1 / 5Western Australian Premier Roger Cook, with (from left to right) Nine Perth managing director Clive Bingwa, The Australian Financial Review editor-in-chief James Chessell and Hancock Prospecting iron ore chief executive Gerhard Veldsman.Ryan Ammon2 / 5Newly elected Minerals Council of Australia chair Amanda Lacaze (centre) with Allens partner Ben Farnsworth, West Australian Agent-General Rebecca Tomkinson, Fortescue chief executive Dino Otranto and WA Premier Roger Cook.Ryan Ammon3 / 5West Australian Agent-General Rebecca Tomkinson with Rio Tinto iron ore chief executive Matthew Holcz.Ryan Ammon4 / 5Financial Review national affairs columnist Jennifer Hewett with Orthocell and Gold Corporation chairman John Van Der Wielen.Ryan Ammon5 / 5Hancock Prospecting iron ore chief executive Gerhard Veldsman with Financial Review editor-in-chief James Chessell.Ryan Ammon
Photos: Financial Review Mining Summit Dinner 2026
Guests gathered at the State Cellars Wine Room in Perth.














