As the only international platform for women in mining globally, International Women in Mining (IWiM) operates as a virtual organisation.
IWiM is managed by a Board of Directors and relies for its work on a team of volunteers and supporters without whom it could not achieve any of its objectives; like IWiM’s Directors, they are based all over the world and bring different perspectives to the organisation.
Andrew Cheatle (P.Geo. FGS, MBA, ARSM) is a seasoned CEO and director within the mining industry. As a professional geoscientist and graduate of the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, London, his 30-plus-year international career has encompassed operations/production, mine development, and exploration in both the senior and junior mining sectors. Based in London, UK and Toronto, he is Director and Chief Operating Officer of Tanzanian Gold Corporation, spending much time in Tanzania to develop the Buckreef Project. In addition, Mr. Cheatle is a Non-Executive Director with Condor Gold plc. and a Director with Troilus Gold Corp., chairing the Technical Committee for both companies, and is a member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees (Condor) and Governance Committee (Troilus).
Barbara Dischinger is passionate about the advancement & promotion of women. She set up Women in Mining UK in April 2006 and International Women in Mining in November 2007.
Barbara worked in executive search for 15 years of which 9 years in mining prior to joining the WISE Campaign (Women in Science and Engineering) in 2015 to advance her knowledge of Diversity & Inclusion, role she held for 4 years. She sat on the steering committee of Women in Rail in the UK from 2015 to 2020.
Since January 2019 she divides her time between the international mentoring programme she helped develop and delivering IWiM’s growth strategy.
Gillian is a leader in sustainability, corporate social responsibility and responsible supply chains with extensive experience in the extractives and natural resources sectors. She is currently a sustainability advisor to global mining companies and international organisations. She is a Non-Executive Director at New Gold Inc and Lydian International, both gold development companies, where she also chairs the Sustainability Committees of the Board. Gillian previously served as the Head of Mining & Metals at the World Economic Forum and Head of Social Responsibility at Teck Resources. Gillian is a member of the Boards of the Global Battery Alliance and Cobalt Institute; a fellow of Chatham House, The Royal Society of International Affairs; a co-chair of the Resolve Natural Resources and the Energy Leadership Council. She holds a PhD in Development Economics and Geography.
Gillian is the Chair of the IWiM board.
Jon Samuel is Group Head of Responsible Business Partnerships for Anglo American, based in London. This new role builds on the work Jon has led on the Ethical Value Chains and Thriving Communities elements of Anglo American’s Sustainable Mining Plan. Jon’s work focuses on continuing to ramp-up our socio-economic development work, pursuing financing opportunities in the sustainability space, and building on Anglo American’s leadership position in responsible mining standards. Jon also leads the company’s engagement with socially responsible investors investors and is Anglo American’s lead representative at the International Council on Mining & Metals. Jon previously led the Social Performance team, with responsibility for the development and delivery of policies, strategies, community development programmes and professional development relating to the company’s host communities, and for liaison with key external partners engaging on the mining and sustainability agenda.
The team’s work has included leading development and implementation of: the Anglo American Social Way, the company’s highly regarded management standards for social performance; the mining industry’s first standardised stakeholder complaints and grievance procedure; the Socio-Economic Assessment Toolbox (SEAT), Anglo American’s award-winning guidance manual for community relations practitioners; and the company’s strategy for socio-economic development. Jon was also a part of the core team that developed Anglo American’s new Sustainable Mining Plan, which includes ambitious targets in a range of sustainability-related areas.
Jon is a Senior Associate of the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, a trustee of the Anglo American Foundation and a Director of the Development Partner Institute, International Women in Mining and the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance.
Jon is an economist by training and studied at University College London and the University of Cambridge. He lives in London with his wife and two young daughters.
Alex is interested in mine automation and design. She is a current Masters student in Mining Engineering at the Camborne School of Mines, UK. And she recently graduated from Jacobs University Bremen, Germany with a degree in Earth and Environmental Sciences. She is passionate about the integration of ESG standards in both upstream and downstream sections of the mining industry. She is the founder of MineCo Robotics as well as co-founder of WIM Germany. Both organizations have sustainability and equality as core values, despite being focused on different mining environments. ‘
Ally is an exploration geologist specializing in mineral sands with a passion for promoting women’s involvement in the mining industry. With 2 years of experience in geological exploration, she is dedicated to advancing sustainable and responsible resource development while advocating for gender diversity and inclusion in the field. In her free time, She enjoys going on hikes, listening to podcasts, practicing pilates, and indulging in coffee. Additionally, She is a proud fur-parent of three adorable cats who keep her on her toes!
