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Iamgold Corporation

Type	Public (TSX: IMG, NYSE: IAG, BSE: IAMGOLD)
Industry	Gold Mines
Founded	1991 as International African Mining Gold Corporation
Founder(s)	Mark Nathanson and William Pugliese
Headquarters	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Key people	William Pugliese Chairman and Director Stephen Letwin, President and CEO
Employees	5,600 (2008)[1]
Website	www.iamgold.com

Iamgold Corporation (TSX: IMG, NYSE: IAG, BSE: IAMGOLD) is a Toronto based international gold producer. The company is engaged in the exploration, development, and production of mineral resource properties throughout the world.

Operations

Iamgold has an annual production of close to 1 million ounces of gold from operations in North America, South America, and Africa.

Mines

The following mines are operated by the company:

• The Rosebel open pit gold mine, acquired by Iamgold through its merger with Cambior, located in Suriname
• The Essakane in Burkina Faso ^[2]
• The Mupane gold mine near Francistown in the Tati greenstone belt in southern Botswana
• The Mouska gold mine northwest of Montreal in the Canadian province of Quebec
• The Niobec underground mine near Chicoutimi in the Canadian province of Quebec. This mine is North America's only source of pyrochlore, the primary niobium ore, and one of only three major producers of niobium.
• The Sadiola gold mine in Mali
• The Yatela Mine gold mine in western Mali, about 25 kilometres north of the Sadiola Mine on an adjoining mining permit
• The Tarkwa gold mine in Ghana, west of Accra
• The Damang gold mine in Ghana

Development projects

The Company is developing these projects:

• The Westwood^{[disambiguation needed ]} east of the Mouska mine in Canada
• The Buckreef project, in the Rwamagaza greenstone belt in Tanzania
• Camp Caiman near Cayenne, the capital of French Guiana
• The La Arena near Huamachuco North of Lima
• Quimsacocha south of Quito and near Cuenca in Ecuador

Recent history

Stephen Letwin was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Iamgold on November 1, 2010. Letwin held executive positions at Enbridge Inc., TransCanada Energy and TransCanada Pipelines prior to joining Iamgold. He is a certified general accountant and a member of the Certified General Accountants of Ontario. He holds an MBA from the University of Windsor and is a graduate of the Harvard Advanced Management Program. ^[3]

References

External links

• Official site