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Article: The New Faces of Fort Knox.
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- Alaska Business Monthly
- Article date:
- April 1, 2000
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The timing couldn't have been better for Tom Irwin, as last December he stepped into the lead management position at the Fort Knox gold mine near Fairbanks.
Then, Fort Knox's milling operation was in the process of setting an all-time record high for productivity; gold prices were just on the cusp of an upswing; and recent acquisitions of rich satellite sites made for a bright future.
"We're in a very comfortable position, yet you never take anything for granted," said Irwin, who was named general manager of Alaska's largest gold mine on Dec. 10,1999 by Fort Knox's owner, Toronto-based Kinross Gold.
But don't think that Irwin is an Outsider or ...