Anjulli is a hardworker and proactive women.
Ashley is the Environmental Affairs Manager for Sibanye-Stillwater’s East Boulder Mine and the President of Women in Mining USA. Ashley is an experienced environmental and process engineering professional with 15 years of demonstrated history of working in the mining & mineral extraction industry. Ashley has been an active member of Women in Mining (WIM) USA since 2015 and is the co-founder of WIM Montana. In 2022, she was elected President of WIM USA after serving as both WIM USA Treasurer and National Representative. She has a passion for promoting STEM Education, the importance of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and communicating issues that are of strategic importance to women and the mining industry.
Ayelen Romero is 24 years old, she currently resides in the province of Santa Cruz, Argentina. She is very happy to be part of the project and also to be able to contribute to society from her place.
Barbara Dischinger is passionate about the advancement & promotion of women. She set up Women in Mining UK in April 2006 and International Women in Mining in November 2007.
Barbara worked in executive search for 15 years of which 9 years in mining prior to joining the WISE Campaign (Women in Science and Engineering) in 2015 to advance her knowledge of Diversity & Inclusion, role she held for 4 years. She sat on the steering committee of Women in Rail in the UK from 2015 to 2020.
Since January 2019 she divides her time between the international mentoring programme she helped develop and delivering IWiM’s growth strategy.
Uranium, Nickel, Chrome, Heavy Mineral Sands, Slate and PGE’s.
Practice from Henley Business School.
Association of South Africa.
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Dr Chilenye Nwapi has over 15 years’ research, teaching and donor-funded technical assistance project implementation experience on law and policy issues relating to mineral resource development. As a Legal Adviser in the Oceans and Natural Resources Division of the Commonwealth Secretariat, London, he helps to implement the Secretariat’s technical assistance programmes on deep sea mining, land-based mining and oil and gas development in Commonwealth member countries. He assists the countries to review and/or draft relevant policies, laws and regulations to maximise the benefits of resource development in an equitable, socially and environmentally responsible and business friendly manner. His sphere of activity criss-crosses multiple jurisdictions, including Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific Island. He is also an Advisory Director of the Global Mining Sustainability, Canada as well as a Fellow in the Southern African Institute for Policy and Research, Lusaka, Zambia.
Research excellence is closely tied to the improvement of society and this has been a profound driver of Dr Nwapi’s on-the-ground advisory work in the mineral resources sector. He has an impressive track record of research in mineral resource policy, governance and regulation and spent several years conducting postdoctoral research in the Canadian Institute of Resources Law, University of Calgary, Canada where he held the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship. With a demonstrated interest in gender perspectives to mineral resource development, his research seeks to understand how mineral development can contribute to public welfare improvements in developing countries where regulatory and accountability mechanisms are weak. His research has been published widely in internationally recognised peer-reviewed journals around the world.
Dr Nwapi holds a PhD in resource extraction, business and human rights from the University of British Columbia, Canada, a Master of Laws in natural resources and environmental law and policy from the University of Calgary, Canada, and a Bachelor of Laws from Imo State University, Nigeria. He is a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
I am a Mining Engineering Lecturer and researcher at the Copperbelt University in Zambia. First female Zambian Mining Engineer to have graduated from the University of Zambia. Currently pursuing a PhD at China University of Mining and Technology in China. I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Mining Engineering from the University of Zambia and a Master’s of Science degree in Mining Engineering from University of Exeter, Camborne School of Mines, United Kingdom. I have 8 years of work experience in both underground and open pit copper mines. I have worked for Konkola Copper Mine (KCM) and for Barrick Gold Mine in Lumwana, Zambia. My research interests are, Mine technology, Slope Stability analysis, Mineral economics- Mineral taxation systems, Blast optimization, Mine Health and Safety, Environment assessment of mining operations, Ventilation design and optimization, Artisanal and Small Scale Mining and Gender issues in the mining industry. I am a professional member of Engineering Institute of Zambia.
Eliza is a self-aware and effective leader who is guided by the values of integrity, respect, and collaboration. She is people oriented, engaging planful, and precise. Motivated by a sense of purpose and meaning, Eliza takes deliberate action to engage all stakeholders to achieve desired results. She is skilled at connecting to people and understanding how their gifts and individuals’ personalities can be best tapped into.
