Mining exploration trailblazer hails from West Nipissing

Mining exploration trailblazer hails from West Nipissing

At age 77 and still working in mining exploration, Gord Garfield Morrison was inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame on January 8 in Toronto.In 2009, FNX Mining, which had bought Inco, renamed the Levack Footwall Deposit the Morrison Mine, with Gord Morrison’s innovative exploration techniques having identified new sources of high grade copper, nickel and precious metals at the site.Gord Morrison got his start in mining as a summer stude…