COMPANY HISTORY
Formed in 2006, the Canadian-based company
was founded by Canadian Mining Hall of Fame
inductee Mr. Louis Gignac, former President
and CEO of the international gold producer,
Cambior Inc.
Throughout Cambior’s history, the company
always managed and self-constructed their
projects successfully compared to adopting
the more conventional approach of awarding
an EPCM contract where, more often than not,
the budgets would be overrun, and timelines
not respected.
G Mining came about after Cambior was sold
to IAMGOLD Corporation for C$1.16 billion in
September of 2006. At that time, Cambior was
operating three gold mines in Quebec, anoth-
er gold mine in Suriname as well as a Niobium
mine located in Quebec, and a calcined baux-
ite operation in Guyana.
“G Mining Services was founded as a multi-
disciplinary company offering a wide range
of services to both underground and open pit
projects,” says Gignac. “We look to collaborate
with clients ranging from exploration com-
panies to large multinational producers. Our
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