Brinco

The British Newfoundland Corporation Limited, or Brinco Limited after 1971, was incorporated by a consortium of British companies in 1953, which undertook industrial development opportunities in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The company was involved in the construction of the Churchill Falls Generating Station.

Brinco Limited
TypePublic
IndustryResource Development
Founded1953 (1953)
FounderAnthony Gustav de Rothschild
Headquarters
Canada
Area served
Newfoundland & Labrador

The concept for BRINCO was conceived in 1952 by Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador Joey Smallwood, who sought to bring industrial development to the province. Smallwood travelled to the United Kingdom to court private sector companies, offering large tracts of undeveloped resource land in both the Labrador and Newfoundland areas of the province in exchange for guaranteeing the development of any natural resources discovered.

After numerous meetings with some of the political and industrial leaders, including Sir Winston Churchill and Anthony Gustav de Rothschild, Smallwood was successful in having seven large British corporations form a consortium to explore, investigate, and, where feasible, to develop natural resources in the province.

The seven founding firms are as follows;

They were joined by seventeen other firms before the principal agreement was signed with the Government of Newfoundland in 1953. These additional firms included Bank of Montreal, Royal Bank of Canada and Suez Canal Company.

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