Gilbert LaBine

Gilbert LaBine

Gilbert LaBine (10 February 1890June 8, 1977) was a Canadian prospector who in 1930 discovered radium and uranium deposits at Port Radium, Northwest Territories. He has become known as the father of Canada's uranium industry. LaBine was president of Eldorado Mining and Refining Limited from its start in the late 1920s to 1947. He left the company (which became a crown corporation in 1944) to prospect for uranium minerals as an independent mine developer, and in the 1950s he brought the Gunnar Mine to production at Uranium City, Saskatchewan.

In 1969, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and is an inductee of the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame.

External links

* [http://www.halloffame.mining.ca/halloffame/english/bios/labine.html Canadian Mining Hall of Fame biography]
* [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0004420 Gilbert LaBine] at The Canadian Encyclopedia


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