Mines and Money Awards ShortList

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This year’s shortlist is all about recognising excellence. Across the categories our judges have
selected the best of the best, recognising:
• excellence in ESG
• excellence in exploration
• excellence in innovation
• excellent in leadership
Judges 2022
Resourcing Tomorrow would like to thank the judges who gave their time to help narrow down the
longlist to a shortlist and select worthy winners:
• Torsten Dennin, Chief Investment Officer, Asset Management Switzerland

• Caroline Donally, Managing Partner, Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty
• Kate Southwell, General Counsel, Pala Investments
• Claude Bejet, Private Investor and Newsletter Writer
• Willem Middelkoop, Founder & Chief Investment Officer, Commodity Discovery Fund
• Keith Spence, Chief Executive Officer & Partner, Global Mining Capital
• Richard Crookes, Managing Partner, Lionhead Resources
• Miranda Werstiuk, Director Corporate Development, OCIM Precious Metals
• Ross Allister, Director - Corporate Finance, Peel Hunt
• Rob Dixon, Managing Director, Dundee Goodman
• Matt Geiger, Managing Partner, MJG Capital
• Mark O'Brien, General Manager for Digital Technology and Innovation, CITIC Pacific Mining
• Ali Soofastaei, AI Program Leader, Vale
• Siri Genik, Principal & Founder, BRIDGE(c)
• Heather Ednie, Managing Director, Global Mining Guidelines Group
• Gaius King, Resource Analyst, Fox Davies Capital
• Carl Weatherell, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, CMIC
• Douglas Morrison, President and CEO, CEMI, Network Director MICA
• Remi Piet, Senior Partner, Embellie Advisory
• Pleasure Mnisi, Manager - Business Optimisation, Exxaro Resources
• Janine Herzig, Executive President and Director, CEEC International
• Sarah Gordon, Chief Executive Officer, Satarla
• Jamie Strauss, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Digbee
• Elaine Dorward-King, Non-executive Director for Sibanye Stillwater, Kenmare Resources and
NovaGold
• Rich Borden, Independent ESG Consultant
• Tom Butler, Senior Advisor, Boston Consulting Group
• Ros Lund, Clean Mining Lead, UK DIT

2022 Shortlist
Recognising excellence in ESG:
ESG Explorers and Developers of the Year Award – sponsored by Digbee and Satarla
• Blackstone Minerals Ltd

• Akobo Minerals
• MCC Mining
• Cordoba Minerals
• Pensana
ESG Producer of the Year Award – sponsored by Digbee and Satarla
• B2 Gold
• Central Asia Metals (CAML)
• Pan African Resources
• Endeavour Mining
• Kenmare Resources
ESG Impact Initiative of the Year Award – sponsored by Digbee and Satarla
• GeoDrill
• O Trade
• Triple Flag Precious Metals
• Impact Facility
• Pembroke Resources
• Biothermica
Recognising excellence in Exploration:

Exploration Discovery of the Year Award - sponsored by TM Partners
• ACME Lithium – for its Clayton Discovery project

• Great Bear Resources – for their Dixie project
• AusGold - Katanning Gold Project
• Reunion Gold – Oko West gold deposit in Guyana
• Baselode Energy – ACKIO discovery
• Lithium Chile- Salta de Arizaro lithium discovery
• Galileo Mining- Norseman Project – Callisto Discovery
• Patriot Battery Metals - Corvette lithium discovery
Exploration Company of the Year Award – sponsored by TM Partners
• Fireweed Metals
• Amex Exploration
• I-80 Gold
• Goviex Uranium

• Mako Gold
• Royal Road Minerals
Recognising excellence in Innovation:

Mining Innovation of the Year
• Minehub Technologies Assay Exchange

• Boart Longyear orebody science platform called TruScan™
• Gravitricity’s raising and lowering heavy weights underground to store and release energy.
• Canada Silver Cobalt Works Re-2Ox processing technique
• Iluka’s Narngulu Mineral Separation Plant
• Vinca Technologies fast-acting molten salt critical metal leaching technology
Collaboration Award
• Minehub Technologies – for its collaboration with BHP and Sumitomo in creating an
enterprise solution for organizing and exchanging the paperwork involved in physical
commodity shipments
• Minviro and Maptek – for their collaboration in their technology to revolutionize the way
the mining industry interacts with environmental sustainability
• Mkango and HyProMag – for their collaboration in creating a secure supply of rare earths
which are essential in creating various components needed for a global green transition
• Rajant Corporation, Kinetic Mesh, Australian Droid and Robot (ADR) and PBE Group – for
completing the deepest remote underground mine inspection in history
• Iluka Resources for being set to build Australia's first fully integrated rare earths refinery at
Eneabba
Mining Technology Company of the Year
• Geomoby
• Minespider
• Canada Cobalt Silver (Re-2Ox processing technique)
• Matec Industries
• Canaria Technologies
• NextOre
• Hexagon
Recognising excellence in Leadership:

