Robert Quartermain’s career path encompasses several distinct phases of success, starting with a pivotal role in the discovery of Ontario’s Hemlo gold camp in the early 1980s. He began his career as a geologist for Teck Corporation and gained rare and valuable experience at Hemlo and other mines. He ventured on his own to form Pretivm Resources, based on an unshakeable belief that its high-grade Brucejack prospect in northern B.C. had the makings of a mine. His faith was validated when Brucejack became Canada’s fourth-largest gold mine, with annual production of 350,000 ounces. Quartermain is a longstanding advocate for Indigenous involvement in the resource industry and a generous philanthropist with a focus on education, social justice, and wildlife habitat preservation. Quartermain has received many awards over the years, and he was inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame in August 2022.
