp currently trades on the NYSE for about $48.50 per share.

Discovery West became Magin #0.9846 for 1 Discovery West#, then NCE Petrofund #0.896 of a NCE unit per share of Magin#, then Pennwest #0.6 Pennwest unit plus $1.10 cash per unit of NCE#. Pennwest is now Pennwest Petroleum, which trades for about $25.50 on the NYSE.

For the Goldcorp and the Pennwest, you need to contact the current transfer agent - CIBC Mellon #www.cibcmellon.com).