In the summer of 1970, a far-sighted geologist named David Barr led a prospecting party to the coast of northern Labrador. A decade and a half later, two government geologists, Bruce Ryan and Dan Lee, recognized the mineral potential of the Voisey’s Bay area. But it was not until 1994 that two prospectors from Newfoundland, Al Chislett and Chris Verbiski, discovered at Voisey’s Bay an ore deposit which one Newfoundland politician would describe as “beyond our wildest dreams.”

Two rival companies battled for the attention of the colourful financier, Robert Friedland, who controlled Voisey’s Bay. The winner was the International Nickel Company (Inco) Ltd. In 1996, Inco confidently predicted that it could bring a mine into production at Voisey’s Bay within 2 1/2 years. But Inco’s struggles had only just begun. In Inco Comes to Labrador, Raymond Goldie, a member of the original Barr party, recounts how misunderstandings between Inco and the people of Newfoundland and Labrador nearly killed the development of one of the world’s great mines.

The author will contribute 25% of his proceeds from the sale of this first edition of Inco Comes to Labrador to the Smallwood Foundation for Newfoundland and Labrador Studies.

"A detailed account of one of the biggest mega projects in Newfoundland's history, as seen through the eyes of a very involved outsider."

The Express

"I recommend the book to anyone who wants to look beyond the rhetoric of the politicians and promoters, you will get a better insight into the process of development of a deposit and the pitfalls along the way."

Gangue magazine

"[Goldie] offers an informed, cheerful, occasionally humorous, and self-deprecating account."

Canadian Book Review Annual

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