Born in Brussels in 1910, he graduated with a B.Sc. in geological engineering from the University of British Columbia in 1931. He gained a Ph.D. in economic geology from McGill University in Montreal.
His professional life began in the Val d’Or area of Quebec as mine geologist at Perron Gold Mines in 1934. He went to Malartic Goldfields as manager in 1941 where he is remembered for finding the West Orebody that kept the mine going for many years.
He eventually went into private practice, looking for a good property that could be promoted by some friends, John Douglas, John Allen and Ken Davis, who had started a brokerage business. The old Tip Top mine, 160 km west of Thunder Bay, was investigated. Funds were raised to go underground and properly drill what became Coldstream Copper Mines. After the usual financial problems of an initial production project, it finally produced almost 1,000 tons a day between 1957 and 1967.
The old Zenith Zinc property, north of Schreiber, Ont., was acquired by the same group early in the 1950s. The high-grade orebody was mined out by Zenmac Metal Mines at rates up to 200 tons per day during the 1966-70 period.
In the summer of 1955, Halet formed a partnership with P.S. Broadhurst, a mining engineer, and Michael Ogden, a geologist. This firm, consulting geologists and engineers, continues in business.
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