The auditors prior to Somes and Cooke either resigned or 'walked...

The auditors prior to Somes and Cooke either resigned or 'walked away' - I believe it was BDO Kendall without going back through announcements.
They saw the Matanda discrepancy and didn't like it imo....

The PwC report was the Caplin (Tony Caplin - read controversial)Report - signed off by Price Waterhouse Coopers (Belgian Office?)for authenticity.
Plenty of questions since re the PWC sign off, and who was paid what to do what etc - but yes, at hte time we still all believed it was fair to accept things on face value from CVI management and their ASX announcements.
Caplin was announced as an institutional expert around MArch 2008....

It's all cringe worthy now - but yes, at the time it looked so legit. More shareholder money to people to try and build up the picture.
Damn them to hell...