106 - The International Resource Journal

CANADAMarathon“A small town feel with abig business opportunity”The town of Marathon, located on the north shore of Lake Superior, midwaybetween Sault Ste. Marie and Thunder Bay, owes a lot to Canada’s richest-ever golddeposit. The gold, discovered at the uninhabited area of Hemlo, Ontario, 40km eastof Marathon, translated into three gold mines by the late 1980s. The Hemlo golddeposit remains one of the largest gold discoveries in North America.