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Hall of Fame

Maptek Hall of Fame

Recognising Maptek champions

The Maptek Hall of Fame Award is a special designation given to customers across the globe who have demonstrated outstanding dedication and commitment to promoting technology in mining.

The Hall of Fame tradition began in 2016, when we honoured the inaugural members at MINExpo. Our Hall of Fame inductees are leaders and mentors, sharing their enthusiasm with others so that our solutions are widely understood and continually improved.

Maptek prides itself on strong customer relationships, with more than 30,000 licences currently in use worldwide. We value such connections, which foster feedback and collaboration to help to refine our tools and enhance applications for all industry users.

These champions set a standard of excellence by encouraging their teams to adopt the latest solutions, and future generations will benefit from their legacy.

2024 members

John Combs

Senior Mine Engineer,
Freeport McMoRan

Bill Everett

Manager Mining & Mineral Resources,
Mesabi Metallics Co LLC

John Florek

President & CEO,
Emperor Metals

Shaun Leary

General Manager - Technical Services,
Whitehaven Coal Limited

Andre Leite

Vice President Ontario Operations,
Agnico Eagle Mines Limited

Toby Prior

Director - Resource Geology,
Measured Group Pty Ltd

Patrick Ruffridge

Head of Mineral Resource Management,
Nevada Gold Mines

Brent van Dijken

Principal, Problematic Ore Project Geoscience,
BHP

Andrew Vidale

Principal Consultant,
AVCS Pty Ltd

Hall of Fame members

Ben McKnight

Chief Surveyor,
Nevada Gold Mines

Kurt Gitzlaff

Director of Mine Engineering,
Cleveland Cliffs Inc.

Peter Lauder

Exploration Manager,
Fenelon Project with Wallbridge

Miguel Angel Ruiz Miranda

Technical Services Manager,
Alamos Gold Inc

Roger Cooper

Geostatician,
Newmont Mining Corporation

Cat Joyner

Mining Engineer,
Minetech

Luis Castro

Mining Engineer,
Endeavour Silver Corporation

Robert Clifford

Mining Engineer,
Thompson Creek Metals Co

Allan Schappert

Senior Resource Geologist,
Stantec

Janna Linebarger

Mining Engineer,
Barrick Gold Corporation