These includes Ani Topurua who was appointed to the newly created role of Manager Social and Sustainability, Carolyne Manahave as Manager Contracts and Legal, Lyndah Brown as Manager Process Asset Renewal (PAR) Project Interface, and Chantel Christensen as Manager Ok Tedi Way Project.

The appointments now bring the total number of female managers in OTML to seven.

Ms Topurua has been with OTML since 2004 and held various supervisory roles including Mine Closure Coordinator and most recently Superintendent Socio-Economic Assessment.

Ms Manahave has more than 17 years of experience in Contracts and Legal having worked with Newcrest Mining and Oil Search prior to joining OTML in 2018.

Prior to her current appointment, she was Superintendent Contracts reporting to Ms Christensen who will now oversee the implementation of the Ok Tedi Way, a programme aimed at consolidating and implementing OTML’s vision, values, culture, and management systems.

Ms Brown, who joined OTML in 2018 is ideally suited to her new role having transferred from the position of Manager Processing Improvement.

The PAR Project is one of OTML’s strategic projects being implemented to extend the life of mine to 2032. O

TML Managing Director and CEO, Musje Werror said the elevation of these highly experienced females is part of OTML’s plans to increase female staff in leadership roles and contribute to the company’s growth and success.

“Ok Tedi is an equal opportunity employer, and diversity and inclusion are paramount to our success.

“Females play an important role in our society and when given the leadership opportunity, not only do they succeed as individuals, the company and the country also prospers,” Mr Werror said.

The Company targets to increase the number of females in the organisation to 20% and have 25% female representation in leadership roles before the end of 2025.

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Fortescue has also introduced reusable containers for all team members and contracting partners for use at its Pilbara mine sites.

Fortescue Chief Executive Officer Elizabeth Gaines said the company was committed to safeguarding the environment for future generations.

“We know that single use plastics are having a devastating impact on our environment, with up to 12.7mt of plastic entering our oceans every year, or the equivalent to a truckload of plastic every minute,” she said.

“Through these new initiatives, we will be able to reduce the amount of plastic Fortescue contributes to landfill each year, which will have a lasting impact on the environment.”
Director Sustainability and Corporate Affairs Alison Terry said the removal of all single use plastic beverage products from  retail stores at site and from the offices in Perth was industry-leading.

“It will be a gamechanger in reducing single-use plastic across the business and minimising our environmental impact,” she said

The removal of all single-use plastic beverage products from across the business will prevent over 8000 units of plastic from going to landfill every day.

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It’s all to do with helping keep the FIFO workplace a healthy place to work in.

The 24/7 “wellness stations”, placed in mining camps, provides support in workplaces where mental health issues have been prevalent, and to help break the statistics of unhappiness in workplaces, schools and other communities.

They are a highly visible, self-service solution for employees to easily access a range of practical tools and products that can help improve wellbeing, general health and state of mind.

The company behind the roll-out — Perth’s Happiness Co — says the machines will be filled with a variety of self-help items.

For example, workers can push a button for an essential oil called “Man Enough” — aimed to “alleviate negative thoughts while soothing stressed out nerves, leaving you ready to chill”.

Or they can choose a variety of stress balls and mental health conversation cards with questions to ask colleagues, such as “What do you think happens after death?”, “Any strategies for temper control?” and “The worst job you have ever had to do?” are also in the Wellness Stations.

The machines are fully funded by companies at no cost to workers, and are the brainchild of wellness station founder Monique McCarthy, who believes they can play an important role alongside other health programs.

She said the stations aimed to be a complementary product that works alongside current mental health programs.

The stations will be rolled out to corporate offices, FIFO and remote site locations and community facilities – with each station being completely tailored to specific locations.

As opposed to the standard consumables in a vending machine, this initiative aims to shift the perception that having a busy life needs to be stressful and taxing on mental health.

The company wants to diffuse the notion of what can be currently accessed on the go, which usually takes shape in the form of unhealthy snacks and drinks.

