Page 14 - gmj142-Jan-Mar2-mag-web

BGL’s core values: GMJ caught up with Steve

Passion Parsons almost three years to
the day that Bellevue Gold Ltd
Accountability drilled the discovery hole at

its namesake project near the
Community famous mining town of Leinster

Excellence in Western Australia.

#Believe

The average age of Bellevue’s workforce is 38

Little has slowed Bellevue’s progress since late 2017 and now While cash flowed freely into the mining and exploration sectors last year, there are higher
the company finds itself in an exclusive club of near-term gold expectations on companies nowadays, particularly project development-minded ones
producers in Western Australia. like Bellevue, to address more than resource and reserve equations to attract significant
investment support.
So far, a total of 2.41 moz gold @ 10 g/t at almost less than $20/oz has been identified at
Bellevue and there is growing confidence within company ranks that the speed in which gold To this end, the company’s ability to court large sums of money since 2017 speaks not only
has been discovered can be maintained. to the quality of the project but further to Bellevue’s growing stature as an ASX300 company.
“We certainly expect to continue discovering ounces at that rate of knots we have been – In somewhat of a landmark moment, the company released its first ever Sustainability
around 70,000oz every month so far and with the mineralisation open in all directions we Report in November and while impressive were some of the statistics highlighted in the
will be hoping for that rate to continue into the future,” Parsons said. document, the forward-looking statements to achieve greater outcomes in certain areas are
“For the last 10 months we have been focused on de-risking it and converting it to higher also commendable.
confidence ready for reserves. Drilling in the last 10 months has seen us deliver just over “The mining industry has been typically poor in creating and maintaining jobs for women in
1 moz gold in the indicated category. That is amazing conversion rate; we expect to see that both skilled and executive positions all the way down to operating on the ground. That is an
indicated category growing again at that same rate of knots.” area we think is really important to address,” Parsons said.
Having raised $135 million in 2020 sees the company fit to deliver a BFS on Bellevue whilst “We are hearing it from our staff, and they are expecting to see us move towards equal
maintaining an aggressive drilling programme to increase both the global and indicated representation of equal men and women on site and in the office. At Bellevue, we currently
resources at the project. have 38% involvement from women in the company which is way above the industry
average of 17%.