加拿大Goldcorp公司
Goldcorp公司（Goldcorp Inc.）常称之为“加拿大黄金公司”
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Goldcorp公司（Goldcorp Inc.，TSX: G, NYSE: GG) 成立于1954年，其总部在加拿大温哥华，现拥有6052名员工，连同其附属公司，在加拿大，美国，墨西哥，中美洲和南美洲从事贵金属的收购，勘探，开发和运营。
Goldcorp金矿公司是世界上产量最大的黄金生产企业之一，并且也是增长最快、成本最低的业内翘楚。总部设在加拿大BC省温哥华市，同时是多伦多证券交易所(TSX)和纽约证券交易所(NYSE)的上市公司，目前在美洲有11个开采中的金矿和6个储备开发项目，在全球有雇员9000多人。经过几次购并，公司2006年的资产规模超过100亿美元。
加拿大安大略省红湖地区是世界最大的黄金矿区之一。Goldcorp在该地区的一个Campbell矿自1949年以来生产黄金11百万盎司。但到了1990年代中期，该矿区却面临着金矿资源枯竭、冶炼规模缩小、各项成本高涨、员工罢工、资本短缺的困境，甚至接近关矿倒闭边缘。
当时Goldcorp在多伦多子公司的总裁是Rob McEwen，他曾经是一个互惠基金经理，是一个有活力、有冲劲、敢冒险的年轻人，虽然他没有很多采矿冶炼业的工作经验，但他很想把基金业积极进取风格带到保守稳健的采矿业来。
Rob McEwen当时确信在红湖地区能够找到更多的金矿资源，而公司资深专家们的意见正好相反，认为资源已经枯竭、没有什么潜力了。他把专家们关在会议室，想不出办法、制定不出计划不让下班回家。会议后他决定了一个让员工觉得他疯了的1000万美元勘探计划，在红湖矿区最远的、最深的地方勘探。几周后地质人员有了重大发现：试钻结果推算黄金储量是当时估计的三十倍。
尽管试钻结果令人兴奋，但接下来的几年却让Rob McEwen充满挫折感，因为公司内的地质学家始终不能准确估计储量和确定准确矿点位置。1999年Rob McEwen到麻省理工学院(MIT)参加青年总裁会议，被Linux Torvalds这种世界级计算机操作系统是利用志愿者开源式的开发模式完成所唤醒。他突然认识到：如果公司内部员工不能发现金矿，也许其他外界人士能行，也许要象Linux那样开放勘探过程才能找到这些人。回到多伦多便开始策划“Goldcorp挑战赛”。
2000年3月正式启动了这次竞赛，Goldcorp公司提供了57.5万美元奖金奖励那些有最好找矿方法和最准估计的参与者，公开了公司过去52年来积累的红湖地区55000英亩矿区内部机密地质数据(大约400M)，竞赛问题是：“在红湖地区的哪些地点可以为公司找到6百万盎司黄金？”，Rob McEwen希望引入采矿行业的智能资本、象激光那样精准定位矿点，从而加速探矿过程。
Goldcorp公司建立了专门的竞赛网站，有意参与者在网站注册，然后公司给每个参与者寄去一个光盘，盘内附有软件，通过它可以浏览网站上的矿区虚拟场景、搜索数据库的地质数据、分析、描述二维三维数据。一个独立的评判团队则负责提案的审核评选。
Goldcorp挑战赛网站吸引了475000次点击，来自50多个国家的1400个个人、公司、大学、国内外政府地质机构在网站注册，除了地质学家外，研究生、咨询师、数学家、军官都加入进来，使用了应用数学、高等物理、智能系统、计算机图像学、有机方法解决这个问题。这些虚拟探矿者他们在研究这些数据后标示出110多个勘测目标，其中50%是公司原未发现的新目标，80%的新目标有丰富的黄金储量，当时，5个排名在前的勘测目标有4个试钻探出金矿，探明的黄金储量超出原来的目标而达到8百万盎司。
2001年3月挑战赛揭晓，总共有29人获奖，其中24个是半决赛获奖者，各获得1万美元奖金；决赛中有一等奖1名、奖金9.5万美元，二等奖1名、奖金8万美元，三等奖2名，奖金各7.5万美元。获奖者主要来自澳大利亚、加拿大、美国、俄罗斯、西班牙。到现在红湖地区被认为是世界上最富有的金矿区，每吨矿山含金2.1盎司。另外它的每盎司黄金生产成本只有60加元，是世界上5个最低成本区之一。
Rob McEwen认识到：从来没有看到使用这么多学科知识解决问题，这些获奖者能够在极短的时间内分析大型的、复杂的数据库，即使不亲临现场也能标示出勘测目标，这种方法将是未来的一部分。
这种开放式征集勘测目标在全球采矿业是不可思议的，因为此前行业里把储量和勘探数据都看作是核心商业机密。所以这个挑战赛引起轰动，Goldcorp被《商业周刊》、《快速公司》杂志评为50家最有创新、最具成长性的公司之一，这种挑战赛方法被采矿业称为“Goldcorp法则”。
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Goldcorp is a leading gold producer engaged in gold mining and related activities including exploration, extraction, processing and reclamation. The Company’s operating assets include the Red Lake, Porcupine and Musselwhite gold mines in Canada, the El Sauzal, Los Filos and San Dimas gold/silver mines in Mexico, the Marlin mine in Guatemala, the Marigold mine (67% interest) and Wharf mine in the United States and the Alumbrera mine (37.5%) in Argentina. Over 70% of Goldcorp’s reserves are in low political risk NAFTA countries.
Goldcorp has a solid pipeline of projects including the Eleonore gold project in Quebec, Canada, Peñasquito project in Zacatecas, Mexico and the Pueblo Viejo project (40% interest) in the Dominican Republic. These valuable assets, along with several others, will allow for growth in production for years to come.