Happiness Co also provides and collaborates with providers for the delivery of mental health and well-being programs and podcasts with options such as but not limited to:

• Online Fitness programs and challenges
• Happiness programs
• Meditation and mindfulness programs
• FIFO support programs
• Various topic podcasts

The goal:

• Improve the overall happiness of the end user
• Increase the availability of tools to minimise stress and anxiety in the workplace
• Provide affordable and alternate healthy consumables to support physical well-being
• Make 1-1 support accessible
• Offer programs that can be accessed online to support mental health and happiness
• Assist organisations to further demonstrate their commitment to mitigating mental health and well-being concerns in the workplace.
• Reduce the stigma around mental health and increase community engagement

“Although the vending machine has the sole purpose of providing on-the-go and instant tools for practising mindfulness, de-stressing and taking time to refuel healthily, we hope that it does more than this,” the company said.

“We hope that it shifts the culture of unhappiness and stress in certain workplaces and communities and makes it a culture for these communities to focus on the well-being and happiness of their staff, students and team members.”

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The Resources and Energy Industry Workforce Mental Health Framework is the latest initiative from Australian Resources and Energy Group AMMA, assisting employers in their shared commitment to building and maintaining mentally healthy workplaces.

The industry-first framework further builds upon the resources and energy industry’s strong motivations to drive continual improvement in workforce mental health policies and initiatives.

Organisations are provided with the theoretical tools to break down their workforce mental health and wellness capability from a policy, program and practical perspective.
Employers can then benchmark their specific programs and initiatives against the ‘Maturity Scale’, illustrating what actions look like at five different stages from ‘Compliant’ through to ‘Progressive’.

The maturity scale reflects the varying stages of employers as they continue their mental health and wellness journey – from basic compliance and fundamentals, through to being proactive and progressive.

At the heart of this framework is the ‘Organisational Elements’ and ‘Influence Factors’ which outline the sector’s unique challenges and opportunities relating to mental health.
The framework was developed through consultation with leading mental health authorities and professionals within the resources and energy industry, including the guidance of AMMA’s Resources and Energy Mental Health Advisory Board.

View or download the Resources and Energy Mental Health Framework.

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The workshops – attended by male and female students from Mackay SHS, Sarina SHS, Pioneer SHS and Mackay Northern Beaches SHS – formed part of the Queensland Minerals and Energy Academy’s (QMEA) ‘Tradies for a Day’ experience, supported by BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA).

Mentored by industry representatives from BHP and BMA, students received a practical taste of trades and heard about the growing number of career opportunities available to young people in the region.

QMEA’s Manager of Skills and Education, Matthew Heskett, said the workshops come at a time when skilled trades people are in short supply.

“This means we need our students to consider trade careers to ensure we have the skilled people we need into the future,” he said.

“Our schools play an important role in encouraging students into these trade and STEM pathways.”

BMA’s Asset President James Palmer said the workshops were a valuable opportunity to excite and inspire the next generation of resources sector leaders.

“The resources sector is playing a big part in addressing some of the world’s most serious challenges, like climate change and the drive to raise global living standards,” he said.

“Our people loved the chance to pass on the sense of excitement and passion – and purpose – that they feel working in the industry. These hands-on workshops are a fantastic way to kick-start a career in mining and resources.”

As Australia’s largest and most successful industry-led education and skills training initiative, the QMEA seeks to broaden student and teacher knowledge of career opportunities in resources.

The academy encourages a talent pipeline of employees into VET and STEM-related careers, with a focus on female and Indigenous participation.

The QMEA currently engages with 80 schools and is a partnership with the Queensland Government under its Gateway to Industry Schools program.

QMEA is a highly successful program placing students onto pathways into the resources sector and other science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) industries.

The academy is a partnership between the resources sector and the Queensland Government through the Gateway to Industry Schools Program.

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Is it all high jinks for high pay?

A book by blogger and real-life FIFO employee Aaron White – FIFO: What Really Happens After the Plane Takes Off – helps to unravel the mystery for those not accustomed to the life of working rostered weeks in hot, dusty, remote locations, while apart from families thousands of kilometres away in the big city.

