DE Grey Mining’s managing director Denis O’Meara and principal consulting geologist Geoffrey Blackburn have been jointly awarded the Prospector of the Year Award by the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies.
The award is in recognition for their discovery of the Wingina Well Gold Deposit along the Turner River Gold Belt, 60 kilometres south of Port Hedland in the Pilbara.
A preliminary resources estimate of 203,000 ounces of gold was announced for Wingina Well less than 12 months after its initial discovery.