Editing Placer Dome (section)

{{Short description|Canadian mining company (1987–2006)}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Placer Dome Inc.
| logo = Placer Dome logo.svg
| slogan = 
| fate = Acquired by [[Barrick Gold]]
| Predecessor = 
| predecessor = Placer Development<br>[[Dome Mines]]
| foundation = {{start date|1987|8|13|df=y}}
| defunct = {{end date|2006|5|3|df=y}}
| location = [[Vancouver, British Columbia]]
| industry = [[Mining]]
| products = [[Gold]]<br>[[Copper]]
| key_people = Peter W. Tomsett (President, [[Chief executive officer|CEO]])<ref name="board">[https://web.archive.org/web/20051218131420/http://www.placerdome.com/about/people/board.htm Board of Directors] hosted by the Internet Archive (August 15, 2005 snapshot)</ref><br>Robert M. Franklin ([[Chairman]])<ref name="board"/>
| num_employees = 13,000 (2005)<ref name="invest">[https://web.archive.org/web/20051102034457/http://www.placerdome.com/__shared/assets/August_2005_Investor_Fact_Sheet2856.pdf August 2005 Investor Fact Sheet] hosted by the Internet Archive (August 15, 2005 snapshot)</ref>
| parent = 
| subsid = 
}}

'''Placer Dome Inc.''' was a large [[mining]] company specializing in [[gold]] and other [[precious metal]]s, with [[Corporation|corporate]] headquarters in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

In August 2005, the company had interests in 16 gold mining operations in 7 countries; it had a market capitalization of $6.7 billion [[United States dollar|USD]] (on June 30, 2005).<ref name="invest"/> For the year 2004, it had sales of $1,888 million, net earnings of $284 million, and cash from operations of US$376 million.<ref name="invest"/>

The company was purchased by [[Barrick Gold]] in 2006, and was assimilated into Barrick.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=MINING #7 - Barrick and the Cruelty of Gold |url=https://www.canadaland.com/podcast/mining-7-barrick-and-the-cruelty-of-gold/ |access-date=2022-02-26 |website=CANADALAND |language=en-US}}</ref>