Lac Minerals acquired the mine as part of the Bond International acquisition in 1991. Barrick Gold subsequently acquired Lac in 1994, and the mine was put up for sale. However, failing to secure an attractive offer, Barrick elected to retain the property. Wood Mackenzie’s asset reports are built from the bottom up, incorporating a number of granular data metrics to ultimately produce our industry standard cash operating costs. This report contains a detailed asset note giving you a holistic view of the asset, including an operational overview through to a timeline of events from inception to now. This qualitative analysis is supplemented by the associated Excel download which enables interrogation of a whole series of cost and production metrics over the life of the asset.