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Iamgold Corporation 
Type Public (TSX: IMG, NYSE: IAG, BSE: IAMGOLD) Industry Gold Mines Founded 1991 as International African Mining Gold Corporation Founder(s) Mark Nathanson and William Pugliese Headquarters Toronto, Ontario, Canada Key people William Pugliese Chairman and Director
Stephen Letwin, President and CEOEmployees 5,600 (2008)[1] Website www.iamgold.com Iamgold Corporation (TSX: IMG, NYSE: IAG, BSE: IAMGOLD) is a Toronto based international gold producer. The company is engaged in the exploration, development, and production of mineral resource properties throughout the world.
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Operations
Iamgold has an annual production of close to 1 million ounces of gold from operations in North America, South America, and Africa.
Mines
The following mines are operated by the company:
- The Rosebel open pit gold mine, acquired by Iamgold through its merger with Cambior, located in Suriname
- The Essakane in Burkina Faso [2]
- The Mupane gold mine near Francistown in the Tati greenstone belt in southern Botswana
- The Mouska gold mine northwest of Montreal in the Canadian province of Quebec
- The Niobec underground mine near Chicoutimi in the Canadian province of Quebec. This mine is North America's only source of pyrochlore, the primary niobium ore, and one of only three major producers of niobium.
- The Sadiola gold mine in Mali
- The Yatela Mine gold mine in western Mali, about 25 kilometres north of the Sadiola Mine on an adjoining mining permit
- The Tarkwa gold mine in Ghana, west of Accra
- The Damang gold mine in Ghana
Development projects
The Company is developing these projects:
- The Westwood[disambiguation needed
] east of the Mouska mine in Canada - The Buckreef project, in the Rwamagaza greenstone belt in Tanzania
- Camp Caiman near Cayenne, the capital of French Guiana
- The La Arena near Huamachuco North of Lima
- Quimsacocha south of Quito and near Cuenca in Ecuador
Recent history
Stephen Letwin was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Iamgold on November 1, 2010. Letwin held executive positions at Enbridge Inc., TransCanada Energy and TransCanada Pipelines prior to joining Iamgold. He is a certified general accountant and a member of the Certified General Accountants of Ontario. He holds an MBA from the University of Windsor and is a graduate of the Harvard Advanced Management Program. [3]
References
- ^ "Company Profile for IAMGold Corp (CA;IMG)". http://zenobank.com/index.php?symbol=CA;IMG&page=quotesearch. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
- ^ http://www.iamgold.com/essakane.php
- ^ "Iamgold Appoints New CEO". http://www.iamgold.com/English/News/News-Releases/News-Release-Details/default.aspx?PressReleaseId=bdaa08c7-b53b-4ebf-bac2-d5f72e9d6531. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
External links
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- Gold mining companies of Canada
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