Mark Gareth Creasy (born 1944) is a

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

mining Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the Earth, usually from an ore body, lode, vein, seam, reef, or placer deposit. The exploitation of these deposits for raw material is based on the economic via ...

entrepreneur Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value. With this definition, entrepreneurship is viewed as change, generally entailing risk beyond what is normally encountered in starting a business, which may include other values th ...

Biography

Creasy arrived in Australia in the 1960s, and trained as a mining engineer. He has developed various mining projects in Western Australia and other states. By 2010 his net worth was claimed to be $283 million (AU). Creasy had discovered the

Bronzewing Gold Mine The Bronzewing Gold Mine is a gold mine located approximately 83 km north-east of Leinster, Western Australia. The mine, owned by Navigator Resources Limited, has been in care and maintenance since March 2013, after its owner went into adm ...

, 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. Many journalists fall back on terms such as ''Midas'', and ''prospector'', when describing Creasy's wealth and achievement in finding and investing in resources. Creasy pledged 500,000 towards the construction of a statue called ''Ascalon'' in

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, and also contributed towards floating rocks in fountains in

Forrest Place Forrest Place is a pedestrianised square located within the CBD of Perth, Western Australia. The street was created in 1923, and has a history of being a focal point for significant political meetings and demonstrations. Description Forrest P ...

and the

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operations of the Department of Mines Industry Regulation and Safety. At the age of 74 in 2018, Creasy made claims of not retiring, but reducing investments and activities. He also has been identified as being very private, despite occasional insights from newspaper articles and avoiding media exposure, despite the very public controversies around

The Cliffe The Cliffe is one of the first residential dwellings built in the Perth suburb of Peppermint Grove. The house is located at 25 Bindaring Parade, Peppermint Grove and has historical associations with the prominent McNeil, Brisbane and McComb fa ...

. Creasy has also supported publication of historical materials about Western Australian history. Creasy has stakes in between 40-50 listed companies, most of which are junior explorers.

Net worth

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Creasy, Mark Living people Australian mining entrepreneurs 1944 births People from Perth, Western Australia