Order: In the Matter of Plateau Energy Metals Inc. et al.

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IN THE MATTER OF
PLATEAU ENERGY METALS INC., ALEXANDER FRANCIS CUTHBERT HOLMES and
PHILIP NEVILLE GIBBS

Wendy Berman, Vice-Chair and Chair of the Panel

File No. 2021-16
December 9, 2021

ORDER

WHEREAS on November 17, 2021, the Ontario Securities Commission held a hearing by videoconference;

ON HEARING the submissions of the representatives for Staff of the Commission and for each of Plateau Energy Metals Inc., Alexander Francis Cuthbert Holmes and Philip Neville Gibbs (collectively, the Respondents);

IT IS ORDERED THAT:

  1. Staff shall serve the Respondents with the expert’s report and qualifications for any expert evidence it intends to introduce at the merits hearing by 4:30 p.m. on May 2, 2022;
  2. each party shall provide to the Registrar a completed copy of the E-hearing Checklist for Videoconference Hearings by 4:30 p.m. on September 7, 2022;
  3. each party shall serve the other party with a hearing brief containing copies of the documents, and identifying the other things, that the party intends to produce or enter as evidence at the merits hearing, by 4:30 p.m. on September 12, 2022;
  4. a further attendance in this matter is scheduled for September 14, 2022 at 10:00 a.m., by videoconference, or on such other date and time as may be agreed to by the parties and set by the Office of the Secretary;
  5. each party shall provide to the Registrar the electronic documents that the party intends to rely on or enter into evidence at the merits hearing, along with an index file containing hyperlinks to the documents in the hearing brief, in accordance with the Protocol for E-hearings, by 4:30 p.m. on October 4, 2022; and
  6. the merits hearing in this proceeding shall take place by videoconference and commence on October 12, 2022 at 10:00 a.m., and continue on October 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 26, 27, 28, and 31, 2022 and January 11 and 12, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. on each day, or on such other dates and times as may be agreed to by the parties and set by the Office of the Secretary.

 

“Wendy Berman”
Wendy Berman