News & Press
ROM Barosaur and RCI featured on Museum Secrets
April 26, 2011
The ROM Barosaurus and Research Casting International recently were featured on the History Channel show Museum Secrets
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Cast of the Oldest Ecosystem in the world finds a home in the Newest Gallery at the ROM
April 30, 2010
Research Casting International has successfully and beautifully created the largest fossil cast, of its kind, in the world. On March 30, 2010 Discovery Channel's, "Daily Planet" aired a segment showcasing the relocation of two sections of the Mistaken Point cast to the Royal Ontario Museum
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The Challenge: Mold and Cast Mistaken Point, 565 million year old fossil surface.
January 21, 2010
The molding and casting phase of the project involving the Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve, to produce life size casts that precisely replicate the surface of the rock face housing 565 million year old Ediacaran life forms is underway at Research Casting International (RCI).
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Collaborative Project Replicates 565-Million-Year-Old Fossil Surface
September 29, 2009
The Provincial Government and the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), in association with Research Casting International, are pleased to announce the completion of the first phase of a joint venture to produce an exact replica of world-famous fossils at the Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve.
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Article Written in Watershed Magazine About RCI
May 26, 2009
An article by Christine Renaud takes a tour of the RCI facility
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Research Casting International commissioned to restore and mount Barosaurus
December 15, 2007
Research Casting International was commissioned to restore and mount the
Barosaurus for the Royal Ontario Museum. It is the largest dinosaur ever displayed in Canada and the only
Barosaurus in the world built with actual fossils.
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RCI and DINOLAB Announce Partnership Agreement
July 27, 2007
Research Casting International (RCI) and DINOLAB have agreed upon a partnership arrangement to combine their extensive inventory of cast specimens. The combined mold inventory will be the world’s largest with over 170 skeletons and skulls of the world’s most rare paleontological finds.
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RCI Relocates to New State of the Art Facility
July 1, 2007
Research Casting International (RCI) has relocated to a new 45,000 square foot state of the art facility in the town of Trenton, Ontario. The facility can accommodate worldwide museum projects of any size and complexity.
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