The amusing anecdotes surround the life of Mick, a nice guy from a small town who lands himself a FIFO job, and whose delusions of grandeur quickly fall apart after he gets a closer grip with the harshness of labouring in isolation for two to three weeks on end.

In the process, the book covers suicide, fatigue, camp life, drugs and alcohol, overspending, relationships good and bad, and mining stereotypes, to name just a few.

In between encounters with drunken mates in various states of undress, adjusting to early starts and living in a donga, being hit upon by members of the opposite sex, and impromptu holidays to Thailand, Mick experiences the sad reality faced by many FIFOs kept apart from husbands, wives and kids.

On an unexpected early break from work, Mick returns home from his shift hoping to spring a romantic surprise, only to discover his wife in bed with two other male companions. It’s certainly a fact that many people feel the pangs of loneliness while their spouses or partners are away for several weeks at a time, and unfortunately many FIFOs can relate to Mick’s ordeal.

The genesis of the book came when, as a haul truck operator in a WA goldmine, and part of the industry for 17 years, Aaron discovered there was a lack of books and podcasts to help miners and their families.

“When I went to the shops to buy a book about what I do at work to show my two-year old son, I realised there were none,” he said.

“So I YouTubed how to self-publish a children’s book and took photos of all the machines at work and made a book.

“The book helped me and my work mates to show our kids and even our partners what we do at work. I also made a colouring book to go with it.”

Aaron said that driving the trucks for 12 hours a shift, with only the radio and a two-way, was often fatiguing.

“So, I started a Podcast called The Aaron White Show, where I interview people who are doing interesting things or have been through stuff,” he said.

“My work mates and I listen to podcasts while driving the trucks and feel they help you stay alert and we get to learn from other people’s life experiences.”

• FIFO: What Really Happens After the Plane Takes Off is available from:
  www.facebook.com/aaronwestonauthor

• The children’s books are available from:
  www.facebook.com/childrensbooksbyaaronwhite

• The Aaron White Show is on YouTube, Spotify, Apple podcasts and various podcast platforms.

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A Quiet Place Part II is quite literally a sequel, picking up directly where its preceding chapter left off, extrapolating on the first instalment’s cliffhanger ending, which had resilient  mother Evelyn Abbott (Blunt) killing off inhuman attackers who were threatening her and her kids Regan and Marcus.

But there’s a prelude before the story continues, in which the viewer is taken back to the very moment the Abbott clan witnessed first-hand the horrific experience that would forever disrupt and change their lives.

Via the flashback, we see how the Abbotts reacted to Earth’s new apex predator – blind, emaciated beings with chitinous armour and an acute sense of hearing – and provides an inkling of where they came from.

Flash forward 474 days, and the surviving members — still living by a code of silence lest they give their presence away – meet an old friend, Emmett, who’s been hiding out in an abandoned steel mill.

It’s Regan’s idea to find the nearest radio station and use her hearing aid to broadcast a signal that could defeat the beasts once and for all.  Getting there is doubly dangerous though, as she and Emmett encounter horrors both human and alien along the way.

Indeed, this is just one part of an overly complex, three-pronged arc that breaks up the family unit and relegates Blunt to the background.

One story features Emmett and Regan in the woods, off on their own odyssey, another Evelyn heading back to town for medical supplies, while adjacent to that one, Marcus has to tend to the baby, while also fending off one of the multi-toothed critters.

It’s perhaps an attempt at a cross-cutting editing technique that appears too ambitious – but kudos for the effort.

MORTAL KOMBAT
(Lewis Tan, Josh Lawson)

Let’s briefly recap for the uninitiated. At the heart of the video game is the tussle between the player and an opponent of his choice in a one-on-one match, involving various combat moves and attacks. The  trademark feature is the Fatality, a finishing move executed against a defeated rival to kill them in a gruesome fashion, some of which have become almost iconic.

The challenge for any moviemaker then is to take the simplicity of this fighting platform, and build any sort of storyline around it, incorporating all the various characters, elements, and yes, even the Fatalities. Especially the Fatalities, in fact.

In this latest remake, the lore of the series is brought to a grand and epic scale, showing off the crowded roster of individuals.