Over a short period, Goldcorp has grown from a strong intermediate player to one of the top senior gold producers in the world. Our growth profile is unmatched in the mining industry with a 50% increase in gold production over the next five years.
The Board, management and employees of Goldcorp continually work together to deliver results to our shareholders and to have a positive impact within our host communities. We are committed to delivering responsible, sustainable growth to all stakeholders.
Goldcorp is focused on delivering long-term value and superior returns to its shareholders. Our goal is to be a low cost gold producer with geographic diversification and low political risk operating in a responsible manner with our neighbors and the environment.
- On March 31, 2006, Goldcorp acquired the Eleonore gold project in Quebec from Virginia Gold Mines Ltd.
- On May 12, 2006, Goldcorp completed the purchase of a number of Placer Dome assets from Barrick Gold for approximately $1.6 billion.
- In August 2006, Goldcorp acquired Glamis Gold to create one of the world’s largest gold companies.
- On February 14, 2008, Goldcorp completed the disposition of 108 million common shares of Silver Wheaton to a syndicate of underwriters, at a price of Cdn $14.50 per share, for aggregate gross proceeds to Goldcorp of $1.571 billion which represents the sale of all of Goldcorp's remaining interest in Silver Wheaton.
- On September 25, 2008, Goldcorp acquired Gold Eagle Mines Ltd. Gold Eagle's principal asset is the Bruce Channel gold discovery which is situated adjacent to Goldcorp's Red Lake Gold mine.
- In October 2008, Goldcorp was named one of BC's Top Employers by Mediacorp Canada Inc., which was announced by The Vancouver Sun, The Province and the Victoria Times-Colonist.
Goldcorp has established a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics intended to document the principles of conduct and ethics to be followed by Goldcorp Inc., its employees, officers and directors.
Its purpose is to:
- Promote honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships;
- Promote avoidance of conflicts of interest, including disclosure to an appropriate person of any material transaction or relationship that reasonably could be expected to give rise to such a conflict;
- Promote full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in reports and documents that Goldcorp files with, or submits to, the securities regulators and in other public communications made by Goldcorp;
- Promote compliance with applicable governmental laws, rules and regulations;
- Promote the prompt internal reporting to an appropriate person of violations of this Code;
- Promote accountability for adherence to this Code;
- Provide guidance to employees, officers and directors to help them recognize and deal with ethical issues;
- Provide mechanisms to report unethical conduct; and
- Help foster Goldcorp’s culture of honesty and accountability.
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