

1979
Sunset silhouette of a drill rig over water.
The company
Canadian Pacific Investments Limited (Investissements Canadien Pacifique Limitée), reporting from Montreal, held Cominco, then expanding plants in British Columbia and mining zinc-lead in the Canadian Arctic, and Fording Coal.
Canadian Pacific Investments Annual Report 1979, p. 4
That year
Mining products (produits miniers) contributed $120.1 million of 1979 net earnings, up $76.0 million from $44.1 million in 1978.
Canadian Pacific Investments Annual Report 1979, p. 3