OBITUARY (October 28, 1991)

Noted prospector William Knox, founder of TSE-listed Fort Knox Gold, died recently in Toronto. He was 75.

Knox is best known for his involvement in tantalum-columbium discoveries at Oka, Que., and base metal finds at Manitouwadge, Ont.

He spent six years prospecting in northern Saskatchewan in the 1960s and brought the province’s first producer of nickel and platinum at Rottenstone Lake into production.

He then moved to New Zealand in 1968.

Since his return to Canada in 1975, Knox had various contracts with Inco Ltd. and other major mining companies to explore the Athabaska basin in northern Saskatchewan.

Fort Knox Gold, formed by Knox in 1984 and now 44% owned by Inco, is currently drilling a new copper-nickel discovery in the Shining Tree area of Ontario.