La Belle Providence
Aurizon Produces Low-Cost Quebec Gold
By Greg Klein
Ten projects notwithstanding, there’s no mistaking Aurizon Mines’ TSX:ARZ focus. They’re all funded by the flagship Casa Berardi Gold Mine, and they’re all in the same province. Speaking from his Vancouver HQ, the company’s Australian President/CEO talks about why he likes working in Quebec. Yes, it offers some of the world’s cheapest electricity, but George Paspalas gets to the heart of the matter, “People in Quebec generally understand how important mining is, and they embrace it.”
Paspalas adds, “The province has a very onerous regulatory process, but it’s a jurisdiction where, if you’ve done everything thoroughly, you get a permit. And then there’s the historic mining activity—which means there’s gold in the ground.”
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