Dome Mines Limited was a Canadian mining company that existed from 1910 to 1987. It has been the largest gold producer in Canada and in North America.
The company was formed to operate the Dome Mine in Timmins, Ontario, and expanded to operate mines in Ontario and Quebec. Subsidiary Dome Petroleum was formed in 1950. The company was merged into Placer Dome in 1987, which in turn was acquired by Barrick Gold in 2006.
History
Headquartered in Toronto, Dome was established in 1910 to operate the Dome Mine in Timmins, Ontario after a major discovery by a group working for W. S. Edwards in May 1909. The company later became Canada's largest gold producer.
For most of its existence, Dome Mines was Canada's largest gold producer.
Workers for subsidiary Dome Exploration, discovered the ore that became the Campbell Mine in Balmertown in 1944. Dome Exploration then became Campbell Red Lake Mines Limited. Other subsidiaries were Kiena Gold Mines Limited and Sigma Mines in Quebec.
The company entered the petroleum industry in 1950 with the creation of Dome Petroleum.
In 1987, under the leadership of Fraser M. Fell, Dome merged with the Vancouver mining company Placer Development to form Placer Dome. The new merged entity became the largest mining company in North America.
In 2006 Barrick Gold acquired Placer Dome.
Leadership
President
John F. H. McCarthy, 1910 William S. Edwards, 1911 Ambrose Monell, 1912–1914 Joseph Raphael de la Mar, 1915–1918 Jules Semon Bache, 1919–1942 Clifford William Michel, 1943–1958 James Botterell Redpath, 1959–1977 Malcolm Auguste Taschereau, 1978–1983 Charles Henry Brehaut, 1983–1987
Chairman of the Board
Jules Semon Bache, 1943–1944 Clifford William Michel, 1959–1976 Maj-Gen Albert Bruce Matthews, 1976–1983 Fraser Matthews Fell, 1983–1987
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