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esday, January 12, 2005

Final fate of sawmill —

could be

BTtTA USCA estersTY

known

“by early next week

By JEFF NAGEL
' THE. RECEIVER ‘ oversee- “h
ing New Skeena Forest

_~Products- hopes-to know*by * be Gne;*=
Another source of uncer-......

carly=next-week whether a
deal will go ahead to operate
rather than liquidate the T er-
race sawmill.

tainty’

Larry Prentice, vice- ~pres- band near Prince Rupert for — the ex-Repap bidders, if cho-
‘ident of Ernst. and Young  $4.815 million... sen, would lead to-a stable
Inc., said auctioncer May- That deal ‘is ‘slated. lo operating sawmill here.
ards’ offer to liquidate the | close Jan. 17. ° “Don't hold, your breath

,_ Terrace mill expires Jan. 15. But Prentice said loggers | looking for.anything good_

He said that’s one ‘of a . are appealing a court ruling from those guys,” he said.

series of factors driving the
negotiations now. underway
between himself, ‘various
bidders and the City of ‘Ter-
race to,an early conclusion. “|
' “Tam-very focussed on a
resolution early in January.
‘of what we’re going to-do in
Terrace,” Prentice said last
“week. ;
. “On,.or before ‘Jan. 15
~we'll know whether ‘or noo “PE
“those assets are going to be _ heard
turned over.to Maynards or —
whether there’s a transaction
at ‘an-.economic level that.
somebody is going, to step
up and be prepared to do.”
Prentice said he remains
cautiously | optimistic the _
» sawmill here can be sold to
someone. who will operate .
ih
Pm. hopeful there’ S.a..

there:

SHO

comp

oe that--can come togeth-

say. it’s probable. ‘there will=

. Sale of Tree. Farm Licence
#1 tothe: Lax Kw’alaams:.

that allowed the termination
_ of: their evergreen contracts
to cut half the. timber, from
the TFL. 0
*m sure the purchaser
will not want to close until

he said, adding he’s seeking”
a speedy consideration of.
_ the issue. by:the B:C. Court
of Appeal.

closing date.”

Prentice won’t name bid-
ders but Don Hull and Sons
Contracting had previously
* confirmed it and other log-—
ging firms here were bidding
for: the Terrace mill, as were
a group of ex-Repap execu-
tives who ran Skeena Cellu-
lose in the carly 1990s.

But

week said the contractors
group no longer appears to
be the preferred bidder, °
= ==We haven’Uheard*much
in wo of three Weeks.” he
said.
don’t look that promising.”
Hull. was. not optimistic

¢ said. “But I can’t yet

is the outcome of the

Terrace mayor Jack Tal-
Stra, who was leaving last

China, declined to disctiss

°§ an answer to that,”
-. in assistance to a potential
new owner, -
He said the next’ major
step is waiting to see wheth-
m trying to have that er the tree farm licence sale
and decided before the
: goes ahead.

ics of the whole sale process
change. “That allows other
people to make an offer on
it,” he said.

The Kitselas and Kitsum-
kalum bands had previously
bid. for the TFL, but had_of-
fered a much lower amount
than Lax Kwa’alaams.

Gordon | Hull last

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