Eliza regularly provides guidance, support, and resources to help women in the industry achieve their goals through various programs such as Inclusion and Diversity councils, Women’s Professional Networks and through coaching and mentoring. From her decades plus onsite experience in the resources sector, Eliza understands that greater inclusion and diversity in the workforce brings enormous benefits. As a skilled networker and connector of people, Eliza has embraced opportunities to design and implement inclusion and diversity programs that create the space for women and other minority groups to receive coaching and mentoring to find meaningful and fulfilling careers in mining.
12+ years of leadership experience in the resource sector, across multiple commodities, operations and global functional roles has provided Eliza with the opportunity to be purposeful and intentional to create space for women to connect and support each other’s success in the industry. She is excited by the opportunity to collaborate with individuals from various cultural backgrounds and navigate cross-cultural situations to promote inclusivity.
Eliza currently holds the role of Principal Projects, who is responsible to coordinate, integrate, and provide leadership to distinct projects aligned to the strategic intent of the Health and Hygiene function and enterprise.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science, and Graduate Diploma in Extractive Metallurgy.
Enrique Vega Hijar is a qualified person registered to certify CRIRSCO mining codes. Is a Principal Geologist, with more than 23 years of relevant experience leading greenfield and brownfield exploration programs of world-class Cu-Mo-Au porphyry and Cu-Zn skarn deposits in Peru, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, and Ecuador.
He has experience in Geochemistry, QA/QC, diamond drilling, geological logging, sampling, geochemical assays, geological database management and geological software; Team Leader Geologist at drilling activities, geotechnical and geological mapping, geochemical sampling, and metallurgy related to greenfield and brownfield projects.
Holds a Master’s in Geology and Bachelor of Geology from San Marcos University, with diplomas in Geostatistical and Business Management.
Epp is a mining engineer from Estonia working in Northern Sweden. She wants to contribute to find ways to help the mining industry to be more sustainable and transparent.
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Esther Harris has BSc and MSc (Geoscience) degrees from Monash University and 20 years’ experience in the mineral exploration industry and in geoscience research.
She has spent the last decade supporting Australian companies operating in North and West Africa as an exploration consultant and working closely with local geological surveys and mining ministries. During this phase of her career, she acquired an interest in geoscience for development particularly in the areas of geoscience knowledge infrastructure and gender in mining.
She is currently researching a PhD at Murdoch University in collaboration with Women in Mining West Africa.
She is a mining engineer by profession who is passionate about mining sustainability , reducing environmental impacts due to mining as well as mine reclamation. Currently studying a Masters in Environmental Engineering and Business Administration in Colorado whilst interning at an Environmental Consultancy.
She will be Geologist until she will learn the language of rocks.
She is a founder and Managing Director of Prestige Leaders Consulting. She is a qualified Facilitator, Assessor and Moderator. She is a transformational speaker, Life and Business Coach.
Jessica Chonzi is a Human Resources Practitioner at Karo Platinum in Zimbabwe. She is an award winning advocate for diversity and inclusion in the workplace especially in the Mining sector. She strives to ensure the attraction, recruitment, engagement and retention of women in the Mining industry.
A graduate of Edith Cowan University’s (ECU) Radio and Television Broadcasting degree, Joanne is an experienced and engaging writer, editor and interviewer of diverse characters and subject matter experts. Armed with over 25 years of copywriting and editing experience, Joanne is the former Editor or Coring Magazine. Joanne’s writing has been featured in various publications and her extensive experience includes working with government and the private sector to produce and publish internal and external campaigns within mining, recruitment, engineering, corporate and residential real estate, education, lifestyle, hospitality and retail.
A self-confessed and obsessed animal lover and foodie, Jo rejoices in discovering places where people and paws co-exist, enjoying life’s simplest and delicious offerings. A keen ‘shutterbug’ (amateur photographer) Jo is passionate about mental health and well-being, travel and real estate.
She is a Psychologist, Postgraduate in People Management, MBA in Strategic Management, experience of more than 20 years in large companies with a focus on recruitment and selection for large projects mainly in the mining segment. Experience in managerial positions, leading recruitment teams in multinational companies.
