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NEWGENGOLD PREVIEW

Kelly’s gang strikes in

unchartered territory

by Michael Washbourne

“ Sometimes it’s about being in the right place at the

right time. It was just lucky there were two guys who

had worked for me that had insight into these two projects.

Miramar recently wrapped its first lake drilling
campaign at Glandore

or all the amazing exploration feats Allan Kelly has achieved South Australia, and then back to the Murchison with Doray. I’ve
Facross his decorated career, the seasoned geologist has never really worked much in the Eastern Goldfields.”
never really spent any considerable time kicking rocks in the While Miramar has projects in both the Murchison and Gascoyne
Eastern Goldfields. regions in its exploration stable, the company’s two main assets
Kelly’s Miramar Resources Ltd is his first real venture into the gold- are within touching distance of the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.
rich region despite more than three decades dedicated largely to Kelly, who is Miramar’s executive chairman, said his first year in
the gold industry, including the award-winning discovery of Andy the region had been an eye-opening experience.
Well in the Murchison district while at the helm of Doray Minerals.
“I never really realised just how good it was,” he said. “It’s great
Ahead of the first anniversary of Miramar’s debut on the ASX, being in the Murchison and there’s a lot of opportunity in that
Kelly pointed out this was his first extended stint exploring just region, but there’s not the services and the infrastructure and
outside Kalgoorlie-Boulder. everything up there compared to what you have in Kalgoorlie.
“My first job was at Darlot with Sundowner Minerals, which Working out of a place like Meekatharra or Mt Magnet, there’s
became Forsythe, which became Plutonic and then I worked at no lab, there’s no mining supplies, no Westernex or anyone like
Outokumpu before I did my honours at Forrestania in nickel, and that. There’s not that fraternity of people around like there is in
from there I went on to Western Mining,” Kelly recalled to GMJ. Kalgoorlie.
“I’ve worked at Andy Well, Abernathy, Garden Valley, Whaleshark, “It’s much more competitive but it’s also much, much easier
all these places in the East Murchison and Pilbara. I then did a being in Kalgoorlie. We’ve got a house that we rent, so we drive
little bit in the Eastern Goldfields, but I quickly moved on to North out to site easy, and there’s just so much opportunity if you find
America, came back and worked at Leinster and then Avoca, something. We’ve still got a bit of work to do, but you can’t help

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