Editing Lang Hancock (section)

==Legacy==
{{main|Hancock Prospecting}}
Hancock's daughter, Gina Rinehart, continues to chair Hancock Prospecting and its expansion into mining projects continues in Western Australia and other states of Australia,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theage.com.au/executive-style/management/the-iron-lady-20120116-1q1u6.html |title=The iron lady |work=The Age |date=21 January 2012 |author=Cadzow, Jane |location=Australia |accessdate=17 February 2012}}</ref> estimated to be earning about A$870 million in revenue in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smartcompany.com.au/wealth/20110207-the-great-resources-rush.html|title=Gina Rinehart's great resources rush|date=7 February 2011|author=Thomson, James|work=SmartCompany|accessdate=2 February 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120417061616/http://www.smartcompany.com.au/wealth/20110207-the-great-resources-rush.html|archivedate=17 April 2012}}</ref> 
Rinehart is Australia's richest person and was also the world's richest woman for a period of time, with a net worth of {{A$}}29.17 billion during 2012;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/media/the-2917-billion-woman-gina-rinehart-tops-brws-rich-list/story-e6frg996-1226364335069 |title=The $29.17 billion woman: Gina Rinehart tops BRW's Rich List |author=Jackson, Sally |work=The Australian |accessdate=23 May 2012}}</ref> by 2019, her wealth had eased to around $US14.8 billion, according to ''[[Forbes]]''.

The [[Hancock Range]], situated about {{convert|65|km}} north-west of the town of [[Newman, Western Australia|Newman]] at {{coord|23|00|23|S|119|12|31|E|display=inline}}, commemorates the family's contribution to the establishment of the pastoral and mining industry in the Pilbara region.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Geographic Name Approvals in Western Australia |journal=Geographic Name Approvals in Western Australia|date=December 1999 |volume=15 |number=4 |page=7}}</ref>