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5 unusual facts about George Arthur Forrest


Forsys Metals

In November 2008 George Arthur Forrest attempted to buy Forsys Metals through a subsidiary of his Forrest Group, offering CDN$579m.

George Arthur Forrest

George Arthur Forrest (born 1940) is a Belgian entrepreneur, owner of the Forrest Group (Groupe Forrest), a group of companies founded in the Belgian Congo in 1922 and active in civil engineering and mining.

In November 2008 one of Forrest's companies tried to buy Forsys Metals, a Canadian company with rights to a uranium lease in Namibia, for CDN$579m.

George Forrest

George Arthur Forrest (born 1940), Belgian businessman in the Belgian Congo

Katanga Business

The film explores the murky dealings between the state-owned Gécamines, foreign mining companies such as First Quantum Minerals and individuals like George Forrest, Indian and Chinese investors and state officials.



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