The 2026 MD's Annual Awards
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Good work speaks for itself. Nominate the colleagues whose everyday excellence deserves the Managing Director's stage.
Nominations close 20 November 2026
Nominations received
Departments participating
Days remaining
Who can you nominate?
Eleven ways to be seen.
Each award recognises a different kind of excellence. Choose the category that fits your colleague, then tell us their story.
High Performer's Award
Best Employee by Department
For the employee who goes above and beyond within their department.
Safety Excellence Award
Zero Harm Award
Recognises a proactive safety idea that meaningfully reduced accidents, injuries or incidents.
Innovation Excellence Award
Bright ideas that moved the mine
For an innovative idea that delivered operational or process efficiency.
Joe Zvaipa Excellence Award
Most Outstanding Employee
The highest honour of the ceremony. Selected by the review committee from among the High Performer winners.
Best Contractor Employee
Beyond the contract
For a contractor employee who goes beyond their contractual obligation.
Safety Hazard Identification Champion
HID Champion — Asanko & Contractor
Highest volume of quality hazard identifications, followed through to closure.
Rising Star Award
Within the first three years
For an outstanding employee within the first three years of service, including apprentice graduates.
Team of the Year Award
Together, further
A unit, shift or crew that delivered an outcome no individual could have delivered alone.
The Unsung Hero Award
Quietly holding it all together
For support and back-of-house functions whose reliability holds operations together. Peer nomination only.
Community & Sustainability Impact
For our communities and environment
Improved relationships with host communities or delivered a measurable environmental outcome.
People's Choice Award
Chosen by the whole company
Selected by a company-wide vote from the finalist shortlist.
How it works
From nomination to stage.
- 1
Nominate
You submit the nomination online.
- 2
Supporters
Two colleagues confirm the nomination.
- 3
HoD endorsement
The nominee's Head of Department signs off.
- 4
Eligibility
We check the category rules.
- 5
Verification
Facts are verified with data owners.
- 6
Scoring
The committee scores blind.
- 7
Moderation
Final calibration across categories.
- 8
Announced
Winners revealed at the ceremony.
Department leaderboard
Who's celebrating loudest?
Nominations submitted by department. If your team is near the bottom, there are plenty of quiet heroes waiting to be seen.