Rising Star/s of the Year Award
• Jorge Ramiro Monroy, CEO & Founder, Reyna Silver – for his role as a leader in the mining
Mexican sector and his expertise business connections in Asia, and particularly in Hong Kong
leading him to become a founding member of the Mexican Chamber of Commerce in Hong
Kong and a founder of the Silver Council of Asia
• Tamara Leves Hamen, President, Women in Mining Chile – for her commitment to
promoting inclusion and career development for women in the mining industry, increasing

female participation through actions, and providing visibility to women so that they join and
stay in this male-dominated industry.
• Marc Bishop Lafleche, CEO, Anglo Pacific Group plc. – for his leadership in in the Group’s
transformational Voisey’s Bay $205m cobalt stream acquisition and the successful exit of
Anglo Pacific’s only thermal coal royalty
• Louis-Pierre Gignac, P. Eng., M.Sc.A., CFA, is currently the President, CEO & Director of G
Mining Ventures (TSXV:GMIN) – for managing project development studies, providing open-
pit expertise, financial modeling, and economic evaluation of projects. He has coordinated
many mandates with numerous major mining companies ranging from early exploration
evaluations to operations optimization involving all fields of mining and geology
• Francis Wedin, CEO, Vulcan – for building a $1.2bn company in 4 years on the back of smart
thinking, both technical and strategic
• Thandi Dywili, the Chief Executive of Lilitha Minerals and Resources in South Africa – for
exceptionally developing the ore beneficiation and minerals supply business of Lilitha
Minerals. Growing its sales business to turnover R250m ($15m), through challenges and
constraints.
Unsung Hero Award
• Anand Sheth, Co-founder of International Lithium Association – for creating a non-profit,

global producer’s trade association in the lithium industry
• Assheton Stewart Carter, founder of TDi sustainability and The Impact Facility – for using an
investment led approach to drive ESG change within the ASM sector
• Carla Rojas Neculhual – for her work in Chile in gender equality projects for making a more
inclusive space for women in the mining industry.
• Gladys Smith, Head of Engagement, International WIM Alliance of International Women in
Mining (IWIM) – for pioneering the set up of women’s groups throughout LATAM and Africa,
promoting Women within the industry and helping drive ESG policy around the world
• Professor Joe Seegers – for his contribution in the mining industry in Afghanistan and for his
participation in the group of initial exploration geologists that discovered gold in Papua New
Guinea’s Ok Tedi Mine
Deal of The Year
• G Mining Ventures Corp financing package totaling $481 million for the development and
construction of its 100% owned Tocantinzinho Gold Project 3
• Great Bear Resources sale to Kinross Gold for C$1.8 billion
• Ontario Teacher’s Pension plan investment into Foran Mining of $200M for 20% ownership
• Horizonte Minerals US$633 million project financing for its Araguaia ferronickel mine
• Matsa Mining acquisition by Sandfire
Improved Mining Jurisdiction of the Year
• Zimbabwe
• Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• United Kingdom
• Ecuador
• Quebec

Mining CEO of the Year Award – Sponsored by Extractive Search
• Chris Taylor, CEO ,Great Bear Resources – for his work as a geologist and mining
entrepreneur for over 20 years, eventually selling his company for US $1.4bn to Kinross Gold
• Brandon Macdonald, CEO, Fireweed Metals Corp. – for his work on Fireweed Metals flagship
project and his relationships with the Governments of both the Northwest Territories and
the Yukon, allowing his projects to flourish
• Jim North, CEO, Ferrexpo – for prioritizing innovation and sustainability while having a
record low incidence rate of injuries, a 30% reduction in Ferrexpo’s carbon emissions
footprint, and operating crisis management when his workforce of 10,000 people was in
Ukraine during Russia’s attack
• Leon Coetzer, CEO ,Jubliee Metals Group – for his leadership, natural entrepreneurship and
vision that developed his team into a multi-asset owning, commodity-diversified and mid-
tier producer
• Marc Bishop Lafleche, CEO, Anglo Pacific/Ecora Resources – for repositioning his company
from one dominated by coal as a source of revenue to one which is focused on future facing
commodities.
• Vincent Mascolo, CEO, Atlantic Lithium – for tirelessly leading Atlantic lithium to advance its
lithium project to Ghana until Vincent’s premature death during the year
Lifetime Achievement of the Year – sponsored by SLR Consulting
There is no shortlist for this prestigious award. Winners will be announced on the evening.


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THE OFFICIAL SHORT-

LIST FOR 2022

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• Torsten Dennin, Chief Investment Officer, Asset Management Switzerland

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• Blackstone Minerals Ltd

ESG Producer of the Year Award – sponsored by Digbee and Satarla

Recognising excellence in Exploration:

• ACME Lithium – for its Clayton Discovery project

Exploration Company of the Year Award – sponsored by TM Partners

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Recognising excellence in Innovation:

• Minehub Technologies Assay Exchange

Mining Technology Company of the Year

Recognising excellence in Leadership:

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Unsung Hero Award

• Anand Sheth, Co-founder of International Lithium Association – for creating a non-profit,

Deal of The Year

Improved Mining Jurisdiction of the Year

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Lifetime Achievement of the Year – sponsored by SLR Consulting

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