Gilbert LaBine, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gilbert LaBine

Canadian prospector

Date of Birth: 10-Feb-1890

Place of Birth: Whitewater Region, Ontario, Canada

Date of Death: 08-Jun-1977

Profession: businessperson, explorer

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Gilbert LaBine, OC (10 February 1890 – 8 June 1977) was a Canadian prospector who, in 1930, discovered radium and uranium deposits at Port Radium, Northwest Territories.
He has become known as the father of Canada's uranium industry.
LaBine was president of Eldorado Mining and Refining from its start in the late 1920s to 1947.
He left the company (which became a crown corporation in 1944) to prospect for uranium minerals as an independent mine developer.
In the 1950s he brought the Gunnar Mine to production at Uranium City, Saskatchewan.