Managing Canada’s Mines Mining a truly creative activity’ says

A 1968 graduate in geological engineering from the University of Saskatchewan, Andersen spent 12 years in exploration with Cominco Ltd. and two years at its Con gold mine at Yellowknife as mine superintendent. Then he worked out of Saskatoon for a year with Asamera Minerals, responsible for that company’s Dawn Lake uranium project. He spent another year with Asamera U.S. as manager of its Gooseberry mine near Reno, Nev.

After his return to Canada, Andersen joined Queenston Gold Mines at Kirkland Lake as manager of mining and exploration and vice-president of operations. Afterward, he went to Manitoba for Pioneer Metals to manage that company’s Puffy Lake mine at Sherridon. When that operation was suspended, he went to the Magnacon mine near Wawa, Ont., just now coming into full production.

“I would find it difficult to imagine getting as much satisfaction from any other endeavor,” he tells The Northern Miner. “In particular, at Magnacon, I have the opportunity to work with professionals in all skill areas who are determined to complete the transition from start-up to building a long-term profitable producer. There is true pride here in an imaginative and creative process.”

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