U of T team snags top marks at 2018 gold challenge: Team pitched Wesdome Gold Mines for investment.

The Lassonde Mineral Engineering team from the University of Toronto was declared the winning entry at the 2018 Goodman Gold Challenge on Jan. 28.

The team beat out rival squads from Ryerson University and Queen's University to take home the win, pitching Wesdome Gold Mines as the best investment case

The Lassonde Mineral Engineering team from the University of Toronto was declared the winning entry at the 2018 Goodman Gold Challenge on Jan. 28. during the event.

Wesdome's flagship project is the Eagle River Complex, located 50 kilometres west of Wawa, which consists of two operating gold mines, and a facility that processes 1,200 tonnes per day.

The second annual Goodman Gold Challenge took place Jan. 26-28, at Laurentian University in Sudbury.

Hosted by the university's Goodman School of Mines, the contest challenges undergraduate students to evaluate the investment potential of three gold companies that are currently trading on the TSX or TSX-V and recommend the company with the best investment potential.

This year, the three companies up for...