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May 17, 2026
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Canada’s OG mining financiers are pushing to develop new national champions
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Canada’s OG mining financiers are pushing to develop new national champions
ANDREW WILLIS
PUBLISHED MAY 17, 2026
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Teck Resources' Highland Valley Copper Mine near Logan Lake, B.C., in September, 2025.
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Across the country, there are university buildings named after the OGs – original gangsters − of Canadian mining.
The likes of Pierre Lassonde, Ross Beaty, Norm Keevil and Seymour Schulich didn’t build the fortunes needed to make multimillion-dollar donations by selling the companies they founded …
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