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The final major point in the Canadian gold mining timeline began in 1981 with the discovery of the Hemlo gold deposits in Northern and Northwestern Ontario. During this period, gold was also discovered across all Canadian provinces and territories and gold production from the 1990 to 1997 period averaged more than 150 tonnes a year.
Allied Gold Corporation is a Canadian headquartered company that owns and operates gold mines in Mali, the Ivory Coast and Ethiopia. [1] Headquartered in Toronto, the company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange in 2023. As of 2023, the company produces 375,000 ounces of gold per year. [2]
Prior to 2014 the company was a public company named Osisko Mining Corporation with shares listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange. In 2014, Osisko Mining was subject to a hostile takeover bid by Goldcorp but an alternative bid by white knights Yamana Gold and Agnico Eagle Mines Limited was accepted that, in addition to ...
Agnico Eagle Mines Limited is a Canadian-based gold producer with operations in Canada, Finland, Australia and Mexico and exploration and development activities extending to the United States. Agnico Eagle has full exposure to higher gold prices consistent with its policy of no-forward gold sales. It has paid a cash dividend every year since 1983.
The first truly industrial mining operation in what is now Canada was an iron mine at Forges du Saint-Maurice near Trois-Rivières in Quebec, which remained a going concern from 1738 to 1883. [1] Copper mining in Bruce Mines, Ontario—the first industrial-scale mine of a substance other than iron—followed in 1848. [2] The Canadian mining ...
Chesterfield Larder Lake Gold Mining Company 1939-1950 Copperfields Mine: Temagami: 1954-1972 Secondary products included cobalt, gold, nickel, palladium, platinum and silver. David Bell Mine: Hemlo: closed 2013
The loonie was trading 0.2% higher at 1.4050 to the U.S. dollar, or 71.17 U.S. cents, after trading in a range of 1.4011 to 1.4079. Still, it has weakened 4.5% since late September.
The Canadian dollar traded at a record high of US$2.78 in terms of American greenbacks on July 11, 1864, since the latter was inconvertible paper currency. [38] However, the Canadian dollar remained close to par or 1:1 versus the gold or silver US dollar of the time.