Mark Creasy

Mark Gareth Creasy (born 1944) is a Western Australian mining entrepreneur.

Mark Creasy
Born1944
NationalityAustralian
OccupationMining entrepreneur
Net worth A$660 million (AFR 2019 )[1]

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. 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
  1. Bailey, Michael (30 May 2019). "Australia's 200 richest people revealed". The Australian Financial Review. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  2. "Mark Creasy", Australasian Business Intelligence, COMTEX News Network, Inc: 1008144i7772, 24 May 2002, ISSN 1320-6680
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20090930181333/http://www.mininghall.com/downloads/mhof_update_april01.pdf# Mark Creasy - Prospector in Mining Hall of Fame 2001
  4. Treadgold, Tim. "Even Scrooge McDuck Would Be Happy with a 7000% Share Price Rise In Less Than a Year". Forbes.
  5. "NoCookies". The Australian. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  6. Iannucci, Esmarie. "Sirius takes full ownership of Nova". Mining Weekly.
  7. "How the Rich 200 invest: Mark Creasy", Australasian Business Intelligence, COMTEX News Network, Inc, 4 July 2010, ISSN 1320-6680
  8. "Creasy gets short shrift as Beal celebrates, again", Australasian Business Intelligence, COMTEX News Network, Inc: 1008297i3497, 24 October 2001, ISSN 1320-6680
  9. "Creasy loses gold fight", Australasian Business Intelligence, COMTEX News Network, Inc: 1008319i3497, 15 November 2002, ISSN 1320-6680
  10. 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, BRW Media, 24 (17): 43(1), ISSN 0727-758X
  11. "Prospector ties lead Creasy to Sweden and Talga's graphite", Australasian Business Intelligence, COMTEX News Network, Inc, 27 October 2013, ISSN 1320-6680
  12. Andrews, Mark (December 2015), "Creasy not done yet", Australia's Paydirt, 1 (234): 10–12, ISSN 1445-3436
  13. "Sirius's Creasy set to join billionaire's club", Australasian Business Intelligence, COMTEX News Network, Inc, 6 March 2013, ISSN 1320-6680
  14. https://sami-colourfulworld.blogspot.com/2014/08/public-art-in-perth-2.html Ascalon story of 2014
  15. https://www.perthcathedral.org/ascalon/
  16. 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
  17. https://thewest.com.au/business/mining/ill-die-with-boots-on-wa-prospector-king-mark-creasy-gets-ready-to-trim-empire-ng-b881003057z
  18. https://www.businessnews.com.au/Person/Mark-Creasy
  19. https://richlist.thewest.com.au/2018/20-11/
  20. https://www.businessnews.com.au/article/Big-week-for-Mark-Creasy
  21. "Mining magnate calls it a day on Triffids' house", Australasian Business Intelligence, COMTEX News Network, Inc, 19 July 2009, ISSN 1320-6680
  22. 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 978-0-85905-704-2CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  23. "Mark Creasy could put South Africa on map as hot mining destination". www.spglobal.com. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
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