Backed up by some beautiful cinematography, stellar fight choreography and physical stunts that defy logic and gravity, the impressive action sequences brim with energy and excitement, with many based on those found in the video game, such as bicycle kicks and juggling maneouvres.

And there’s one definite character improvement which stands out, which truly sets this apart from other video game adaptations where the cast consists of humdrum individuals.

The scoundrel Kano, played brilliantly by Josh Lawson, has been transformed into a dinky-di Ocker with wisecracking one-liners and a foul mouth that would make a sailor blush.

The interpretation completely steals the show, bringing pure, unadulterated joy and injecting some much-needed levity at every turn, so much so that when Kano is not on screen, he is genuinely missed.

NOBODY
Bob Odenkirk, Alexey Serebryakov

The movie begins by focusing on the humdrum life of the lead character Hutch (Odenkirk), a former feared secret agent who is painted as a loser. His disinterested wife sleeps with several pillows between them, and his son is disillusioned after Hutch refuses to put up a fight against a pair of home intruders.

When a bunch of drunken gangsters get on the same bus as Hutch and start harassing a girl, he beats them up in a wonderfully choreographed sequence which is all fast, furious and farcical, causing the audience to guffaw and recoil in disgust at the same time.

Unfortunately for Hutch, one of the injured ruffians is the brother of a Russian mobster named Yulian (Serebryakov), a crime boss who just likes partying and having fun but isn’t above killing a dude at the smallest provocation.

Watching Odenkirk using all his skills to defend himself – while calling himself just “a nobody” – and gleefully killing Russian gangsters with various forms of firearms is a guilty joy.

Nobody contains many inspired set pieces and enough bits of vim, verve and violence to make it an entertaining experience. But the fact that the characters are pretty typical and unsurprising limits the film’s staying power, while the casting of an actor more known for his comedic roles makes every scene feel like it will end with a knowing wink at the camera.

GODZILLA VS. KONG
Rebecca Hall, Alexander Skarsgard, Kaylee Hottle

 Everyone’s favourite gargantuan reptile, Godzilla, long seen as a friend of humanity, has started to attack the puny homo sapiens and destroy their towns and cities, seemingly without provocation.

So what’s up with that? In their desperation, the military and scientists call upon help from the supersized simian Kong – who has been held captive in an artificial simulacrum of his homeland, Skull Island.

And therein lies the basic premise of this epic monster mash, as the two creatures square off for the alpha title.

This the fourth film in this monster universe (after 2019’s Godzilla: King Of The Monsters, 2017’s Kong: Skull Island and 2014’s Godzilla), and one in which the primordial protagonists get the most screen time.

As such, human relationships and characterisation take a back seat, unlike the initial chapters of the franchise when there was an underlying moral conundrum of whether the kaijus should be kept alive to balance the forces of nature.

While the story won’t win any Oscars, the movie definitely lives up to its title in every way – monster-size entertainment worth catching on the biggest screen possible.

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CF is a rare recessive genetic disorder that causes severe damage to the lungs, digestive system and other organs in the body, and for which there is currently no cure.

On 65 Roses Day, Friday, May 28, you can make a real difference to those living with the disease.

A typical 65 Roses Day sees the streets flooded with red roses being sold by volunteers, but COVID-19 put a stop to that last year and saw the introduction of a virtual rose.

Virtual roses mean every West Aussie, no matter how remote, can access a rose to send to their loved ones.

All virtual roses go into the digital rose garden, which then displays the ongoing support of the WA community for people with CF, their families and carers.

29-year-old Bianca Elford lives with CF. She has worked for Tronox on and off for the last 10 years thanks to flexible and supportive work arrangements.

A typical day for Bianca sees her at the gym first thing for physical conditioning to help her with weight gain, followed by 30 minutes of nebulised medication and physio exercise.

Bianca endeavours to have a high calorie breakfast where she takes all her morning meds (approximately 10 pills), then it’s off to work. Through the day whenever Bianca eats, she has to have more pills. Once home she undertakes a second 30-minute session of nebulisers and physio and then before bed, it’s another 20 minutes of nebulised medication.

