Robert Friedland and Owen Hegarty were amongst the winners at the Mines and Money Asian Mining Awards, held during Mines and Money Hong Kong last week.
Hundreds gathered at a black tie event at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre to see who picked up awards in six categories: Country, Deal, Discovery and Project Development of the Year as well as the Mines and Money Jury Award and Mining Personality of the Year.
Owen Hegarty, Executive Vice Chairman of G-Resources Group was honoured with the Mining Personality of the Year Award, recognised for his glittering four-decade-long career. Mr Hegarty has founded a series of successful exploration companies which went on to become multi-billion dollar producers and he recently developed a silver and gold mine in Indonesia. His current mining interests span the Russian Far East,Australia, Indonesia, Canada and Colombia.
Mr Hegarty has been CEEC's Patron since CEEC's establishment in 2011. A visionary miner, CEEC's Board congratulates Mr Hegarty on this well deserved recognition.