Kathleen (Kat) Tew is a Project Engineer for Cementation USA based on a project in Utah. She has BSc’s in Mining Engineer & Management and Geological Engineering from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. She has over 7 years of professional experience focusing on underground mining mine
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Kathy obtained her PhD in metallurgical engineering from the University of Arizona, USA. She has more than 30 years’ hydrometallurgy experience, with specialist expertise in solvent extraction, ion exchange, and electrowinning. Her commodity exposure includes copper, cobalt, uranium, nickel, zinc, titanium, vanadium, PGMs, and gold. After working for many years for Mintek and Anglo American in South Africa, she now consults independently. Her clients span six continents, and she has worked on mine sites and operations in Zambia, DR Congo, Kazakhstan, Namibia, USA, Chile, Australia, and South Africa. She is the co-author of Extractive Metallurgy of Copper, the benchmark industry textbook, and chairs the Copper Cobalt Africa conference. Kathy has been awarded the Silver Medal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM) and the Bronze Medal of the South African Association for the Advancement of Science (S2A3).
Kerry is working with Barrick based in Papua New Guinea on the Porgera Gold Mine site. She is a FCPA Australia, member of CPA PNG, holds a Certificate in Mining Engineering from UNSW, is a Graduate of the Institute of Company Directors Australia, and a member of AusIMM. She understands the importance of a positive mindset & workplace culture, and really enjoys the collaboration of commercial and operational teams to drive business success.
She has held positions on boards including mining industry research organizations, and not-for-profit organizations, and chaired audit committees.
Laju works as a mine manager at Metalex Commodities, where she is in charge of maintaining sustainable practices and managing day-to-day operations. She also designs ESG policies in compliance with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Laju’s dedication to sustainability extends beyond her professional life, as she was awarded an FSR scholarship to study SDG 7 regulations.
Ms. Sims is a visionary leader with 25+ years’ progressive experience managing health and safety strategies for large-scale mining operations across the US. She is devoted to preparing leaders, training teams, mitigating risk, solving problems, and preventing injury and loss, all with a Zero Harm philosophy. Ms. Sims started her career in mining as a summer student and, over the past 28 years, has been focused on growing into well-respected health and safety professional. As a full-time equipment operator, Ms. Sims was selected and made high-impact contributions that led to successfully obtaining ISO14001 & OHSAS18001 certifications. She created a comprehensive resource to systemize and organize training specialties and implemented a system to ensure that staff certifications were kept up to date. She has led multiple mine rescue teams, health and safety teams, and summer intern programs throughout her career. Ms. Sims has recently successfully owned and operated Sims 360 Health and Safety Solutions.
Lara has been an analyst for over fifteen years, starting her career as an equity analyst at Foord Asset Management and then as the lead analyst as for the Steinmetz Group, Group, where she was responsible for sourcing, analyzing and evaluating potential mining acquisitions in Africa and the Baltic regions.
In 2009, she independently authored three in-depth studies that formed the inception of Core Consultants: the first two provided outlooks for the lithium market and the third was on the global coking coal industry.
In June 2009 Lara founded Core Consultants in South Africa as the first dedicated commodity market consultancy in Africa. Since this time, under the auspices of Core Consultants Lara has completed over 70 market studies for an array of commodities including base metals, bulk commodities, soft commodities, critical metals and rare earths. She was the first person to introduce the topic of battery minerals and rare earths at the African Mining Indaba when she gave a keynote address on critical metals in 2010. Core Consultants was also the first Western Company to track and analyse rare earths on a monthly basis which culminated in Lara being asked to speak at the Chinese Rare Earth Convention held in Beijing in 2011, where she presented on the Western view of China’s rare earth hoarding.
An internationally recognized expert in the field of mining analysis and a well-known speaker, Lara has a BSc in Chemistry, Statistics and Economics and a BComm Hons in Financial Analysis and Portfolio Management from the University of Cape Town.
She is a Chemical Engineering Graduate. She is willing to make use of the time that she has available to put her skills, knowledge, abilities and experience that she has gained over the years to good use by giving out a helping hand in which ever possible way she can. With intense focus ,active participation, the ability to learn fast and a lot of dedication , She is eager to continue learning , growing and adding value to the Chemical and Metallurgical related fields.
Marina is an early career Mining Engineer with Imperial Oil, based in Alberta Canada. She has over 5 years of on-site short range mine and tailings planning experience at a large oil sands mining operation. She has a Bachelor of Applied Science (Honours) specializing in Mineral Engineering from the University of Toronto.
