Ruben Fast, transportation manager at the Eskay Creek mine in British Columbia, has died. He was 64.
Born in Hepburn, Sask., in 1936, Fast began his mining career in British Columbia’s Highland Valley district. From 1967 to the mid-1980s, he acted as project manager at the Prairie Creek base metal mine of Cadillac Explorations, in the Northwest Territories.
In the early 1990s, Fast joined Homestake Resources and its subsidiary, Prime Resources, as transportation manager. In addition to Eskay Creek, he worked at the Golden Bear mine in Muddy Lake, B.C.
Fast is survived by Karin, his wife of 25 years, and six children.
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