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It just needs more drilling!

9 October 2004  •  Ron Manners AO

Ron prefaced this speech, presented at the Mineral Drilling Association of Australia Symposium in Busselton, by stating: "As I haven't been given any guidelines …

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Mining Manners: My elusive career

6 October 2004  •  Ron Manners AO

I gave this keynote speech as part of Business News' Success and Leadership Series in 2004. At the time I was Chairman of Croesus Mining, …

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Hundred Heroes

14 March 2002  •  Ron Manners AO

This speech was made by Ron at an Australian Mining Hall of Fame launch and recruitment function. He addressed supporters of Hundred Heroes, …

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Australia’s Mining Hall of Fame

21 September 2000  •  Ron Manners AO

Australia's Mining Hall of Fame (a lost opportunity — Oct 2017?) I gave this presentation to the Mining 2000 Forum in Melbourne. At …

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

20 August 1999  •  Ron Manners AO

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

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Mining Icons: Ron Manners

24 January 1998  •  Mannwest Admin

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

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Turning ideas into gold bars

17 May 1995  •  Ron Manners AO

This speech was presented at the World’s Best Practice in Mining and Processing Conference, The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Sydney, May …

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Gold ‘n’ Dollars: the Kalgoorlie connection

21 February 1994  •  Mannwest Admin

These lessons in free enterprise for Australia are part of an address on gold mining in Kalgoorlie and Chile. Delivered by Ron Manners …

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Get a hat

25 October 1993  •  Ron Manners AO

For a guy who is more interested in the future than the past, I can’t understand how I keep being asked to delve …

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And now for the good news: A report from the Kalgoorlie Goldfields

1 September 1993  •  Ron Manners AO

Some things, like government making fickle decisions, never seem to change. In this 1993 column in bi-monthly publication, Australian Drilling, Ron shared some personal …

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