Dome Mines

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 Ontario and Quebec. Dome Petroleum was formed in 1950. The company 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.

President
John F. H. McCarthy, 1910 William S. Edwards, 1911 Ambrose Monell, 1912–1914 Joseph R. de la Mar, 1915–1918 Jules S. Bache, 1919–1942 Clifford W. Michel, 1943–1958 James B. Redpath, 1959–1977 Malcolm A. Taschereau, 1978–1983 C. Henry Brehaut, 1983–1987

Chairman of the Board
Jules S. Bache, 1943–1944 Clifford W. Michel, 1959–1976 Maj-Gen A. Bruce Matthews, 1976–1983 Fraser M. Fell, 1983–1987