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| Company type | Public TSX:DGC OTCX:DRGDF |
|---|---|
| Industry | Gold mining |
| Founded | August 22, 2006 |
| Defunct | January 7, 2020 |
| Fate | Acquired by Kirkland Lake Gold |
| Headquarters | , Canada |
Key people | Gerald Panneton, CEO (2006-13), Paul Martin, CEO (2013-18), Michael Kenyon, CEO (2018), Mick McMullen, CEO (2019-20) |
| Products | Gold |
| Website | www |
Detour Gold Corporation is a former Canadian gold mining company, between 2006 and 2020, that owned and operated the Detour Lake Mine in the Abitibi gold belt of northeastern Ontario. Located northeast of Timmins and Cochrane, Ontario, near the Quebec border, the mine was operated by Placer Dome between 1983 and 1999, recovering 1.8 million ounces of gold in that time, and maintained as an exploration property by Pelangio Mines Inc. until 2006 when a group of investors formed the Detour Gold Corporation to develop a new mine. An initial public offering on the Toronto Stock Exchange on January 31, 2007, as well as several subsequent offerings, raised sufficient funds to develop the mine, so that it began production in 2013. Its low grade concentrations necessitated an open pit mine with cyanidation and carbon in pulp processing. Between 2014 and 2019 the mine produced between 500,000 and 600,000 ounces of gold each year. In 2020, following a proxy fight with activist shareholder Paulson & Co., the mine and the company were acquired by Kirkland Lake Gold in an all-stock purchase totaling $4.9 billion.