SARS Email Trail 06 / 07

SARS Email Trail 2006–2007 – Condensed Timeline

PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL – reconstructed from BF SARS 06 & 07.txt. Focused on dates, parties, and purpose; non‑essential boilerplate removed.

Key participants

• John D N Schoeman / “Blue File” – bluefile@telkomsa.net
• Dr Mandisa Putuma Mokwena – SARS BIU / later GM: Segmentation & Research – mmokwena@sars.gov.za
• Andrew Trainor – SARS BIU – atrainor@sars.gov.za
• Ferdi (Freyer/Friar) – NIA – ferdif@nia.gov.za
• Gert Loots – forwarding account / mirror – bluefile222@yahoo.co.uk

2007 – Core trail (from current excerpt)

10 July 2007 – ABN Amro / Barclays context

• From: Schoeman → To: Andrew Trainor

Cc: Mandisa

Subject: BF ABN AMRO & Barclays

Purpose: Sends articles and draws parallels between:

- ABN Amro / Barclays transactions,

- and Glazer Property Portfolio 3.1 in Blue File Summary 2004.

Highlights ABN Amro Australia (Pty) Ltd & Lion Selection as important for base‑metals/mining asset flows.

8 August 2007 – First NIA series: BF parts & Botswana addendum

• From: Schoeman → To: ferdif@nia.gov.za

Subject: BF Part 3

Sends Part 3 of a multi‑part Blue File 2007 submission.

• From: Schoeman → To: ferdif@nia.gov.za

Subject: BF Summaries

Transmits summary documents; notes he will add Gallery Gold later.

• From: Schoeman → To: ferdif@nia.gov.za

Subject: BF Botswana Addendum to last series

Provides an addendum focused on Botswana (Tati/Bamangwato and related mineral rights) to complement earlier series.

15 August 2007 – Falconbridge / Noranda / inherited wealth

• From: Schoeman → To: ferdif@nia.gov.za

Subject: BF New Series part 1 & Falconbridge Exit

Enclosures / points noted:

1. Falconbridge Prospectus 1997 – description of share capital & Noranda (pp. 19–20).

2. “Inherited wealth” – p.12; Edper Brascan increasing stake in Brascan to 40%.

3. Noranda & Royal Trust Indenture 1987 (SEDAR file, 2 Aug 2006).

4. Noranda AIF 1998, p.3 – Noranda’s 47.5% interest in Falconbridge.

5. Noranda AIF 1998, p.26 – “Information concerning Noranda before arrangement”.

6. Noranda material agreements & BNY Trust management trust agreements (2003).

6. Management Information Circular March 2005, p.27 – Falconbridge International (FIL); 1985 FIL agreement (includes BCL); directors’ details pp.72–75.

7. Noranda receives support for Falconbridge 3 June 05.

States: “I will follow with Part 2.”

17 August 2007 – NIA confirmations and BF 2007 parts

1. BF Summaries

- From: Schoeman → To: Ferdi

     **Cc:** `bluefile222@yahoo.co.uk`  
     **Subject:** `FW: BF Summaries`  
     Asks Ferdi to confirm receipt: “Please let me know if you get this.”

2. Botswana Addendum

- From: Schoeman → To: Ferdi

     **Cc:** `bluefile222@yahoo.co.uk`  
     **Subject:** `FW: BF Botswana Addendum to last series`  
     Again requests confirmation.

3. Tati Mineral Rights & LionOre

- From: Schoeman → To: Ferdi

     **Cc:** `bluefile222@yahoo.co.uk`  
     **Subject:** `BF Tati Mineral Right Status FF & Lion Ore`  

- Notes: “these title deeds were not easy to get!” – indicating submission of primary title‑deed evidence on Tati & related LionOre interests.

4. BF 07 Part 2

- From: Schoeman → To: Ferdi

     **Cc:** `bluefile222@yahoo.co.uk`  
     **Subject:** `BF 07 Part 2`  

- Continues the 2007 multi‑part Blue File series.

5. Self‑archive

- From: Schoeman → To: bluefile222@yahoo.co.uk

- Internal mirror of what was sent to NIA.

16 October 2007 – BF & GF Russia

• From: Schoeman → To: ferdif@nia.gov.za

Cc: bluefile222@yahoo.co.uk

Subject: BF & GF Russia

Key ideas:

• Sends multiple articles on the Russian situation.
• Notes that the changing political climate in Russia could be a precedent for similar action in South Africa.
• Asks whether the same Green File (GF) bonds used in Russia’s asset raids might be doing “the same in Africa” – explicitly tying Norlisk / LionOre / Gold Fields to earlier GF structures.
• States that related evidence had already been submitted to SARS BIU from March 2005.
• Concludes that the “externalization of restructured ‘property’ completes its final phase and the might of SA ‘teeth’ [is] a distant memory.”

