It has been a tough start to the year for Canadian natural gas-focused producers with most falling in the first week of trading. Birchcliff Energy Ltd. (BIR-T) is down 6.0 per cent in the first four trading days this year and is down 9.1 per cent over the past month. Over the past month, six insiders have spent a total of $256,569 buying shares in the public market. The biggest buyer was CFO Bruno Geremia, who bought 9,000 shares between Dec. 12 and Jan. 5 at an average price of $7.30.

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