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Mining Hall of Fame BBQ Dinner: GET YOUR DIGGERS OFF TO A GOLDEN START
Join us on Sunday 1 August for a pre-Diggers and Dealers barbeque dinner hosted by the Mining Hall of Fame, in partnership with Norton Gold Fields. This casual dinner and drinks provides a great opportunity to kick off Diggers in true Australian fashion and mingle with some key players in the country’s resources industry.
Date: Sunday 1 August
Time: 5:00pm
Venue: Mining Hall of Fame, Goldfields Hwy, Kalgoorlie
Dress: Casual
To RSVP, contact Raelene Wyatt at raelene.wyatt@padgold.com.au or
phone (08) 9080 6800 by Friday 23 July.

Niall Ferguson: Respected economic commentator Professor Niall Ferguson will present the keynote address at the opening of the 2010 Diggers and Dealers mining forum to be held in Kalgoorlie on 2 August 2010.

Forum Awards

1997	Sir Arvi Parbo AC
1998	Dr Ian Burston AO
1999	Sir Charles Court AK KCMG OBE
2000	Dr Roy Woodall AO
2001	-
2002	David J. Reed AO
2003	Trevor Sykes
2004	Sir Laurence Brodie-Hall AO CMG
2005	Peter Newton
2006	Graeme Smith, George Botica, Barry Patterson and Ron Harken
2007	Pierre Lassonde
2008	Owen Hegarty
2009	Nick Giorgetta

1997	Joseph Gutnick
1998	Acacia Resources Ltd
1999	Placer Dome Inc. / Delta Gold NL. Granny Smith & Wallaby Projects
2000	Jubilee Mines NL Cosmos Project
2001	Goldfields Limited. Raleigh Deposit east of Kundana Gold Mine
2002	Portman Limited
2003	Woodside Petroleum Ltd
2004	Consolidated Minerals Limited
2005	Jubilee Mines NL
2006	Oxiana Limited
2007	Zinifex Limited
2008	Western Areas NL
2009	Atlas Iron Limited

1997	Robbin Widdup of Lion Selection Group
1998	Andrew Forrest of Anaconda Nickel Limited for Capital Raising of Murrin Murrin Nickel Project
1999	Nigel Forrester of Mt Burgess Gold Mining Company NL - Red October Project
2000	AngloGold Limited for merger with Acacia Resources Ltd
2001	Mincor Resources NL for the purchase of WMC's Miitel Nickel Mine and subsequent formation of the Miitel Joint Venture
2002	Robert J Champion de Crespigny AC
2003	Placer Dome Inc.
2004	Peter Johnston of Minara Resources Limited
2005	BHP Billiton Plc
2006	Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd
2007	Fortescue Metals Group Ltd
2008	Kerry Harmanis
2009	Ken Talbot

2003	Barry Fitzgerald of The Age
2004	John Phaceas of The West Australian
2005	Tim Treadgold
2006	Ian Howarth of The Australian Financial Review
2007	Jim Regan of REUTERS
2008	Michael Vaughan of The Australian Financial Review
2009	Ross Louthean of Western Media