Marina is a strong advocate for diversity and inclusion on and off site. In addition to her iWIM volunteer work, she is a contributing member to the Women Interest Network (WIN) at her company. She is passionate about ESG and believes diversity in the resource and mining industry is imperative to having a safe and sustainable industry across the globe.
On her off time, Marina resides on Vancouver Island where she loves to free dive, surf, and hike.
Michelle van der Merwe, Editor, South Africa.
Michelle van der Merwe is passionate about accessibility in the earth sciences and mining industry. She is currently completing an MSc in Applied Geology at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Michelle is also an academic editing professional and does freelance editing and copy-editing for an international company. Her technical skills contribute to the excellent content produced by IWiM.
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Dr Muza Gondwe is a partnership facilitator specialising in mining and sustainability. She holds a PhD in Science Communication from the University of Western Australia and is employed at Curtin University, Australia as the Curtin-BHP Alliance Manager.
Muza has been involved in the design, delivery and evaluation of resource governance capacity building programs for emerging resource economies. She derives fulfilment from supporting communities of learners take the knowledge, skills and networks to deliver meaningful impact.
She is passionate about diversity and inclusion and volunteers for International Women in Mining as Senior Project Advisor and Association of Women in Mining Africa as the AWIMA Jewellery Project Manager. She maintains close connections with Malawi, where she is from, organising annual fundraising events to support education and health programs.
She is a geologist working as a Senior Mine Geologist at the Porgera gold mine in my home country, Papua New Guinea. Having at least worked around a mine for over 10year, She is keen on helping younger professionals find their footing in the mining industry and enjoy advocating for female inclusion at the workplace. A recent highlight for her was completing and being certified with the Economic Leadership for Mining and Exploration Economics from the online BRIMM Mining Education through the WiM scholarship in 2021-2022.
She loves to read, learn, travel and connect with people.
Oumaima is a Moroccan social media savvy, she’s passionate about marketing and communication.
She has experience in international sales, digital marketing, social media marketing and event planning.
She holds a master degree in International business and she’s certified in digital marketing.
She loves communicating about brands and make them shine in the digital World.
She also speaks many languages and loves traveling & trying new food.
Romke Kuyvenhoven graduated from Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands in 1996, with a Master’s degree in Mining and Petroleum Engineering. She moved to Chile in 1997 and has worked ever since in the geometallurgical development of base metal greenfield projects and actual operating sites. About then years into her professional career, she obtained a Double Master’s degree in business administration from Universidad de Chile/Tulane University (USA), and another ten years later she got a postgraduate diploma in geo-mining-metallurgy at the Universidad de Chile. More recently, she took up a part-time study in Ontological & Organizational Coaching to become a certified coach of the International Association of Coaching.
She set up her own consulting firm in late 2021 through which she provides geometallurgical services globally with a focus on cobalt recovery from copper ores and multiple-commodity deposits. She is also actively involved in the development of the Metcelerate young professionals training program, for which she oversees the development of the market in Latin America.
Romke is happily married and has three children. In her free time, she loves practicing sports, reading, travelling, and having quality time with friends and family.
Business Improvement Specialist with over 10 years’ experience in Continuous Improvement. Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma, a BSc in Business Administration, an MA (Distinction) in International Business Management. As a passionate global change agent she is a certified Green Impact Ambassador and champions green projects at several mine sites and countries to reduce community / environmental impacts of Mining into the future. She is committed to contributing to a Safe workplace and passionate about developing women at the workplace. Rosebella’s career aspiration is to become an emphatic Operational Executive and a voice for change for females within the communities/ workplace to support the diversity and inclusion drive in the industry. She is passionate about continuous learning and aims to support other women with the experience gained from the IWRMP mentoring programme in 2021.
Rumbidzayi Muzvongi is passionate about gender equality and inclusion and aims to learn more and make a significant impact in the mining space and the world at large.
She comes from a background in Operations and her expertise also spans Administration, Market, and Statistical Analysis, with sound knowledge of stakeholder management and engagement.
She holds a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA), a BPhil Honours in Marketing Management, and a Bachelor’s in Business Administration (BBA) to date.
Ruqshana is an Economist and has worked for approximately 20 years across the Private Sector& the Public Service, covering a diverse area from Policy to Mining to Investments. She has held various roles in the mining industry including Acting Chief Economist at the MineralsCouncil of South Africa. She currently holds the role of Strategic Advisor to the CEO at a global mining company.
