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the resource allows analysts from larger funds
to get on board and we’re reaching out to
funds we think should be interested and trying
to encourage their interest.”
That task is made easier by the quality of
the work done so far. Jardine is quick to pay
tribute to the efforts of all involved with the De
Grey story.
“This resource came off the back of the hard
work of a lot of people,” he says. “From Simon
Lill and Andy putting the ground package
together and then the work of the geologists to
build the Hemi story to the team on the ground
executing the plan; it has been a remarkable
effort.”
Beckwith has been at the heart of the board always wants them quicker, we are actually getting
transformation from $1 million to $1 billion samples out three times faster than anyone else.
market cap and he is similarly grateful for the “To achieve all that we have is done to the wonderful job the
role colleagues and partners have played. staff have done, particularly given we have had COVID on
“We have grown from four geologists to 30 top of it all; it’s remarkable.”
with a total crew of 200, it is unbelievable Remarkable is just one of many superlatives used by
really,” he says, still astonished in some industry insiders to describe the De Grey story over the last
regards. “Without the support of Top Drilling 16 months. If the impending scoping study paints a similar
and Wallis Drilling we couldn’t have moved as picture to the maiden resource, they could be regularly
quickly as we have. They have been fantastic reaching for the thesaurus in the next 16 months.
at pumping samples through. Even though the

The De Grey workforce has grown to 200 as the company
pushes ahead with Hemi

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