McIntyre Porcupine Mines

McIntyre Porcupine Mines
IndustryGold mining
Founded16 March 1911 (1911-03-16)
Defunct14 November 1989 (1989-11-14)
FateAcquired by Falconbridge
Headquarters
Toronto (1911–1980)
Calgary (1980–1989)

McIntyre Porcupine Mines Limited, and after 1974 McIntyre Mines Limited, was a Canadian mining company that existed from 1911 to 1989. Its iconic headframe, located near downtown Timmins, has come to represent the entire Porcupine Gold Rush. The McIntyre also yielded a considerable amount of copper over its life.

There has been an extensive degree of rehabilitation and exploration work performed in and around the old McIntyre Mine property in recent years, and the Porcupine Joint Venture has yet to decide whether or not to continue spending hundreds of millions of dollars on mining out the property or continuing with a closure plan (2007).