Ruvimbo “Ruvi” Goredema is a highly-educated and accomplished woman with a wealth of knowledge in a variety of fields. She earned her degrees in Political Communication, Media, and Sociology, with a specialisation in Rhetoric and persuasive techniques from the University of Cape Town. Currently, she is pursuing her PhD at the University of Curtin in Western Australia.
Her studies in Gender and International Development Studies and Political Action and Lobbying Techniques have proven invaluable in her work across different industries where understanding power dynamics and effective
communication strategies is essential. Furthermore, she has completed the Steering Complex Project Management online course with Cambridge University, which sparked her interest in project management and has motivated her to further develop her skills in this area. With her extensive background, Ruvi has experience in various fields, including as a Public Relations Manager, Content Writer, Stakeholder Engagement Consultant, Project and Operations Manager and Skills Assessment Adviser.
Her work with International Women in Mining (IWiM) on the “Strengthening WiM Organisations” project (2022)provided a report that identified and articulated some of the solutions women in the mining industry proposed for the challenges they face day-to-day. As the lead consultant on developing the methodology for consultation and engagement of WIM organisations, she provided an external review of similar international networks and designed a methodology to capture solutions via virtual roundtables, one-on-one consultations, and online platforms.
Sally Strohmayr was born and raised in the mining town of Mount Isa in the Australian outback. She graduated with an honours degree in Applied Science (Environmental Studies) from James Cook University and her first job in the mining industry was as a botanist, mapping vegetation and overseeing rehabilitation. She has over 20 years’ experience in environmental support, including monitoring, impact assessments and policy and regulatory compliance for government and the mining industry. In her most recent role, as Director of Petroleum Operations, she led a team responsible for establishing a new environmental regulatory regime for unconventional shale gas, winning an award for sustainability in the utilities sector. In her management roles, Sally enjoys promoting professional development and making a difference to people’s careers and well-being.
Sally has worked in politically controversial areas such as uranium and fracking and has communicated and engaged with a wide range of stakeholders. As part of her regulatory career, she actively promoted the application of critical controls management and process safety to manage high-risk environmental hazards in the on shore mining and petroleum sectors.
As a mother of three daughters, she is passionate about maximising the social benefits of mining and increasing gender diversity to close the gender gap. She is currently on leave to help her husband and family relocate to Peru for work.
Tabatha Chavez Matus is a Mineral Processing Specialist working at BHP. She has been an active member of different movements that aims to promote gender equality, being a member of Women in Mining Finland since 2018.Tabatha holds a Master degree in Mineral Resources and Sustainable Mining from the University of Oulu, Finland and a bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering from Federico Santa Maria Technical University, Chile. She has working experience as a project researcher and project engineer.Tabatha is currently working in the research team of International Women in Mining and she is passionate about keep working for a more inclusive and diverse industry.
Teju is a dedicated and research-oriented geoscientist looking to utilise her current skills, knowledge and well-developed abilities to impact positively in all spheres with a nun flinching zeal to contribute her quota to growth and adding value to fullfil goals and to further develop these skills in a more practical environment.
She is passionate about self-development, coupled with the zeal to take on more responsibilities within her set field.
Zaiboonisha is an entrepreneur in mining and is the founder and CEO of a dynamic mining company focused on turnkey solutions over mining projects in precious metals and ore commodities.
Zaiboonisha holds a BA Degree from the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. Her cause for mining and knowledge of valuable resources in South Africa has fueled her passion as a Woman in Mining to create opportunities in local employment and ensure skills are sufficiently transferred to disadvantaged individuals for continuity and independency.
Zaiboonisha is a Board Member of WIMBIZ – Women in Mining Business South Africa, an organisation aimed at the empowerment of Women Entrepreneurs within the mining industry.
Zenoushka is an early career Mine Geologist at BHP, progressing from the internal graduate program in 2018 through a variety of roles. She holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Geology and Finance from the University of Western Australia.
Zenoushka is a passionate advocate for Women in Mining, professional development, and promoter of early STEM education. She is involved with internal graduate mentoring programs and the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) where she is a member of the Geoscience Society Committee.
Zenoushka aims to promote inclusion and diversity to help pave the way for young and inspiring women within the resource sector.