Business in Vancouver (BIV) has released a list of the Top 100 fastest-growing companies in B.C., with almost a quarter of companies involved in the m
Business in Vancouver (BIV) has released a list of the Top 100 fastest-growing companies in B.C., with almost a quarter of companies involved in the mining and energy sectors. — Photo courtesy Turquoise Hill Resources
Vancouver-based Turquoise Hill Resources heads up this year's Business In Vancouver (BIV) list of the Top 100 fastest-growing companies in British Columbia, with an impressive 2,110% increase in revenue over the course of the last five years. Revenues at the company have increased from $82 million in 2010 to $1.85 Billion in 2014.
Turquoise Hill operates one of the world's largest copper mines in Mongolia. "The mine's location is strategically important because China is the world's largest consumer of copper," said Jeff Tygesen, in an interview for the BIV Top 100 article.
While Turquoise Hill leads the way on the Top 100 fastest-growing companies list, 24 per cent of the list is made up of companies involved in the mining and energy sectors. The Top 100 Fastest-growing companies is ranked by percentage growth in revenue between the years 2010 and 2014.
Here are the 24 companies on the list from the mining and energy sector in British Columbia....
Source: Business In Vancouver (BIV)
Rank Company Name Principal(s) 5 Year Revenue Growth% 1 Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd Jeffery Tygesen (CEO), Steeve Thibeault (CEO) 2110.2% 2 Copper Mountain Mining Corp Jim O'Rourke (Pres & CEO), Rod Shier (CFO) 1997.3% 3 Sandstorm Gold Ltd Nolan Watson (Pres, CEO & Chair), David Awram (Snr Exec VP & Director) 1824.6% 4 Alterra Power Corp Ross Beaty (Exec Chair), John Carson (CEO), Lynda Freeman (CFO) 1405% 7 Tag Oil Ltd Alex Guidi (Founder & Chair), Chris Ferguson (CFO) 781.6% 12 North American Tungsten Corp Ltd Kurt Heikkila (CEO, Board Chair & Director, Dennis Lindahl (CFO & Director) 517.8% 13 Luna Gold Corp Geoff Chater (President & CEO), Duane Lo (EVP & CFO) 443.3% 17 B2Gold Corp Clive Johnson (President, CEO & Director) 309.2% 24 Alexco Resource Corp Clynton Nauman (President & CEO) 229.4% 26 Silver Standard Resources Inc. John Smith (President & CEO) 186.7% 28 Polaris Materials Corp Herbert Wilson (President, CEO and Director) 169.3% 33 Endeavour Silver Corp Bradford Cooke (CEO), Godfrew Walton (COO) 145.1% 34 Capstone Mining Corp Darren Pylot (President, CEO & Director), James Slattery (SVP & CFO) 133.5% 36 First Majestic Silver Corp Keith Neumeyer (CEO), Raymond Polman (CFO) 131.5% 41 China Gold International Resources Corp Ltd Bing Liu (CEO & Executive Director) 123.7% 54 Energold Drilling Corp Fred Davidson (President & CEO), Steve Gold (CFO), Jerry Huang (Director, Corporate Development) 85.6% 58 Synex International Inc Greg Sunell (President) 81.5% 61 Methanex Corp John Floren (President & CEO) 75.8% 62 Aurcana Corp Kevin Drover (President, CEO & Director), Salvador Huerta (CFO) 75.3% 73 First Quantum Minerals Ltd Phillip Pascall (CEO & Board Chairman), Clive Newall (President & Director) 58.7% 74 Silver Wheaton Corp Randy Smallwood (President & CEO), Gary Brown (SVP & CFO) 57.1% 88 New Gold Inc Randall Oliphant (Executive Chair & Director), Robert Gallagher (President, CEO & Director) 46.8% 91 Eldorado Gold Corp Paul Wright (CEO), Norman Pitcher (President), Fabiana Chubbs (CFO) 44.8% 96 Westshore Terminals Investment Corp William Stinson (Chair, President & CEO), M. Dallas H. Ross (CFO) 39.6%