17 October 2007 – Trainor’s acknowledgement

• From: Andrew Trainor → To: Schoeman

Subject: RE: BF & GF Russia

Essence:

• Light, informal acknowledgement: “Greetings Mr Schoeman..”
• Queries the UK Yahoo address: “Bluefile222@yahoo.co.uk? You have a UK connect?”
• Suggests they should “catch up sometime even if just socially.”

(Shows awareness but no substantive comment on the Russia / LionOre material.)

18 October 2007 – Schoeman to Trainor (African Diamonds & frustration)

• From: Schoeman → To: Trainor

Subject: Personal

Key points:

• Asks if Trainor received his mail on African Diamonds.
• Explains the UK Yahoo address is a private mailbox created by NIA.
• Reports that when he checked with NIA in June, he was shocked by the lack of progress on BF.
• Describes compiling urgent evidence on the LionOre / Norilsk $7bn transaction to try to overturn Competition Tribunal approval.
• States he now feels “completely prejudiced” by the 2.5‑year process and regrets bringing BF into the open.
• Mentions his Nature Reserve in George – a community trust, sustainability/heritage project – as the intended beneficiary of any BF‑related recovery, indicating the national‑interest frame of his work.

6 November 2007 – Schoeman to Trainor (request for recognition & closure)

• From: Schoeman → To: Trainor

Subject: Personal

Requests he asks Mokwena/TM to motivate:

1. Recognition for his intellectual property.
2. Acknowledgement that he has served his country.
3. A residence visa for his co‑researcher “Terry” (US citizen).
4. Compensation for costs.
5. A clean record.
6. Government support to:
   • expand the Nature Reserve for community benefit, and
   • secure OPIC funding for wind power as a model “green footprint” for George.
7. Clearance / formal closure.

In return, he offers:

• A complete copy of all his records, and/or
• A cession/assignment/transfer or cancellation of his own entitlement, effectively handing over rights to the work.

15 November 2007 – BF Closure (to Mokwena)

• From: Schoeman → To: mmokwena@sars.gov.za

Subject: BF Closure

Note in excerpt:

• Says he is sending his personal correspondence to her dated 13 Nov 07 (not reproduced here), formally moving to close his engagement.

16 November 2007 – Blocked emails & mirrored submissions to Mokwena

1. MailMarshal blocks (SARS firewall)

- From: mailfirewall@sars.gov.za → To: Schoeman

- Subjects: BF Submission and FW: BF African Diamonds

- Reason: “Block Mail Larger than 2MB”.

2. Resent to Mokwena with commentary

- From: Schoeman → To: mmokwena@sars.gov.za

- Subject: FW: BF African Diamonds

- Explains this is “an example of submissions for your records.”

- Notes: Investec increased its holding on 14 Nov 07 and Mwana Africa has concluded the acquisition of SouthernEra Diamonds – “The circle is almost closed.”

- Adds: “I won’t send you more.”

3. Forwarding the NIA series to SARS BIU

Multiple forwards from Schoeman to Mokwena on 16 Nov 2007 mirror what went to NIA earlier in August:

- BF 07 Part 2

- BF submission Part 3

- BF Botswana Addendum to last series

- BF Tati Mineral Right Status FF & Lion Ore

- BF Summaries

- BF New Series part 1 & Falconbridge Exit

These are explicitly “for your records” – ensuring SARS BIU holds the same detailed evidence NIA was given.

2006 items and further detail

NOTE: The attached BF SARS 06 & 07.txt contains a much larger body of 2006–early‑2007 traffic (not yet fully extracted here), including:

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• early SARS BIU engagement in 2006,
• the first task‑force / Presidential Task Force references, and
• internal SARS/NIA logistics around handling the 42 files delivered in Oct 2005.

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If desired, I can extend this timeline downward with those 2006 entries as a second phase of extraction.

This timeline is intended to give a clear, low‑bloat view of who said what, when, and why in 2007, focusing on how Schoeman’s Blue File research was fed into SARS BIU and NIA, and how his later requests for recognition and closure were handled.

Additional 2006–2007 timeline entries (from extended email trail)

Supplementing the 2007 summary above with key 2006 and early‑2007 items, focusing on content that advances the Blue File narrative.

