The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame selects and inducts individuals from all facets of the mining industry. They have two things in common: their significant and lasting impact on Canada’s mining industry, and through their achievements, their contribution to the high standard of living shared by all Canadians.
2017
Robert R. McEwen (b. 1950)
Robert (Rob) McEwen is one of Canada’s most innovative, original and dynamic mining entrepreneurs. He is best known for transforming Gol...
2017
James E.C. Carter (b. 1950)
James Carter is a giant in the history of Canada’s oil sands and an exemplary leader in their sustainable development. He transformed th...
2016
Stewart L. Blusson (b. 1938)
Few events in mining history have generated as much excitement or public attention as the Lac de Gras diamond discoveries in Canada’s No...
2016
Harold (Hank) Williams (1934 – 2010)
The island of Newfoundland was a continual source of inspiration for Harold (Hank) Williams during his fruitful early years with the Geolo...
2016
Louis Gignac (b. 1950)
Louis Gignac contributed to the stature of Canada’s mining industry during his exemplary career as a company builder, mine operator and ...
2016
Robert M. Friedland (b. 1950)
Robert Friedland has been a dynamic, transformative force in the Canadian and international mining industries for more than 25 years. The ...
2016
J. Keith Brimacombe (1943 – 1997)
Major advances in metallurgical engineering and metals processing can be traced to the intellectual prowess of a few giants, and Keith Bri...
2015
Mackenzie Iles Watson (b. 1935)
Geological acumen, entrepreneurial instincts, and an engaging personality are some of the qualities that contributed to the extraordinary ...
