People/prospector, magnate

Peter Wright (Pilbara)

Peter Wright (Pilbara) (1908–1985), prospector, magnate, from Australia. Linked to iron ore.

The lucky break

Partner of Lang Hancock in the 1963 Hamersley Iron royalty agreement.1,2

Legacy

Co-signed the royalty deal covering the deposits they found and others later exploited.1,2

Story cards

Timeline

  1. 1960Iron ore export embargo lifted3
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People

Partner ofLang HancockPartner in the 1963 royalty deal that outlived both men.1

Events

Partner ofIron ore export embargo liftedIn 1963 he and Lang Hancock signed a royalty deal with Hamersley Iron.3

Sources

  1. Lang Hancock (Mining and Energy Western Australia exhibition) State Library of Western Australia
  2. Peter Wright (businessperson, born 1908) Wikidata
  3. Lang Hancock (Mining and Energy Western Australia exhibition) State Library of Western Australia

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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Cover photos from Wikimedia Commons: Autonomous trucks by RobSimmons223311, CC BY-SA 4.0; Conveyors, rail and ports by Kabelleger / David Gubler, CC BY-SA 4.0. Pictures: Kirunavaara gruva, Kiruna., Fotograf okänd, / Europeana (Public Domain Mark 1.0).