“65 Roses Day is very important to me as it shows that there are people out there that see and support people with CF and the battles we face every day just to stay healthy,” she said.

“I’ve seen amazing improvements in medication in my lifetime and the research from 65 Roses Day gives me hope that one day there may be a cure, and that children born with CF will have a brighter future and an easier journey than I had growing up.”

Send a virtual rose to your loved one and see it bloom in the Virtual Rose Garden – https://rosegarden.org.au. For further information contact CFWA on 08 6457 7333.

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A crowd of almost 1000 people gathered at the Perth Exhibition and Convention Centre to see five inspiring women recognised in the individual award categories.

CME Chief Executive, Paul Everingham, paid tribute to the winners and their inspirational stories.

“These women reflect the enormous value that diversity and inclusion provide to our sector,” he said.

“Some are currently in leadership positions and some will progress to those types of roles. But each is already an outstanding role model for the tens of thousands of women who work each day on mining and resources operations around WA, and many more who might be considering careers in our sector.

“I’m very proud to work in a sector that has a genuine commitment to promoting and achieving equality, inclusivity and diversity in its workforce.”

• Outstanding Woman in Resources
  Sara Braund, Vice President Digital Technology, South32

Sara is the Vice President of Digital Technology at South32, where she is responsible for the delivery of technology services, platforms and business applications for 10 operational sites and six corporate offices.

Growing up in northern Scotland, Sara gained an early appreciation for the economic contributions of the oil and gas sector and, after showing an aptitude for numbers at school, eventually pursued a joint honours degree in mathematics and computer science.

As a graduate with Logica UK, Sara worked with a variety of oil and gas majors and a move to Perth in the early 2000s led to a stint at Woodside, where she became the company’s first female Chief Information Officer.

Sara’s journey to Australia is a reflection of her determination to succeed. Despite fears of both flying and public speaking, she accepted an invitation to travel from Scotland to present at a conference at the Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre – and found she liked Australia so much that she wanted to stay here.

Sara is sponsor of South32’s Technology Foundations program and played a major role in the company’s rapid transition to remote working due to the onset of COVID-19.

She is lead sponsor for the South32 Introducing Girls to STEM initiative, serves on Murdoch University’s IT Advisory Panel and regularly shares her career challenges and lessons learned at panel events around Perth.

• People’s Choice Award
  Pooja Haria, Reliability Engineer, Fortescue Metals Group

Growing up in a low-income background in Kenya, as the daughter of non-English speaking Indian immigrants, Pooja understood quickly that an academic focus would pave the way to a better life for her and her family.

That meant travelling overseas with the help of her community to study, initially in Malaysia and then in Melbourne, where she completed a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours, Mechanical Engineering) at Victoria University and was subsequently offered a PhD specialising in robotics.

Pooja’s career in mining started with an internship at Rio Tinto’s Weipa operations in far North Queensland, where she was quickly promoted to a graduate role as the only female mechanical engineer.

Pooja’s leadership qualities were evidenced by her being entrusted with a $2m capital project while still a graduate and eventually serving as Acting Railway Superintendent at Weipa.

Since moving to join FMG in April 2020 in a FIFO role at the Solomon mine, Pooja has driven key improvements in the site’s lubrication systems, resulting in improved efficiencies and reduced downtime.

Pooja is a strong role model for FMG’s younger engineers and has previously taken on formal mentoring responsibilities and been involved in campaigning against domestic violence.

• Outstanding Operator/Technician/Trade Woman in Resources
  Laura Allen, Process Owner, Woodside Energy

Laura is a talented female tradesperson with an infectious personality, a passion for her trade and a natural leader.

Throughout her career she has always been different – often the only woman on site and usually the youngest – which has built a resilience and drive that is an inspiration to others.

At a young age she identified she wanted to learn a trade and became an electrical apprentice, becoming Apprentice of the Year at Electrical Group Training. Laura’s approach and work ethic has led her to be recognised for her capability and leadership.

She has spent about 10 years working offshore and in 2015 became Woodside’s first female Registered Person Electrical, meaning Laura was responsible for the safe execution of all electrical work performed on the offshore facility she was based in.

