Metis mining supplier set to open second shop – Northern Ontario Business
6/30/2015
Two years after operating out of a small garage in Elk Lake, a growing Kirkland Lake mining services company is making a move into the northwest.
Excalibur Bits and Steel is opening a second location in Dryden this fall to be closer to a potential base of mining clients in that region.
As the name implies, the 10-employee company sharpens drill bits and reconditions steel; a job most mining companies usually contract out.
Company president Gerry Lafontaine saw an opportunity to go into business while working as an underground supervisor for a Timmins mining contractor at AuRico Gold’s Young-Davidson Mine in Matachewan.
