The Lowell Webinar Series - Catch up here
Friday 5 Dec 2025
From Laos to South America: A lifetime of discoveries featuring Tony Manini
From the game-changing Sepon copper-gold deposit in Laos, now > 4m Oz of gold & 1.2 tonnes of copper - to the Okvau gold deposit in Cambodia, Tony’s track record speaks for itself. We hear his pivotal roles in uncovering the Prominent Hill Iron Oxide Copper Gold (IOCG) & Martabe Gold deposits, before diving into his more recent ventures: Uranium with NexGen Energy, coal with Tigers, porphyry systems in Peru and Jamaica with Carube & C3 Metals, plus the formation of Andina Copper.
31 October 2025
3 October 2025
5 September 2025
Julian Hanna’s lifetime of discovery. From Forrestania to Botswana & now Australia
we welcomed renowned geologist and mining executive Julian Hanna for a deep dive into the pivotal moments that shaped his career and the companies he helped build. From the first nickel shipment at Flying Fox in Western Australia to the copper breakthrough in Botswana’s T3 target, Julian shared stories behind the milestones and the lessons learned along the way.
1 August 2025
From Discovery to $5b: The Untold Story Behind Hemi with Andy Beckwith
Our guest speaker was Andy Beckwith, key figure in the Hemi gold discovery - one of Australia’s largest recent gold finds. Andy shared the story behind one of Australia’s most significant gold discoveries in decades - Hemi, in WA’s Pilbara region.
4 Huly 2025
6 June 2025
Paul Roberts and the Bankan gold discovery
Paul Roberts, founder and former MD of Predictive Discovery Limited (ASX:PDI) where he led the discovery of the 5 Moz Bankan Gold Deposit in Guinea. Paul attributes much of his success to thorough risk analysis, terrain assessment systems, cost-conscious strategies, an eye-for-detail, key relationships, and patience.
12 PM Friday 2 May
Tony Rovira and the Andover Lithium Discovery
As the MD of Azure Minerals Limited (Azure) Tony oversaw the discovery of the world class Andover Lithium Deposit in the Pilbara in JV with Mr Mark Creasy, and which ultimately culminated in the $1.7b cash takeover of the company. Azure and Tony were awarded the prestigious “Dealer of the Year” Award at the 2024 Diggers & Dealers Mining Forum.
4 April 2025