16 Jan 2007 – Ultimatum to Mokwena (Blue File closure signal)

• From: Schoeman → To: Mandisa

Subject: Blue File (High importance; Confidential)

Essence:

• Refers to unanswered correspondence of 5 Dec 2006.
• Notes:

- He has spent 13 years completing two historical precedents (GF & BF), at great personal and financial cost.

- His surviving parent has just died, “with no closure” on his long pursuit.

- He has been advised to discontinue efforts with SARS/NIA and to dispose of his interest.

• States that BF is an historical precedent “of significant relevance in our fragile democracy”, which has been usurped under false pretence, with no recognition for IP, illumination or costs.
• Asks rhetorically which citizen invests more than R1m and 18 months into such work without recognition.
• Concludes: if he does not hear from her by Friday 19 Jan 2007, he will consider BF with SARS/NIA closed.

29–31 May 2007 – Tax status, recognition request & impatience

31 May 2007 – Formal appeal to Mokwena for recognition

• From: Schoeman → To: Mandisa

Subject: J Schoeman & Blue File

Key points:

• Recaps that in 2006 he was told BF was transferred to a special task force (incl. NIA, others).
• In Feb 2007, “Karen L” informed him the GM of NIA would contact him re the way forward – but there has been no communication for nine months.
• Asks whether he is seen “in a negative light” and why his IP compilation has had no recognition.
• Reminds her of their first meeting, where they agreed to joint collaboration and various protocols that never materialised.
• Notes that his IP foundation covers 14 years (GF & BF) and is historically sensitive and nationally relevant.
• Says daily submissions over two years have been labour‑intensive; he still sends updates, yet has received neither criticism nor credit.
• Asks explicitly for written accreditation & validation of his research so he can explain the past five years and seek other work.

30 May 2007 – Tax exemption query to SARS

• From: Schoeman → To: rlabuschagne@sars.gov.za; cc Mandisa

Subject: 2886/019/84/9 and 9426/465/15/0 P‑Tax Exemption Status Request 31 May 07

Essence:

• Explains that Blue File (Pty) Ltd was created for security/IP and has not traded; he has incurred substantial debt investigating BF (client Michele Glazer reneged).
• Notes the sensitivity of the matter and his inability to afford an audit or litigation.
• Explains that over two years he has submitted IP to SARS BIU with no income, and that potential collaboration/purchase of IP has not materialised.
• Requests guidance on achieving tax exemption for his personal and BF company tax numbers, given his effective nil income and national‑interest work.

4 Jun 2007 – Status follow‑up (to Trainor, cc Mokwena)

• From: Schoeman → To: Trainor; cc Mandisa

Subject: FW: J Schoeman & Blue File Status

Essence:

• Notes he waited for Trainor’s call on 1 June 2007 (which never came).
• Reports that “K” told him on 31 May 2007 that dramatic changes at NIA had affected positions of people who had planned to meet him, leaving no clarity on “the way forward”.
• Asks: what happened to the Presidential Task Force and the Master of the Supreme Court’s jurisdiction over the Glazer Will Trust?
• Sets out evidence of dilution and deception by the Trustees and uses Botswana & LionOre/Xstrata ($5bn) as an example.
• Reiterates that SARS holds a reconstruction matrix “where there was none”, built from his 14 years of work (GF & BF) at great risk and cost.
• States there is no purpose to his continued involvement in BF absent meaningful engagement.
• Again asks Trainor to motivate his intellectual‑property recognition request to Mandisa.

Mar–Jun 2007 – Ongoing deal‑flow emails (LionOre, Norilsk, Xstrata, First Quantum, Mwana, SouthernEra, Glencore)

Throughout Mar–Jun 2007, Schoeman sends a steady stream of single‑deal notes to Trainor (often cc Mandisa), each pointing to filings or press releases and linking them back to Blue File structures:

• LionOre / Xstrata / Norilsk

- April–May 2007: forwards LionOre AR 2006, AIFs, Xstrata support agreements and Q1 results.

- Provides his own interpretive notes:

• • identifies Tati Nickel, Tati Territory, Falconbridge, Tati Concessions, and Tati Non‑Disclosure as central.
  • traces Sam Glazer’s structuring of Bechuanaland assets via BEC → Tati → Sam Estates Land Co, including Bamangwato Concessions.
  • calls the $4–5bn LionOre transaction “but one example” of the value sitting on farms 73 & 75 NQ (out of 1.6m ha), linking it to potential recovery for M. Glazer (1/3) and hypothesised BF fee (35%).

