Achievements

IOS in numbers:

• More than $100 000 000 in work to date
• Involvement in more than 1 400 projects
• 1 500 report produced, of which 500 were filed as statutory work
• Up to100 employees
• Hundreds of thousands of meters drilled
• 11 000 rock and drill samples prepared
• 15 000 samples processed for heavy minerals
• 150 000 microprobe analysis
• 28 000 soil samples
• 17 000 lake-bottom sediment samples
• 20 temporary camps built

Ready for new adventures!

• Collaboration on feasibility studies

  • Lac Knife, Focus Graphite Inc., graphite
  • Anita, Minéraux Crevier Inc., niobium-tantalum
  • Shipshaw, Calcaire du Fjord Inc., limestone
  • Lac Doré, VanadiumCorp Resources Inc., vanadium
  • Lac Doré, McKenzie Bay Resources Ltd, vanadium

• Preliminary economic assessment

  • Lac à Paul, Arianne Phosphate Inc., apatite
  • St. Charles Deposit, Micrex Development Corp., titanomagnetite 

• Resource definition drilling

  • Duncan Lake, Century Iron Mines Corporation, iron
  • Vermilion-Errington, XStrata Zinc, zinc-copper
  • Matoush, Strateco Resources Inc., uranium
  • Otelnuk Lake, Adriana Resources Inc., iron

• Discoveries

  • Cheechoo, Sirios Resources Inc., gold
  • Au-33, Osisko/Dios Exploration, gold
  • Pontax, Sirios Resources Inc., silver and base metals
  • Pontax-Lithium, Sirios Resources Inc., lithium
  • James Bay, Virginia gold mine, dozens of gold and copper index
  • Opinaca, Ressources Everton Inc., several gold index
  • North Rae, Azimut Exploration Inc., several uranium index
  • Murdoch, Sirios Resources Inc., zinc
  • Hotish, Dios Exploration Inc., kimberlite
  • Desautels lake and Yenevac lake, Quebec Nickel Resources Inc., nickel and copper

• Staff leasing

  • Opinaca mine (Éléonore), Goldcorp
  • Niobec mine, Iamgold Corporation
  • Géant Dormant mine, North American Palladium
  • Troïlus mine, Inmet Mining Corp.
  • AngloAmerican (Ungava Trough)
  • Casa Berardi mine
  • Holloway mine

• Gouvernement du Québec (MERN, MDDELCC)

  • Lake bottom sediment sampling (2009, 2010, 2012 and 2013)
  • Sonic drilling of Quaternary deposits (2006 to 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2013)
  • Processing samples for heavy minerals (2012 to 2015)
  • SIGÉOM compilation of drilling (1994 to 1996)
  • Staining for feldspars (2009 to 2014)
  • Compilation of drilling results from diggers (1999 to 2001)

• Geological Survey of Canada

  • Processing samples for heavy minerals (2007 to 2009, 2013 to 2016)
  • Stratigraphic drilling of quaternary sediments (2009)

• Mineral exploration funds

  • Founding member of the Fonds minier du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (1993)
  • Contributed to the establishment of the Fonds d’exploration minière du Nunavik (1998)
  • Between 1998 and 2002, four of the six fonds miniers du Québec projects were led by former IOS employees!

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