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Posted on 12/09/2015 7:51:09 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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The AP attempted to reach Siklas and a Neptune executive, Josh Adam, by phone, email and in-person visits to their homes last week but received no replies.
In the email, Siklas also said that his then-employer, Goldman Sachs, was representing Neptune.
“I introduced them to GS and the bankers took them on as a client,” Siklas told Mezvinsky in the email.
Before joining Eaglevale, Mezvinsky had also worked for eight years at Goldman, partly during Siklas’ tenure there between 2004 and 2007. Members of the influential New York firm were one of Clinton’s top funders in her 2008 presidential race, giving more than $225,000 that cycle. The firm has also been a major donor to the Clinton Foundation, giving between $1 million and $5 million.
Clinton’s public push for a U.S. role in securing deep sea mining rights quickly hit home at Neptune Mining. Three days after her Senate appearance, Siklas, who described himself as a “passive investor” in Neptune, emailed Mezvinsky.
“Hey bud,” Siklas wrote, telling Mezvinsky that Neptune was pursuing sea-floor massive sulfide (SMS) mining in the South Pacific and had just bought out two other mining firms. Siklas said that he and Adam needed “a contact in Hillary’s office: someone my friend Josh (and I perhaps) can reach out via email or phone to discuss SMS mining and the current legal issues and regulations.” Siklas, then registered as a stockbroker at Goldman Sachs in New York, had contributed $2,000 to Hillary Clinton’s 2008 unsuccessful presidential bid.
Siklas said the State Department would be interested in the subject following Clinton’s Senate testimony. He said he and Adam “would feel very fortunate to have someone’s ear on this topical issue, with the hope that at some point we get in front of the secretary herself.”
The emails do not show how Clinton became directly aware of Siklas’ email to Mezvinsky or why it took three months for her to act after Mezvinsky became involved. The emails do not show a reply from Mezvinsky, but Hillary Clinton eventually obtained a copy and sent it to Nides that August, ordering a follow-up.
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