The death of Stephen B. Roman is truly a milestone in the history of Canada’s mining industry. Seldom has one man put his stamp so firmly on such a large mining enterprise. Seldom has the grip of one man been so strong on an empire.
Stephen Roman was Denison Mines since its first success at Elliot Lake in 1954, through controversial uranium marketing contracts, to the fruition of the Quintette Coal operation in British Columbia. Roman’s success sprang from the volatile penny stock atmosphere of the 1950s, but unlike most others of that era, he was a builder who wanted to leave the world a richer place than when he found it. In that he succeeded.
He never forgot the opportunities that Canada provided him and, in recognition of his contributions to the country, he was made an officer of the Order of Canada in 1987. All his life, Roman went his own way, paying little heed to those who were less self-confident, less courageous, less daring. He never hesitated to speak his mind and exhort his contemporaries to protect the Canadian way of life that allowed him and his family to prosper.
His contribution does, indeed, leave the world a richer place. But the world is also somehow diminished by his absence.
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