OZ Minerals takes off Craig Oliver Award

THE CONFERENCE CALLER: Mid-tier miner and takeover target OZ Minerals (ASX: OZL) impressed the judges to win the 2023 Craig Oliver Award at the RIU Explorers Conference. By Ngaire McDiarmid

The annual award is presented in memory of industry stalwart Craig Oliver, who died in June 2010 when the Sundance Resources plane tragically crashed in the Congo with no survivors.

It was presented by Vertical Events managing director Stewart McDonald and Oliver’s 29-year-old daughter, Georgia.

RIU Explorers Conference owner Stewart McDonald, Georgia Oliver, OZ Minerals principal geologist Jim McKinnon-Matthews

 

“This award is presented to an Australian mining company who reflects the person my dad was – an all-rounder, who’s passionate, and it’s for a company who has excelled in exploration, mining, corporate, market results and is also in the environmental space and the community over the past 12 months,” Georgia told the packed Day One auditorium.

OZ Minerals principal geologist Jim McKinnon-Matthews accepted the award on behalf of the company, which has recommended shareholders vote in favour of an increased offer from BHP.

He said the award was greatly appreciated and recognised the efforts by “a great many people” over the years, adding the company had worked very hard to create value for all of its stakeholders.

“What we do is not the most important thing, it’s how we do things,” he said.

OZ Minerals has copper operations in South Australia and Brazil and the West Musgrave nickel-copper development in Western Australia.

The other nominees were Gold Road Resources, Hastings Technology Metals and Liontown Resources.