Quartermain was a founder and chairman of Pretium Resources, whose famed Brucejack, one of the highest grade gold mines in the world, was acquired in a $2.8 billion deal by Newcrest Mining (TSX: NCM; ASX: NCM) last year.
That trajectory originally began when Quartermain was a field geologist at Teck and made key resource discoveries at the Hemlo mine in Ontario.
“We could start to assay with our eyes,” he remembered. “I could look at a piece of drill core and tell you ‘that’s gonna run 10 grams or that’ll run 20 grams.’”
By visual indications alone, Quartermain thought the deposit hosted at least 2 million oz. gold. The mine has now produced more than 21 million ounces.
He went on to set up Silver Standard Resources for Teck, a company that evolved from a $2 million market cap startup into Pretium Resources, a company valued at over $2.5 billion.
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