Mark Creasy
Mark Creasy | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1944 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | Mining entrepreneur |
Mark Gareth Creasy (born 1944) is a Western Australian mining entrepreneur.
He arrived in Australia in the 1960s, and trained as a mining engineer.[2][3]
He has developed various mining projects in Western Australia and other states.[4][5][6] By 2010 his net worth was claimed to be $283 million (AU).[7]
Creasy had discovered the Bronzewing Gold Mine, and had sold the mine in the 1990s. By the early 2000s he had had a ten year long legal battle over Bronzewing South tenements with rival Leith Beal.[8][9]
Many journalists fall back on terms such as Midas,[10] and prospector,[11] when describing Creasy's wealth and achievement in finding and investing in resources.[12][13] Creasy has contributed to the Perth landscape, by a statue called Ascalon in Cathedral Square, Perth,[14][15] as well as floating rocks in fountains in Forrest Place and the Carlisle operations of the Department of Mines Industry Regulation and Safety.[citation needed] At the age of 74 in 2018, Creasy had made claims of not retiring,[16] but reducing investments and activities.[17][18] He also has been identified as being very private, despite occasional insights from newspaper articles [19][20] and avoiding media exposure, despite the very public controversies around The Cliffe.[21] Creasy has also supported publication of historical materials about Western Australian history.[22]
Creasy has stakes in between 40-50 listed companies, most of which are junior explorers.[23]
References
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- ^ Bailey, Michael (30 May 2019). "Australia's 200 richest people revealed". The Australian Financial Review. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- ^ "Mark Creasy", Australasian Business Intelligence, COMTEX News Network, Inc: 1008144i7772, 24 May 2002, ISSN 1320-6680
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20090930181333/http://www.mininghall.com/downloads/mhof_update_april01.pdf# Mark Creasy - Prospector in Mining Hall of Fame 2001
- ^ Treadgold, Tim. "Even Scrooge McDuck Would Be Happy with a 7000% Share Price Rise In Less Than a Year". Forbes.
- ^ "NoCookies". The Australian. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- ^ Iannucci, Esmarie. "Sirius takes full ownership of Nova". Mining Weekly.
- ^ "How the Rich 200 invest: Mark Creasy", Australasian Business Intelligence, COMTEX News Network, Inc, 4 July 2010, ISSN 1320-6680
- ^ "Creasy gets short shrift as Beal celebrates, again", Australasian Business Intelligence, COMTEX News Network, Inc: 1008297i3497, 24 October 2001, ISSN 1320-6680
- ^ "Creasy loses gold fight", Australasian Business Intelligence, COMTEX News Network, Inc: 1008319i3497, 15 November 2002, ISSN 1320-6680
- ^ Treadgold, Tim (2 May 2002), "'Midas' Mark Creasy to go public.(private Australian explorer, Mark Creasy, is turning to the stock market)", Business Review Weekly, 24 (17), BRW Media: 43(1), ISSN 0727-758X
- ^ "Prospector ties lead Creasy to Sweden and Talga's graphite", Australasian Business Intelligence, COMTEX News Network, Inc, 27 October 2013, ISSN 1320-6680
- ^ Andrews, Mark (December 2015), "Creasy not done yet", Australia's Paydirt, 1 (234): 10–12, ISSN 1445-3436
- ^ "Sirius's Creasy set to join billionaire's club", Australasian Business Intelligence, COMTEX News Network, Inc, 6 March 2013, ISSN 1320-6680
- ^ https://sami-colourfulworld.blogspot.com/2014/08/public-art-in-perth-2.html Ascalon story of 2014
- ^ https://www.perthcathedral.org/ascalon/
- ^ In 2018 making the claim I havent had a holiday since 1968 in https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/millionaire-prospector-mark-creasy-making-dough-out-of-sirius-20150603-ghfw2e.html
- ^ https://thewest.com.au/business/mining/ill-die-with-boots-on-wa-prospector-king-mark-creasy-gets-ready-to-trim-empire-ng-b881003057z
- ^ https://www.businessnews.com.au/Person/Mark-Creasy
- ^ https://richlist.thewest.com.au/2018/20-11/
- ^ https://www.businessnews.com.au/article/Big-week-for-Mark-Creasy
- ^ "Mining magnate calls it a day on Triffids' house", Australasian Business Intelligence, COMTEX News Network, Inc, 19 July 2009, ISSN 1320-6680
- ^ Bridge, Peter J. (Peter John), 1943-, (editor.); Cameron, J. M. R. (James McDonald Rapson), 1942-, (writer of introduction.); Creasy, Mark G., (writer of foreword.); Western Australian Explorers's Diaries Project (2019), To the golden land : exploration to the Eastwards 1869 - 1896, Hesperian Press, ISBN 978-0-85905-704-2
{{citation}}:|author1=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Mark Creasy could put South Africa on map as hot mining destination". www.spglobal.com. Retrieved 31 July 2020.