Announcing the official shortlist

• Alkane Resource for the discovery of the Kaiser gold and copper deposit
• Andrada Mining’s ‘Spodumene Hill’ and ‘Lithium Ridge’ licences indicate high-grade lithium and tantalum mineralization
• Cornish Lithium for their discovery of extensive lithium-enriched brines beneath the surface of Cornwall
• Lithium Chile for their Salar de Arizaro project in Argentina
• Surge Battery Metals for the exploration and development of the flagship Nevada North Lithium deposit
• WA1 Resources for their West Arunta Project

• Alkane Resources
• Canada Nickel
• Heliostar Metals
• Lithium Chile
• The Metals Company

• Anglo American and WSP Global for using CPR sand as a filter, co-disposing it with tailings to deliver passive drainage and gravitational dewatering of the tailings
• BHP Xplor for effectively transforming minerals exploration in a way that’s never been done before
• DL MineTrace™ which was adopted by Teck to set the standard for an innovative product passport
• Rainbow Rare Earths for pioneering Sustainable Rare Earth Extraction from Phosphogypsum
• Twikatane Media's innovative work in small-scale mining in the Muchinga province in the Republic of Zambia
• Weeefiner's pioneering 4D Scavenger® technology has revolutionized the way resource recovery is approached

• American Pacific Mining and Dowa Metals and Mining
• Albemarle and Caterpillar
• Autonomous Haulage System (AHS), the Project (Roy Hill, ASI Mining and Epiroc)
• FrontierSI, collaborating with mining companies - BHP, Rio Tinto, FMG, Roy Hill, Minerals Resources and Atlas Iron
• The UK Mining Operators within the Mining Association of the United Kingdom (MAUK) and the Camborne School of Mines
• Volvo Trucks and Boliden
• EMX and Zijin agreeing on royalty rate at the Timok Project

• Bannerman Energy
• Bunker Hill
• Foran Mining
• Goviex Uranium
• Impact Silver
• Q-Mines

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• Pending final confirmation by Thursday 9 November

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• AECOM and Brazil ESG Independent Audit Mining Program, developed in response to Brumadinho
• The Council of African Youth in Minerals (CAYM) for developing a local industrialized mine-supporting ecosystem that captures more of the value of the minerals in their host country
• Digbee and Satarla for their for their collaboration on forming Digbee ESG
• Eden Asset Management for being a pioneering ESG investment company
• Karbon-X innovative carbon offset company building projects to reduce CO2 emissions and providing tailor-made solutions for the industry to reduce its footprint
• Renta 4 Banco for helping the financial sector when driving the transition towards climate neutrality

• Aya Gold and Silver for its USD$100 million funding for the mine expansion in Morocco
• Cornish Lithium for funding totalling up to USD$277 million for its lithium projects in Cornwall
• Eldorado Gold for Skouries financing
• G Mining for the construction financing package at TZ
• Kodal Minerals for its conditional funding package of USD$117.75 million
• Steppe Gold secured up to USD$150 million (Tg517.43bn) in financing to fund the construction of the second phase expansion at its Altan Tsagaan Ovoo
• Zinnwald Lithium

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• Draslovka
• Fleet Space Technologies
• Sensmore
• Stratum AI
• Tribe Tech
• Vinca Technologies

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• Appian acquisition of Rosh Pinah
• BHP and Oz Minerals
• European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in European Metals Holding (EMH)
• Newmont and Newcrest
• Pan American Silver and Yamana Gold

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• Luis Azevedo, Executive Chairman and CEO, Bravo Mining
• Thekla Mutero, Founder and President, Emerging Mining Association of Namibia
• Michelle DeCecco, Vice President and COO, Lithium Chile
• Emma Koester, Mining Director, Collar Talent Group
• Katie Fedosenko, Director, ESG Engagement, Teck Resources
• Ana Juárez, Founder and Executive Director, Women in Mining Central America

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• Cate Larsen, the ‘Groovy Geologist’
• Eric Saderholm, Co-Founder, Managing Director of Exploration and Director of American Pacific Mining
• Camila Montes, Public Policy and Strategy Analyst, Chilean Copper Commission (COCHILCO)
• Richard Elmer, Director, Knight Piesold
• Dr Fabiana Di Lorenzo, Senior Director of Impact and Innovation, Responsible Minerals Initiative
• Dr Daniel P. S. de Oliveira, Chair of the Mineral Resources Expert Group (MREG), EuroGeo Surveys
• Rena Guenduez, Team Lead for the Australia -Mongolia Extractives Program (DFAIT-AUSAID)

• Cornwall
• Egypt
• Eritrea
• Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• Namibia

• Mark Bristow, CEO, Barrick
• Mark Selby, CEO, Canada Nickel
• Mike Meding, CEO, McEwen Copper
• Scott Berdahl, CEO, Snowline Gold
• Randy Smallwood, CEO, Wheaton Precious Metals

The winner to be revealed on the evening of the awards.