• Botswana minerals & Tati detail

- 22 May 2007: sends a step‑by‑step reconstruction of BG’s 1970 agreement with Khama, 1974 cessions/abandonments, formation of Tati Nickel, FME (Guernsey), reverse takeover by Liberian Ore to form LionOre, and Anglo’s 2002 exit.

- Argues that “abandonment of mineral areas” was a smoke screen masking continued MR control by Glazer‑related entities and later consolidation into Falconbridge/Xstrata.

• First Quantum Minerals / DRC & Zambia (Katanga)

- 29 Mar – 4 Apr 2007: multiple mails titled “Katanga First Quantum & Glencore”, “BF First Quantum DRC & Zambia”, etc.

- Points to DRC Tech Report (21 Dec 2006) – mineral licences PE 562 & PE 646 (FQM 95%, DRC gov 5%) and mirrors this to historic BEC/BSA Northern Copper MR splits.

- Notes Investec‑syndicated loans and corporate patterns connecting Phelps Dodge, Falconbridge, Marc Rich / Glencore.

• SouthernEra / Mwana Africa / De Beers

- 19 Mar & early June 2007: highlights SouthernEra splitting, Botswana MR ceded to De Beers for 3.33% royalty, later acquisition of SouthernEra by Mwana Africa (formerly African Gold), and new AIM listings.

- Interprets these moves as part of a Blue File “exit or restructure” of BF‑linked concessions.

• Freeport McMoRan / Phelps Dodge

- 16 Mar 2007: directs Trainor to the Freeport–Phelps Dodge merger prospectus (15 Mar 2007), noting management biographies (Pannell) and broader US political connections (Gerald Ford, Kissinger).

- Comments that this “wraps up what didn’t go with Noranda/Falconbridge to Xstrata and the rest to MF Central,” underlining how BF‑mapped assets end up in a tiny set of global hands.

These mails are short, pointed, and often end with variations of: “please forward”, “for info”, or “just for info!” – they are meant as live intelligence feeds bolstering the already‑submitted Blue File matrix.

Late 2006 – BF status, task force, and frustration

5 Dec 2006 – BF status note to Mokwena (copy Trainor & Lerato)

• From: Schoeman → To: Mandisa

Cc: lmosetlhe@sars.gov.za; Trainor

Subject: BF Status

Essence:

• Forwards correspondence “self explanatory”; says he was inspired by Mokwena and the task‑force team when they first met.
• Reminds her he initially sought assistance to complete research and access SARB and other records.
• Recaps that GF (1993 onward) and BF (from 2002) are original historical precedents, silent in the public record, and that he has not received formal recognition for this work.
• Quotes Roosevelt on daring “mighty things” rather than living in the twilight zone.

6 Dec 2006 – Status correction

• From: Schoeman → To: Mandisa

Cc: Trainor

Subject: BF Status correction

• Simple correction: clarifies that the large SARS hand‑over meeting occurred on 14 Oct 2005, not 2006.

20–28 Nov 2006 – “BF Exit” mails to Trainor

• Multiple short mails titled BF Exit, BF & Tati, etc., pointing to:

- IAMGold’s acquisition of Gallery Gold (Botswana) and related AIM diamond listings on ex‑Tati ground with De Beers.

- Court reviews or “exit” maneuvers in the BF universe.

• These are essentially real‑time flags of ongoing BF‑relevant transactions.

2 Nov 2006 – Brascan / Canary Wharf series

• From: Schoeman → To: Trainor

Subjects:

- BF CT V& A Waterfront & London Canary Warf ?

- BF Brascan Canary Warf & Paul Reichman History ... (Parts 2 & 3)

Essence:

• Highlights a “pattern” between Cape Town V&A Waterfront and Canary Wharf.
• Notes that BF records include Sam Glazer’s intent to acquire Canary Wharf from cash‑strapped developer Paul Reichmann as early as 1992.
• Summarises Brascan/Edper Brascan controversies (1985–1989): Brascan was majority shareholder in Noranda, which in turn controlled Falconbridge.
• Connects this to the 2005 Noranda→Falconbridge name change and the 2006 acquisition by Xstrata.

This extended section, together with the main 2007 summary above, now gives you a compact but fairly complete 2006–2007 email timeline:

• how Schoeman fed live deal intelligence (LionOre, Norilsk, Xstrata, First Quantum, Mwana, Freeport/Phelps) into SARS BIU,
• how he repeatedly sought recognition, collaboration, and closure from Mokwena and Trainor, and
• how, over time, the promised task‑force response and institutional engagement failed to materialise.