Deak Resources

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Deak Resources Corporation
IndustryMining
Predecessor
  • Wilco Mining Company, Seadrift International Exploration Limited and Deak Ariadne Limited
Founded1989
SuccessorAJ Perron Gold
Headquarters
Canada

Deak Resources Corporation was a Canadian mining company that was formed by a merger in 1989. It became AJ Perron Gold in 1994 and operated the Kerr-Addison Mine.

AJ Perron Gold became delisted from the Toronto Stock Exchange in 1998.

History

The company operated as a subsidiary of Deak International Resources Inc, formed by the merger of Wilco Mining Company, Seadrift International Exploration Limited and Deak Ariadne Limited in 1989. [1] [2] It was traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange. [1]

In February 1989, the company reached an agreement with MacDonald Mines Exploration to reopen the West MacDonald zinc mine in Dufresnoy, Quebec. [3] In 1990, the company bought the Kerr-Addison Mine for $4.1 million (mostly by assuming existing debt) and used the location to mill ore from various nearby mines. [4] [5] Operations were managed by the company's subsidiary GSR Acquisition Corporation. [6] The company was fined $50,000 by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment in 1992 after it polluted Larder Lake with cyanide and heavy metals. [7] After running into financial challenges, the company closed the mine and terminated the employment of the workers. [8]

In May 1993, brothers John and Alex Perron of Kirkland Lake used their company Gwen Resources to buy a controlling share of the struggling company and appointed Alex Perron as company president. [8] The brothers renamed the company AJ Perron Gold in 1994 [5] [4] and made plans to increase production at the Kerr-Addison Mine. [8]

After owing $2.1 of taxes to the township of McGarry, the company's assets were seized by bailiffs. Threats of litigation by the company against the township were made, but were not followed through. [4] [5] The company was delisted in 1998. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Deak amalgamates". National Post . 3 January 1989. p. 14.
  2. Mining Steak Widened, The Province, 13 March 1988, P. 45
  3. "Zinc mine deal near". The Montreal Gazette. 18 Feb 1989. p. 74.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Obituary: Alex Perron , The Northern Miner 30 September 2002, p.5
  5. 1 2 3 Dan Westell (14 June 1997), Township and mine in tax showdown, National Post, p. 6
  6. "Kirkland Lake in its prime despite its image in movies". National Post . 2 April 1991. p. 59.
  7. Ontario fines Deak $50,000 for Larder Lake cyanide spill Archived 2023-06-02 at the Wayback Machine , The Northern Miner, 19 October 1992
  8. 1 2 3 Franczyk, Walter (11 Feb 1994). "Deak plans to expand gold milling". Kirkland Lake Gazette. p. 14.