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Côme Carbonneau
Parents :
Occupation :
ingénieur géologue
Naissance :
24 novembre 1923
Lieu :
Baptême :
25 novembre 1923
Lieu :
St-Jean des Piles
Décès :
10 décembre 2000
Lieu :
Québec
Sépulture :
Lieu :
Histoire
Côme Carbonneau a connu une carrière inhabituelle dans l'industrie minière. Elle se déroule non seulement dans les secteurs académique et privé, mais aussi dans le secteur public, où il est devenu le bâtisseur et le développeur de la nouvelle entreprise d'état SOQUEM. Pendant son séjour à SOQUEM de 1965 à 1977, l'entreprise du Québec a découvert cinq gisements à un coût moyen de 3 millions de dollars chacun. La mine Doyon, qui compte actuellement parmi les plus grands producteurs d'or au Canada, est sa plus grande réalisation en exploration avec SOQUEM.Né en novembre 1923 à Sainte-Foy (Québec), Côme obtient un baccalauréat des Arts à l'Université Laval en 1943, un B.A. en Sciences (1948) et une maîtrise en Sciences à l'Université de Colombie-Britannique (1949), et un doctorat en Géologie de l'Université McGill (1953).
Au cours de sa carrière, sa ténacité, son leadership et son dévouement mènent à la découverte de plusieurs autres mines telles que la mine Niobec, la Seleine et Louvem.
Côme fait partie du conseil des gouverneurs des universités Laval et McGill. Il a aussi été membre de la Canadian Mineral Industry Education Foundation.
Il a reçu plusieurs distinctions comme la médaille Selwyn G. Blaylock et le prix A.O. Dufresne, de l'Institut canadien des mines et de la métallurgie, ainsi que le prix Nicolas Denys de l'Association des prospecteurs du Québec. Il est aussi officier de l'Ordre du Canada. Côme est aussi un lauréat du mérite géoscientifique de l'Association professionnelle des géologues et géophysicienes du Québec.
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Côme Carbonneau (1923 - 2000) Inducted in 1994 Côme Carbonneau had an unusual career for a mining man. It straddled not only the academic and private-sector fields, but also reached into the public sector where he became the builder and developer of the novel, state-owned enterprise known as SOQUEM.
During his time with Quebec's SOQUEM from 1965 to 1977, the company discovered five mineral deposits at an average cost of $3 million per discovery. The Doyon mine, currently among the largest Canadian gold producers, was his biggest exploration achievement with SOQUEM. Born in November, 1923, Carbonneau earned a B.A. from Laval University in 1943; a B.A.Sc. in 1948, again from Laval; an M.A.Sc. from the University of British Columbia in 1949; and a Ph.D. in Geology from McGill University in 1953.
He was a post-doctoral fellow at Louvain University, Belgium in 1954. From 1951 to 1963, he was professor of Geology at Ecole Polytechnique and the University of Montreal. He then went into the private sector, joining St. Lawrence Columbium as executive vice-president. It was in 1965 that he became founding president of SOQUEM. Under his leadership, he introduced an entrepreneurial strategy that today goes under the buzzword "intraprenuership". On the technical side, SOQUEM exploration teams control developed an inexpensive airborne radiometric and spectrometric survey system that was flown in light aircraft. This led to three niobium discoveries.
From 1981 to 1986, he was president and CEO of Falconbridge Copper. During his tenure, three deposits were discovered - the Ansil base metal orebody, the Lac Shortt gold mine and the Winston Lake zinc operation. Throughout his mining career, his tenacity, leadership and dedication resulted in the development of other mines as well, the Niobec mine, for example, and the Seleine and Louvem mines. After SOQUEM, he returned to academia joining the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Laval University.
Carbonneau has been on the board of governors of both Laval and McGill universities. He was also a member of the Canadian Mineral Industry Education Foundation. Numerous awards have come his way, notably the Selwyn G. Blaylock Medal and the A.O. Dufresne Award, both from the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, and the Nicolas-Denys Award of the Association of Prospectors of Quebec. As well, he is an Officer of the Order of Canada. He also received a Laureate of the Geoscientific Merit Award from the Professional Association of Geologists and Geophysicists of Quebec.
Translation by Jean-François Carbonneau
Côme Carbonneau
Date du mariage :
15 septembre 1951
Lieu :
Sts-Martyrs Canadiens de Québec
Enfants :
Hélène Carbonneau
(
1952
)
Marie Carbonneau ( 1955 )
Jean-François Carbonneau ( 1957 )
Pierre Carbonneau ( 1960 )
Lise Carbonneau ( 1961 )
Alain Carbonneau ( 1963 )
Marie Carbonneau ( 1955 )
Jean-François Carbonneau ( 1957 )
Pierre Carbonneau ( 1960 )
Lise Carbonneau ( 1961 )
Alain Carbonneau ( 1963 )
