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ReconAfrica responds to the Globe and Mail's recent inaccurate and defamatory article
ReconAfrica responds to the Globe and Mail's recent inaccurate and defamatory article ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n ReconAfrica responds to the Globe and Mail's recent inaccurate and defamatory article\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n \n VANCOUVER, BC\n \n ,\n \n June 22, 2021\n \n /CNW/ - Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd. (the\n \n \"\n \n Company\" or\n \n \"\n \n ReconAfrica\") (TSX-V: RECO) (OTCQX: RECAF) (\n \n Frankfurt\n \n : 0XD) provides a factual response to Globe & Mail's false and defamatory article dated\n \n June 20, 2021\n \n .\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Globe and Mail\n \n \n \n '\n \n \n \n s False Allegations\n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Globe and Mail article published on\n \n June 20, 2021\n \n attacks ReconAfrica and\n \n Canada's\n \n securities regulators and regulations, not on the basis of a complaint from stockholders, but because clandestine environmental activists - who refused to be identified for the story - are seeking to disrupt the Company's promising operations in\n \n Namibia\n \n by any means necessary.\n \n \n In their disruptive activities against ReconAfrica and the Canadian securities regulators, these environmentalists found a willing collaborator in the Globe and Mail, which sought to lend credence to their false claims by misrepresenting the Company's programs and intentions, including its opening of a new office in\n \n Calgary\n \n . ReconAfrica remains headquartered in\n \n British Columbia\n \n and is opening a new operations office in\n \n Calgary\n \n that will not change the Company's regulatory jurisdiction.\n \n \n Such disruptive activities are an attempt to negatively impact ReconAfrica's share price to the benefit of short sellers. As published by shortdata.ca, ReconAfrica has the largest declared short position of all TSXV companies.\n \n \n After refusing to provide ReconAfrica with the environmental activist's purported British Columbia Securities Commission's complaint, The Globe and Mail eagerly repeated false and defamatory allegations within its article and intentionally prevented ReconAfrica from responding.  ReconAfrica will be seeking ...