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FORM 3 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 OMB APPROVAL
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INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES OMB Number: 3235-0104
Expires: December 31, 2001
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Estimated average burden
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or hours per response .... 0.5
(Print or Type Responses) Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 -----------------------------
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Date of Event Re- 4. Issuer Name AND Ticker or Trading Symbol
quiring Statement
Kyneton Investments, Ltd (1) (Month/Day/Year) Casmyn ("CMYN") now known as Aries Ventures Inc. ("ARVT")
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(Last) (First) (Middle) 4/11/00 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) 6. If Amendment, Date
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3. IRS or Social Se- Director X 10% Owner (Month/Day/Year)
c/o Shield Management Services curity Number of ---- ----
2 Jane Street, #501 Reporting Person Officer (give Other (specify ---------------------
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(Street) ---- ---- Joint/Group Filing
(Check Applicable
Toronto Canada M6S4W3 Line)
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Reporting Person
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Form filed by
More than One
X Reporting Person
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(City) (State) (Zip) TABLE I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Form: Direct Ownership (Instr. 5)
(Instr. 4) (D) or Indirect
(I) (Instr. 5)
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Shares are held in the name
Common Stock, $0.01 par value 296,855(2) I of SIL Nominees, Ltd.
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Over)
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, SEE Instruction 5(b)(v). SEC 1473 (3-99)
POTENTIAL PERSONS WHO ARE TO RESPOND TO THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM ARE NOT REQUIRED
TO RESPOND UNLESS THE FORM DISPLAYS A CURRENTLY VALID OMB CONTROL NUMBER.
1,2 - See "EXPLANATION OF RESPONSES" on next page.
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FORM 3 (CONTINUED) TABLE II - DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE
SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative Security 2. Date Exer- 3. Title and Amount of Securities 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) cisable and Underlying Derivative Security sion or ship Beneficial
Expiration (Instr. 4) Exercise Form of Ownership
Date Price of Deriv- (Instr. 5)
(Month/Day/ Deri- ative
Year) vative Security:
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Amount (D) or
Date Expir- or Indirect
Exer- ation Title Number (I)
cisable Date of
Shares (Instr. 5)
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Warrants to purchase Shares are held
Common Stock, $.01 par value Common Stock, in the name of
per share 4/11/00 4/11/01 $.01 par value 296,855(2) $6.00 I SIL Nominees, Ltd.
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EXPLANATION OF RESPONSES:
(1) This is a joint filing being made by Kyneton Investments, Ltd., a Cayman Islands corporation ("Kyneton"), on behalf of itself
and SIL Nominees, Ltd., a Cayman Islands corporation ("SIL"). SIL's address is c/o Shield Management Services, 2 Jane Street,
#501, Toronto, Canada M6S4W3.
(2) Each of the Reporting Persons beneficially owned shares of the Issuer's preferred stock ("Preferred Stock") and/or shares of
its common stock ("Common Stock") prior to the Effective Date of the Plan of Reorganization. Pursuant to the terms of the
Plan of Reorganization, each share of the Issuer's Preferred Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Date was
converted on the Effective Date into 5.27 shares of Issuer's Common Stock (the "Conversion"). In addition, pursuant to the
Plan of Reorganization, on the Effective Date, a 1 for 500 reverse split of Issuer's Common Stock occurred (the "Reverse
Split"). The shares of Common Stock set forth in Items 7, 9 and 11, and the percentages set forth in Item 13, of the cover
pages to this Schedule 13D with respect to both Anvil and Mr. Zucker reflect the Conversion and the Reverse Split.
(3) Pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization, warrants were issued to all holders of Issuer's Common Stock on a one-for-one basis,
after giving effect to the Conversion and the Reverse Split.
Kyneton Investments, Ltd.,
a Cayman Islands corporation
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute By: /s/ Ansel Slome May 10, 2000
Federal Criminal Violations. SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001 ------------------------------------ -----------------
and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Title: Duly Authorized Agent
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space is insufficient, SEE Instruction 6 for procedure.
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not
required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. Page 2
SEC 1473 (3-99)
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