Ron Manners’ ideas 
and adventures

Australia’s Outback Highway: the rewards are worth the effort

Following the footsteps of Australia’s great explorers (but with better transport), Ron and four mates travelled Australia’s outback highway. Escaping the horrors of...

Where’s the clarinet?

Remembering grandfather James “Pom Pom” Stevens Pom Pom was a prospecting, clarinet playing, blacksmith and winder-driver at the Mt Charlotte Gold Mine. (The...

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Mining in Kalgoorlie 1999: Confronting a pebble or a mountain?

This presentation was given at the 1999 Mining in the Goldfields – Opportunities and Challenges conference, and talked about recent mineral discoveries, the...

Where are our leaders?

In the late 90s mining was clearly seen as the driver of Australia’s economic growth, as shown in this presentation given to attendees...

Do smaller companies do it better?

This is part of a seminar led by Ron as part of the Normandy Group Mining Conference in Fremantle, on April 22, 1998....

Mining Icons: Ron Manners

This profile of Ron was published in Australian Minerals and Energy Annual Review 1997/1998 as part of their Mining Icons series. If anyone...

Australia’s latest export industry: Jobs

This speech was a hit at the World Gold ‘97 Conference (AusIMM) in Singapore. Keep the era in mind while reading. What would...

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The mining industry: A global community, from an Australian’s view

Ron delivered this speech to the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada in Toronto, Ontario in March 1997. It’s an educational experience for...

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Diggers and Dealers 1996

The Diggers and Dealers conference is a big event on the mining industry calendar. Held in Australia’s unofficial gold capital, Kalgoorlie, it’s a...

Squid chips and drill bits

Presented at the Geological Society of Australia Christmas party on December 15, 1995, what follows is an account of mining processes of the...

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