as tsx dgc industry mineral exploration founded 2006 headquarters toronto ontario canada products gold number of employees 35 dec. 2010 website detourgold.com detour gold corp. is a canadian intermediate gold mining company with a primary focus on the successful ramp up of its flagship asset the detour lake mine located in the mining friendly territory of northeastern ontario . most of the company s employees are from the cochrane and timmins ontario area . detour has continued to strive to maximize local employment in the communities surrounding the mine operation and with their aboriginal partner communities offering both job opportunities and training . 1 the detour lake project was purchased from pelangio mines ltd. in 2007 the option property from goldcorp in 2008 . 2 detour gold s proven gold reserves of 15.6 million ounces is comparable to that of canada s osisko mining whose main property is also in the vicinity of the abitibi gold belt . 3 the company acquired the asset in 2006 from pelangio mines ltd. for 75 million just before it went public on the toronto stock exchange on january 31 2007 . initially the mine was assessed as having an indicated mineral resource of 3.4 million ounces . in september 2009 a study suggested that the mine was capable of producing gold at a rate of 560 000 ounces per year that was raised to 649 000 by mid 2010 . 1 the company s main asset has 2p reserves of 15.6 million ounces 4 up from 14.9 m oz jan 2011 up 36 % since 2010 and ranks 4th among north america s gold deposits by size up from 6 july 2010 ; further exploration could push that up to 20 million ounces . 3 5 6 the mine is located in the abitibi greenstone belt near the abitibi gold belt of quebec ontario . in february 2013 detour gold poured its first dor bars at detour lake 7 8 and has since continued to ramp up its project through the remainder of the year achieving commercial production in august . 9 pelangio mines edit pelangio mines a junior mining company based in milton ontario was one of the original developers of the detour lake property along with newmont mining s canadian subsidiary was a 50 % partner with pelangio and placer dome later taken over by barrick gold . pelangio owned the detour lake project from 2002 to 2007 . 10 see also edit largest gold companies abitibi gold belt references edit a b detour gold all that shines is golden . 2010 . archived from the original on march 19 2012 . detour gold company description a b d alesio renata 2012 02 25 . the new canadian gold rush . the globe and mail . canada s largest gold mine nearing production . engineering & mining journal . 213 12 4 . 2012 . archived from the original on 9 january 2012 . detour gold reserves grow to 14.9 m ounces . 2011 02 01 . detour gold set to shine north of timmins . 2010 07 27 . detour gold first gold pour . youtube . detour gold . retrieved 14 august 2015 . tarikh salma . detour gold pours first dor bars . the northern miner . global mining news . retrieved 14 august 2015 . http www.detourgold.com investors centre news releases news release details 2013 detour gold achieves commercial production at detour lake default.aspx pelangio mines inc. . retrieved 2011 02 04 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title detour gold & oldid 739260560 categories companies listed on the toronto stock exchangegold mining companies of canadacompanies based in torontos & p tsx composite indexcanadian companies established in 20072007 establishments in ontario navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 september 2016 at 17 48 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view