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are really special and the ‘overnight’ success stories you’re hearing now with things like driver-less trucks started here with digital 20 years. There’s a timeline which shows Australia has a proven track record — we’ve now got to find ways of adding value to other mines around the world.” Moorhead notes that perhaps the most important progress made by the industry in Australia has been the government’s support for deep exploration technologies. “We’re seeing a renaissance in grassroots
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exploration as many of the country’s mining sites are under deep cover,” he explains. “In our backyard in the
Colin Moorhead
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The former President of AusIMM from 2017-2018, Moorhead has worked in the industry for over 30 years, spending most of his career with Newcrest where, among several roles, he was Chief Geologist at the Telfer (WA), Cadia (NSW) and Goswong (Indonesia) mines before returning to Melbourne as General Manager Technical Services for the Newcrest Group in 2006. In 2008 he was appointed Executive General Manager Minerals responsible for global exploration, mining geology, resources and reserves governance and orebody knowledge.
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