In 2018 she moved into a leadership role supervising a team of 80 people offshore. Laura completed two overseas assignments in the Singapore shipyard leading a diverse and multicultural team.

In 2019, she moved into a temporary office role for 18 months developing more business skills and stepping up as delegate for the General Manager Operations.

• Technological Innovation Award
  Alison van Lent, Commercialisation Manager, Woodside Energy

Alison started at Woodside as an Instrumentation and Controls Engineer, working on the Offshore Goodwyn asset before moving to Karratha for four years where she worked on the Pluto LNG Project team during commissioning and early operations.

After several lead engineering roles and demonstrating capacity as an innovative high performer who had the potential to move into senior management, Alison was selected as one of two employees (out of 3000+) in 2016 to be sponsored to complete her MBA full time. When she returned, she shifted from Engineering to Technology to the robotics team.

Her primary responsibilities were to guide the Operations and Projects teams to take advantage of Intelligent and Autonomous Systems. In that space of time, the team now have the highest in-house robotics capability of any oil and gas company in Australia (perhaps even in the world). In June 2020, she moved into her current role, which is looking at commercialising a product she and her team built.

The robotics capability that Alison has worked to develop within Woodside is world-class. Software, co-developed by her and her team with NASA, is being used to leverage robots on the Woodside assets.

• Women in Resources Champion
  Rebecca Prain, Managing Director, Cube Consulting

Originally from New Zealand, where she trained as a geologist, Rebecca chose to work and raise her family in WA, where she became general manager of Cube Consulting in 2013.

Rebecca has been heavily involved in the grassroots championing of gender equality in the mining and resources sector. As an active member of the Women In Mining WA community, Rebecca has spent the best part of a decade formally mentoring young women in the sector – 14 in all – and informally mentoring many more.

She has also been a driving force behind the Kambalda Geology Symposium, which in 2019 had gender-balanced speakers. Rebecca’s own WIMWA Summit presentations have showcased the ability for women to have longevity in mining and resources while also managing family commitments.

Rebecca is well-regarded for her meaningful, personal and persistent advocacy for women in the sector and an authentic leadership style that easily earns people’s trust.

• Outstanding Company Initiative
  BHP, Office creche and family-friendly workspaces – Perth and Newman

In 2017, the BHP Perth office established a creche and two family-friendly workspaces, with the intention of providing emergency and adhoc care to parents when their regular childcare arrangements fell through.

This year, that service has been expanded to Newman, with the provision of a flexible work centre that includes four hot desks, two family-friendly rooms and a meeting room accommodating five people. BHP has also supported the Newman Neighbourhood Centre Creche next door to go from a two mornings per week offering to a full-time service.

The Perth facility has now been used by more than 400 families, who had made more than 2700 bookings by the end of October 2020. More than 40% of the bookings were male, signifying increased shared caring responsibilities that enable women to return to work.

In Newman, the service was used by 80 families making more than 300 bookings within the first four months of opening and numbers continue to rise. Some 60% of bookings were community-related, demonstrating the far-reaching social value of the initiative.

Feedback and testimonials show the initiative is helping BHP retain talented women and increase employee engagement, with significant take-up during school holidays when parents and children get a kick out of going to work together.

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The Award – which is in memory of Craig Oliver, the former Sundance Resources director and major contributor to the mining industry – recognises the ASX resource sector’s best all-round achievers throughout the year.

In accepting the award, in front of a packed ballroom at The Esplanade Hotel in Fremantle, Bellevue Gold managing director Steve Parsons said he was proud of Bellevue for its efforts over the past 12 months.

“It’s a great project but it’s got great people as well and it’s the people that is the really important thing,” he said.

“People strive for the vision of the company on where to grow and we certainly have the vision at Bellevue over the next 18 months to be one of the next gold producers here in WA, to be one of the most profitable gold mines in Australia and have the vision to be one of greenest in Australia and that’s all down to the staff and the people that really do believe in what we are doing at Bellevue.”

Chalice Mining managing director Alex Dorsch said he was grateful to accept the award on behalf of his team, “particularly the geologists who have made a great discovery just outside of Perth”.

