London , 12 April 2024 – The Department of Earth Science and Engineering (ESE) is re-launching the Women In Mining scholarship with increased funding for 2024. Re-posted from Imperial. The Women in Mining UK (WIM UK) scholarship for Women in Metals and Energy Finance, offered by the Department of Earth Science and Engineering (ESE), is back with a significant boost in funding for 2024. The scholarship is open to female applicants to the MSc in Metals and Energy Finance who demonstrate exceptional academic merit and/or potential. With the aim of fostering diversity and ..read more

London – 28 February 2024:  Women in Mining UK 2023 Summer Internship at Centamin – Fatma Moner Written by: Fatma Moner I am a graduated geologist from Damietta University in Egypt, working on my thesis to obtain the master degree in petrology and ore deposits. I was really lucky to be accepted in the Women in Mining UK 2023 summer internship that was located at Centamin PLC/ Sukari Gold Mine in Egypt. First of all, I’d like to thank Women in Mining UK for providing such great opportunity for women to live this such wonderful experience in the mining industry. Also, thanks to Centamin PLC ..read more

London – 28 February 2024:  Women in Mining UK 2023 Summer Internship at Centamin – Rubli Carran Written by: Rubli Carran The geology of the Egyptian eastern desert is beautifully exposed throughout its terrain making Egypt the perfect location to conduct mine and exploration training and is one of the reasons this eight-week internship was such a wonderful opportunity. Throughout the eight weeks I alternated between the multiple sections of Sukari Gold Mine’s MRM department. I started with Sukari’s exploration team where I learnt the fundamentals of the region’s geology, the specific cha ..read more

London – 18 January 2024:  Women in Mining UK (“WIM UK”) is pleased to announce that nominations for the sixth edition of our “100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining” (“WIM100)” open today. Once again, sponsors confirmed for this edition of the WIM100 include BMO Capital Markets, Heidrick & Struggles and BCG. Everyone is welcome to nominate the inspirational women in mining they may work with or know through the nominations form on the WIM100 page. Nominations close on 17 March 2024.   Dr. Stacy Hope, WIM UK Managing Director, said: “We started the WIM100 just over a decade ago ..read more

London – 10 January 2024:  Women in Mining UK 2023 Summer Internship at Cornish Lithium– Waad Ebrahim Written by: Waad Ebrahim As a woman coming from a culture that made it very difficult – if not impossible – for women to work in the field of exploration geology, I consider myself very lucky to have been offered the opportunity to spend a two-month internship working as an exploration geologist at Cornish Lithium. Cornish Lithium is a pioneering company that aims to establish a strong, sustainable, and environmentally responsible extraction industry in the UK to aid the transition toward ..read more

London – 10 January 2024:  Women in Mining UK 2023 Summer Internship at Green Lithium– Isabelle Goddard Written by: Isabelle Goddard I spent the summer of 2023 as an intern at Green Lithium. This was at an exciting time for the company, having just received planning permission for the UK’s first large-scale merchant lithium refinery. My role as a technical intern spanned many of the different parts of business. This was an invaluable opportunity to learn about how these different aspects interact, particularly within such a young company. My work involved writing reports on the activities ..read more

London – 10 January 2024:  Women in Mining UK 2023 Summer Internship at Cornish Lithium– Imogen Sparks Written by: Imogen Sparks During the summer term of my master’s program at the Camborne School of Mines, I was offered an eight-week internship with Cornish Lithium, a mineral exploration company focused on the sustainable extraction of lithium and other battery metals in Cornwall. To begin, I would like to thank Women in Mining UK and Cornish Lithium for providing me with this opportunity and the valuable experiences I gained during my placement. During my time I worked mostly with the ..read more

London – 28 July 2023: Women in Mining UK (“WIM UK”) is pleased to announce changes to its leadership which are effective immediately. This includes: Calliope Lalousis will step down as co-Head of the Partnerships Committee. Jo Birch, previously co-Head, will now lead the team. Ariadna Peretz will step down as Head of the Communications Committee. Emily Hall and Molly Stewart will become co-Heads of the team. Aymone Schendel will step down from her role as Deputy Managing Director, as her 18-month term comes to an end. She will now focus on her role as Head of Events and Conference Partnershi ..read more

London – 20 February 2023:  Women in Mining UK 2022 Summer Internship at World Gold Council – Eliana Katherine Molina Ramirez Written by: Eliana Katherine Molina Ramirez At school I had been dedicated to studying the socio-environmental aspects of gold mining. First, in my bachelor’s, when working towards reducing the use of mercury amalgamation in my home country, Colombia, and then in my MSc, when investigating methods to remediate soil contaminated with mercury by Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) operations. When reading WIM UK’s internship programme, I found the opportunity to a ..read more

London – 17 February 2023:  Women in Mining UK  2022 Summer Internship at Centamin PLC – Maame Opokua Debrah Written by: Maame Opokua Debrah Under the auspices of Women in Mining UK (WIM UK), I received the opportunity to participate in an eight-week internship programme in Geology with Centamin PLC, a FTSE 250 gold miner and one of WIM UK’s Industry Partners. My internship took place in November and December 2022 at Centamin’s Doropo exploration project in Côte d’Ivoire. To help advance the careers of women in the mining industry, WIM UK collaborates with mining firms to give young ..read more