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The Gold Industry Group backed 2022 NAIDOC Netball Carnival had a special touch this year, with young stars awarded striking medals designed by Perth-based Whadjuk-Yuet-Ballardong artist Kevin Bynder and produced by The Perth Mint.
This year’s competition brought together a record 122 teams with the dazzling medals awarded to the most valuable players across all divisions.
The Gold Industry Group West Australian Netball League (GIG WANL) competition returns this Friday night, April 29, with the ‘Gold Round’ set to open the season for Open, 20U and Men’s Divisions at the Gold Netball Centre in Jolimont.
In exciting news for the State's premier netball league, Kayo has been confirmed as the competition’s new Official Broadcast Partner, which will see 45 selected matches across the three divisions broadcast live on Kayo Freebies this season.
The Gold Industry Group was thrilled to support the Kalgoorlie-Boulder Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KBCCI)’s vibrant Explore the Goldfields Community Expo for a fifth year, celebrating the community and all it has to offer.
Also championed by members Northern Star Resources and Evolution Mining, the buzzing expo saw hundreds of locals, families and tourists alike visit more than 70 community stalls at the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder’s Lord Forrest Complex on Saturday 12 February 2022.
Northern Star Resources Limited and Perth Lynx have today announced a new five-year Major Partnership agreement through to the end of the 2025/26 WNBL season, expanding their commitment into women's sports.
The new agreement will also see Northern Star become a Community Partner of Basketball WA.
We recently spoke with Perth Mint Acting CEO Jane King, to traverse her journey as the first female CEO in the company’s 123 years of operation and discuss her focus on wellbeing, sustainability, diversity and inclusion.
As Acting CEO, Jane’s focus is to keep the business running while seeing the business and our people through this difficult COVID period.
The Gold Industry Group has renewed its golden partnership with Netball WA, West Coast Fever and Glass Jar Australia, extending its landmark agreement for another three years and continuing its support across the sport through to the end of 2024.
The partnership remains the first of its kind in Australia to channel investment into women’s sport at all levels, recognising the Gold Industry Group as Principal Partner of Netball WA, Major Partner of Glass Jar Australia’s Shooting Stars program, and Elite Partner of West Coast Fever.
The Gold Industry Group (GIG) are thrilled to continue their support of Shooting Stars, empowering Aboriginal girls and women for a further three years, as a Major Partner of the program.
Supporting Shooting Stars since 2019, the GIG was instrumental to the expansion into the Goldfields region enabling the program to launch in Laverton empowering 26 participants across years 4 – 12.
More than 30 emergency responders from Northern Star Resources, Gold Fields, Ramelius Resources and Westgold Resources put their lifesaving skills on show in eight realistic scenarios at the 11th annual Mining and Emergency Response Competition (MERC).
Northern Star Resources and the Gold Industry Group (GIG) were proud sponsors again of the free event at Langley Park Perth, from 26 to 28 November 2021, attracting hundreds of local spectators to witness the action and participate in the fun free activities on offer. The event theme, diversity and inclusion, was celebrated by the first ever all-female team from Gold Fields.
The Gold Industry Group backed 2021 NAIDOC Netball Carnival saw more than 2,500 netballers and their families take part, with teams travelling from across the State to proudly represent their communities on Sunday 7 November in the nation’s biggest Indigenous carnival.
110 teams competed at the Gold Netball Centre for an 18th year, growing from 10 teams in 2004. This year players travelled from far and wide including Albany, Bunbury, Katanning, Karratha, Leonora, Narrogin, Perth and Tambellup, competing across eight age divisions.
Shooting Stars Year 11 and 12 leaders gave back to the community as part of the annual Senior Leadership Camp program thanks to the support of Premier Partner, the Gold Industry Group.
While on the camp in May, 16 participants identified a small project that would improve their school, their community or Shooting Stars.
Kirkland Lake Gold and ABC Bullion have again partnered with the Victorian Racing Club to produce the pure Victorian gold 2021 Lexus Melbourne Cup, a testament to the hard work and perseverance of Australians.
The race that stops a nation was born from the wealth of the Victorian gold rush that brought the world to our doorstep and transformed the nation.
Ramelius Resources have recently provided support to the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Western Australia (RFDSWA) to purchase Hamilton T1 Ventilators that have equipped a fleet of 18 aircraft to provide the best respiratory support to patients.
RFDSWA Head of Medical Robert Radici said the Hamilton Ventilator is a significant piece of equipment and provides the same functionality as a ventilator you’d find in a hospital.
The Gold Industry Group Western Australian Netball League (GIG WANL) 2021 season concluded with the 20U, Opens and Men’s divisions battling it out in three thrilling grand final showdowns at the Gold Netball Centre in August.
The Gold Netball Centre was packed full of fans for the finals series which kicked off with the 2OU (under-20s) division where the Rangers Netball Club were crowned premiers.
North Metropolitan TAFE (NMTAFE) amalgamated into one college in 2016 to better prepare the mining workforce of tomorrow and support mining operations.
Offering courses focused on surveying, surface extraction and resource processing, and laboratory operation, together with South Metropolitan TAFE, which is focused on oil and gas, they collectively provide education pathways to the resources industry.
The Gold Industry Group (GIG) showcased the diverse range of jobs and career pathways in Australia’s gold industry to 10 000 students and the general public at the 2021 Perth SkillsWest Career Expo in August.
The GIG’s booth featured its initiatives centred around developing talent pathways and education engaging attendees through the Gold Jobs challenge to guide them in their career journey
The Gold Industry Group (GIG) and Deloitte annual leadership breakfast opened this year’s Diggers and Dealers Mining Forum second day with a power hour, interactive discussion on the importance of strong leadership and Environment, Safety, and Governance (ESG) to more than 100 attendees at the WA School of Mines Graduate Hall.
GIG Director Andrea Maxey welcomed the delegates to the event with an opening invite to watch the success of the GIG’s recent tour of the Goldfields with West Coast Fever.
This year’s 30th Diggers & Dealers Mining Forum was hailed one of the biggest yet, attracting more than 2500 delegates to hear mining’s growth stories in Kalgoorlie-Boulder, despite having no overseas visitors for the second year running.
Attendance could have been greater at the nation’s largest mining forum with Western Australia having no event restrictions, however due to COVID-19 lockdowns over east preventing many from traveling to the State, several companies presented virtually as thousands streamed the event online.
The Gold Industry Group and LIVIN are set to embark on their third national tour in August, to empower students across Australia to speak up and provide much needed practical tools on mental health through more than 80 relatable workshops.
Approximately one in two Australians experience mental ill health over the course of their lifetime and research suggests that less than 50% of people experiencing mental ill health will access professional support.
Evolution Mining is powering gold’s unique medicinal benefits through its partnership with the University of Queensland (UQ), emerging as a key part of medical research applications using nanotechnology to detect the presence of cancer cells and in a new chip that monitors the immune system.
Evolution first aided UQ’s Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) to develop a rapid cancer test using gold nanoparticles in 2019.
The Earbus Foundation of Western Australia (Earbus) recently acknowledged AngloGold Ashanti Australia for its continuing support underpinning their work to improve health and education outcomes in the Goldfields.
AngloGold Ashanti Australia, which is the foundation’s longest-standing corporate sponsor, provides funding enabling the Earbus medical team to deliver its monthly program of ear screening visits to schools, kindergartens and day care centres across the region.
