North Qld Branch Sir George Fisher Lecture 2024 event recap
The AusIMM North Queensland Branch held their annual Sir George Fisher Lecture on Friday, 19 July 2024. With an impressive turn out of attendees, the event was presented by Owen Hegarty OAM Executive Chairman and founder of the EMR Capital Group.
The Sir George Fisher Lecture series was initiated by the AusIMM North Queensland Branch in 1977 and endowed with a grant by MIM Holdings Limited. The Lecture, held annually, is in recognition of the contribution made by Sir George Fisher to the development of North Queensland in general and Townsville in particular.
Sir George Fisher spent 50 years in the Australian mining industry and was Chairman of Mount Isa Mines (MIM) Limited during the company’s major expansion of copper and silver-lead-zinc production in the 1950s and 1960s. He is also closely identified with the development of Mount Isa from a small town to a major inland city.