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DIGGeRs & DeALeRs ReVIeW

The teams at Saracen and Northern Star will
get a lot closer after a $16 billion merger that
And the winners are... will place the Golden Mile into a single entity
for the first time in its 127-year history

iggers & Dealers 2020 will go down Western Australia’s Pilbara, which pro-
Das one of the most memorable in vides employment for a workforce in
history. excess of 2,000 people.
Few events of the size of Diggers While iron ore is going gangbusters,
have taken place since COVID-19 Australian gold production is just as
gripped the world and while there re- strong and there were no surprises that
mains much uncertainty and turbulent Dealer of the Year Award went to Ra-
times ahead for many, the 1,200 peo- leigh Finlayson’s Saracen Mineral Hold-
ple gathered for the traditional Westrac ings Ltd and Northern Star Resources
Gala Dinner to conclude the three-day Ltd for their purchase of the Super Pit
forum would have pleased to have at- gold mine in Kalgoorlie.
tended the Kalgoorlie event. Meanwhile, after delivering a 420%
Even more pleased would have been increase in net profit across its WA gold
the companies and individuals recog- Diggers & Dealers chairman Jim Walker presents De Grey mines, Ramelius Resources Ltd was
nised for their outstanding achievements chairman Simon Lill with the Best Emerging Company the Digger of the Year.
in the mining sector since Diggers 2019, Award alongside Perth Mint’s Richard Hayes Continuing the gold theme was De
while for others a life time dedicated to Grey Mining Ltd taking out the Best
the industry was duly applauded. Emerging Company Award after the
This year, Paydirt editor Dominic Piper that has made an exceptional lifetime contri- Hemi discovery in the Pilbara has seen its
broke commercial media’s recent hold on bution to the Australian mining industry. share price rocket from 5c to $1.34c/share
the media award, while also against the The Hancock Prospecting owner’s wealth and a market cap of $1.7 billion.
grain was Gina Rinehart’s acknowledgment is estimated at over $21 billion after taking WA School of Mines mining engineering
with the GJ Stokes Memorial Award. over the chair at her father Lang Hancock’s student Georgia Kerr won the Ray Finlayson
Rinehart became the first female recipient company in 1992 following his death. Award for Leadership and Academic Excel-
of the award, named after late forum founder Rinehart is now the primary owner of the lence.
Geoffrey Stokes, which singles out a person privately owned 55 mtpa Roy Hill mine, in

Ray Finlayson Award for Leadership and Hancock executive director Tad Watroba Ramelius managing director Mark Zeptner
Academic Excellence winner Georgia Kerr received the GJ Stokes Memorial Award accepting the Digger of the Year award
from Kate Stokes on behalf of
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