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Osisko is a Canadian precious-metals mining company headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. It operates in Canada with a focus on gold mines in the Abitibi gold belt〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Titan Resources Plans Exploration of Abitibi Gold Belt, Val d'Or Property )〕 of Quebec.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Overview )〕 The company was known as Osisko Exploration LTD. before changing its name in May 2008. It owns at least 17.41 million ounces of gold reserves (including 10.71 in malartic and 6.7 at Hammond Reef, malartic reserves up 20% in March 2011 due to higher gold prices)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Osisko boosts gold reserves at Quebec project )〕 and over 230 square km of land in the Malartic-Cadillac area.〔 Based on market capitalization it is one of Canada's largest Canadian gold mining companies. The Canadian Malartic mine will be the biggest gold mine ever in Quebec and one of the biggest gold mines in Canada.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Huge Quebec gold mine not so lustrous to opponents )〕 Commercial production at Canadian Malartic (its flagship gold mine) began May 19, 2011. The company is named after Quebec's Osisko Lake because of its historical significance. The lake, located within Quebec's portion of the Abitibi gold belt in the region of Rouyn-Noranda is where in 1920 Noranda founder Edmond Henry Horne made his first major mineral discovery, a deposit that became known as the Horne Mine. ==Acquisitions== On July 3, 2009 Osisko purchased 49.1% of Bowmore Exploration Ltd. a month before Goldcorp acquired a 3.2% interest in Osisko (at the time Goldcorp owned 12.9% of company shares); On February 9, 2011 Goldcorp sold its 10.1% equity interest in Osisko for $530 million.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Goldcorp buys 12.9% interest in Osisko and Canadian Malartic gold project )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Osisko Mining Corp. )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=goldcorp acquires a 3.2% interest in osisko mining )〕 Later that year in December, in a joint venture with Clifton Star Resources Osisko acquired Quebec's Duparquet mining project, an area that produced 1 million ounces of gold between 1931 and 1957 when it was operated by Beattie Gold Mine.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=an open pit mine in duparquet? )〕 So far the Company has infused $66.83 million into the venture.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Business Profile:Osisko )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Press Release )〕 On June 17, 2011 it withdrew from Duparquet. In March 2010 Osisko filed a takeover offer for Brett Resources that proved to be success on May 19, 2010 (initially 77% of the company was purchased, on August 13 it purchased the other 23%).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Breaking News )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Osisko succeeds in Brett takeover )〕 The deal, valued at more than $372 million, enabled Osisko to acquire the Hammond Reef Gold Project in Atikokan near Thunder Bay, Ontario and its 6.70 million ounces of gold.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Osisko Mining makes bid to buy Brett Resources )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=brett resources advances hammond reef )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Osisko Formally Launces Friendly Takeover )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Osisko: Transforming from Quebec Gold Mining Explorer to Canadian Mid-Level Producer )〕 If all regulatory approvals are met, the mine is expected to open in 2015 when it will be capable of producing 463,000 ounces of gold annually.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Miner Osisko strikes golden deal )〕 In December 2012 Osisko Mining completed the $550 million takeover of Ontario mining company Queenston Resources.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Osisko's $550m Takeover Cleared )〕 Just three months earlier Queenston announced a 112% increase in gold resource. Queenston's main property is the Upper Beaver project located near Kirkland Lake, Ontario. The Upper Beaver mine will have a mine life of ten years and is projected to start operating in 2016.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Queenston Mining eyes 2016 gold pour at flagship project )〕 In April 2014, it was revealed in the media that Yamana Gold and Agnico Eagle Mines Limited could acquire Osisko’s flagship Canadian Malartic mine for around $3.5 billion. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Osisko Mining」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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