The blockbuster $5 billion sale of the Hemi gold deposit within the Pilbara to Northern Star Assets has earned De Gray Mining the Seller of the 12 months award.
The prized gold miner was acquired by Northern Star Assets formally in Could, in a transaction that handed WA’s Tremendous Pit miner the keys to the nation’s subsequent main yellow metallic mine amid report costs.
The judges mentioned De Gray’s substantial development from making the game-changing discovery at Hemi in 2019 to the sale six years on “exemplifies all that makes our business nice.”
Gold’s successful streak was additionally mirrored within the Digger of the 12 months Award, which went to listed mid-tier Ramelius Assets.
The Mark Zeptner-led gold miner has managed to ship on its promised manufacturing and value steering targets or 5 years in a row.
In the meantime, the GJ Stokes Memorial Award was given to Peter Cook dinner, a geologist and mining firm director.
Diggers chair Jim Walker mentioned Mr Cook dinner was “most likely higher often called a hard-nosed operator than a company government” and credited him as a “renovator” who had mounted and rebuilt initiatives that struggled to get off the bottom.
The 2025 Rising Firm Award went to yellow metallic explorer Turaco Gold.
The $520m market capitalised Turaco purchased the Afema Gold Challenge in Cote d’Ivoire in early 2024, and has been tipped as an advancing new mid-tier gold producer within the area.
All of the awards have been dished out on the thirty fourth annual Diggers & Sellers gala dinner on Wednesday night time.
