Mark Creasy

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

Creasy arrived in Australia in the 1960s, and trained as a mining engineer.^[1][2]

He has developed various mining projects in Western Australia and other states.^[3][4][5] By 2010 his net worth was claimed to be $283 million (AU).^[6]

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.^[7][8]

Many journalists fall back on terms such as Midas,^[9] and prospector,^[10] when describing Creasy's wealth and achievement in finding and investing in resources.^[11][12] Creasy pledged A$500,000 towards the construction of a statue called Ascalon in Cathedral Square, Perth,^[13][14] and also contributed towards floating rocks in fountains in Forrest Place and the Carlisle operations of the Department of Mines Industry Regulation and Safety.^{[citation needed]}

At the age of 74 in 2018, Creasy made claims of not retiring,^[15] but reducing investments and activities.^[16][17] He also has been identified as being very private, despite occasional insights from newspaper articles^[18][19] and avoiding media exposure, despite the very public controversies around The Cliffe.^[20] Creasy has also supported publication of historical materials about Western Australian history.^[21]

Creasy has stakes in between 40-50 listed companies, most of which are junior explorers.^[22]

Year	Financial Review Rich List		Forbes Australia's 50 Richest
	Rank	Net worth (A$)	Rank	Net worth (US$)
2017[23][24]		$610 million
2018[25][26]	114	$689 million
2019[27][28]	149	$660 million
2020[29]	116	$853 million
2021[30]	127	$857 million
2022	86	$1.50 billion
2023[31]	97	$1.45 billion

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