Gordon R. Parker is a business executive notable for leading the Gold Fields unit of Toronto, Ontario, Canada-based Iamgold corporation. He was chairman of Newmont Mining Corporation which was a firm involved with exploring, acquiring, and managing gold metals. Parker is a director at corporations including Caterpillar; Gold Fields Limited and Phelps Dodge Corporation. Mr. Parker has been a director of Caterpillar since 1995. In 1988, when Parker was chairman and chief executive officer of Newmont Corporation, he was 52 years old.
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- "Gold Fields to Buy Iamgold, Fending Off Bidder From U.S." The New York Times. August 12, 2004. Retrieved 2010-12-22.
Iamgold will issue 351.7 million shares and become part of a new, publicly traded Gold Fields unit led by Gordon R. Parker, 68, the former chairman of the Newmont Mining Corporation.
- "COMPANY NEWS; Newmont Cancels Plans for Peabody". The New York Times. August 4, 1989. Retrieved 2010-12-22.
The plan did not have the flexibility to accommodate the possible negative implications of those two recent events, said Gordon R. Parker, Newmont's chairman.
- "EXECUTIVES". The New York Times. October 31, 1991. Retrieved 2010-12-22.
Newmont Mining Corp., Denver, named T. Peter Philip president, chief operating officer and a director. He succeeds Gordon R. Parker, who remains chairman and chief executive.
- "BUSINESS PEOPLE; Vice Chairman Named At Newmont Mining". The New York Times. September 12, 1988. Retrieved 2010-12-22.
The promotion does little to change his position at the company - he continues as No. 2 to Gordon R. Parker, 52, president, chairman and chief executive.
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