“We have high levels of excitement about it and we are looking to progress our discovery ahead as quickly as possible,” he said.

RIU Explorers Conference managing director Stewart McDonald said both Bellevue and Chalice were deserved winners of the award.

“For the first time in the history of Craig Oliver award, we have a tie. While all five nominees delivered significant achievements throughout the past 12 months, Bellevue and Chalice stood out from the pack,” he said.

Other companies nominated this year for the 2020 Craig Oliver Award were:

• De Grey Mining
• Fenix Resources
• Perseus Mining

About Bellevue Gold

Listing on the ASX in 2005, Bellevue Gold has been busy advancing the historic Bellevue Gold Mine in WA, which, in its day, was one of Australia’s highest-grade gold mines producing 800,000oz at 15g/t gold from 1986 to 1997.

The historic mine – located some 30km north of Leinster township and sits in a major gold and nickel producing district – was closed and forgotten for over 20 years and has not benefited from modern exploration and development advances.

Bellevue Gold is the first company to apply modern exploration techniques and since work commenced in late 2017 the company has discovered numerous new high-grade lodes and anticipates further discovery success as it continues its aggressive drill program into 2021.

The company has a global JORC Resource of 2.41moz at 10g/t, gold making it one of the highest-grade undeveloped gold discoveries in the world.

Infill drilling last year at the Deacon and Bellevue North lodes increased the Indicated Resource by 20% (180,000oz) to 1.04moz gold at 11.4g/t while Inferred Resource currently stands at 1.37moz at 9.2 g/t.

About Chalice Mining

Listing on the ASX in 2006, Chalice Mining made a globally significant, high-grade Platinum Group element-nickel-copper-cobalt-gold discovery in March at the Julimar Project in WA on the very first drill hole at the project – 19m at 8.4g/t palladium, 2.6% nickel, 1.0% copper and 0.1% cobalt from 48m.

The 100% owned Julimar project covers the 26km long, unexplored Julimar Intrusive Complex, 70km NE of Perth. The discovery is considered Australia’s first major PGE discovery and has established the new West Yilgarn nickel-copper-PGE Province, along the western margin of the Yilgarn Craton.

Drilling at the 1.6km x 0.8km Gonneville Intrusion, at the southern-end of the Julimar Complex on private farmland, has since outlined an exceptional scale mineral system, with a range of mineralisation styles.

The Company is targeting a maiden Mineral Resource at Gonneville in mid-2021.

Chalice’s portfolio also includes a number of generative exploration opportunities in premier terranes across Australia, including the 5000km² Pyramid Hill Gold Project in Victoria and the 1800km² Hawkstone nickel-copper-cobalt Project in WA.

About the Craig Oliver Award

The award is in memory of Craig Oliver who in 2010 was on the Sundance Resources plane which tragically crashed in the Congo with the loss of all people on board.

Mr Oliver had made a lasting contribution to Australian mining over the course of his 20-year career. He was an all-rounder who was involved in many aspects of the industry, including exploration, mining, financing and developing new projects, promoting companies and fighting political battles.

He was one of the key people behind the successful Anti-Resources Tax rally held in Perth in mid-2010.

Previous winners were:

• 2011 Independence Group NL
• 2012 Silver Lake Resources Ltd
• 2013 Sirius Resources NL
• 2014 Northern Star Resources Ltd
• 2015 Doray Minerals Ltd
• 2016 Metals X Ltd
• 2017 Evolution Mining Ltd
• 2018 Pilbara Minerals Ltd
• 2019 MOD Resources Ltd
• 2020 Stavely Minerals Ltd

About the RIU Explorers Conference

The RIU Explorers Conference – which is celebrating its 20th year – is one of the largest junior exploration events in Australia, featuring presentations from more than 70 resource companies exploring and/or mining for commodities ranging from precious metals (gold and silver), base metals (copper, nickel and zinc) through to battery metals (cobalt and lithium).

Along with the presentations, more than 100 exploration and mining companies, government bodies and mining services companies are featured in the exhibition area.

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