27 September 2018
Osisko Metals Incorporated is pleased to congratulate Robert Wares, one of the original founders of the Osisko group of companies on the announcement of his donation of $5 million to McGill University in Montréal, Québec. The following is an excerpt from yesterday’s McGill press release.
As an entrepreneurial geologist, Bob Wares, (BSc’79, DSc’12), became a mining rock star when he discovered one of Canada’s largest gold deposits in the Abitibi region of Quebec. Now, he is bringing that Midas touch to his alma mater in the form of a landmark $5 million gift that will support research programs, fellowships, innovative research, a lecture series and outreach efforts in McGill University’s Faculty of Science, with a particular focus on his home department, Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPS).