Monthly High Profile Interviews
DECEMBER
Raijeli Taga – “If anyone will change the mining sector in Fiji, it will be women”
Dr Raijeli Taga, Chief Environment Officer at Fiji’s Ministry of Lands and Mineral Resource, always knew she didn’t want a normal “women’s” day job in Fiji.
She wanted to do something different, no desk job for her but something considered a job for a man. This was challenging 20 years ago when she started out in such a small country. Click here to read her interview.
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NOVEMBER
Chantae Lessard – “If you don’t ask it will never happen and sometimes you need to ask more than once!”
Mining has been in Chantae Lessard's family for generations; four generations to be exact. growing up, Chantae says a career in mining was never considered but as fate would have it she landed a role as a paralegal/health, safety, environment executive assistant at Kennecott Utah Copper in Salt Lake City, Utah, and that role changed her life and her career. Click here to read her interview.
OCTOBER
 Clara Chan – “Once you decide to do something you have to give it your very best”
Hong-Kong based Clara Chan has over 20 years of experience in the non-ferrous metals industry.
She is among the small minority of women in the metals sector in China. She grew up spending holidays in her father’s small alloying plant. The family run firm has grown and evolved, listing in 2006 under her guidance. Click here to read her interview.
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SEPTEMBER
Jody Cellar – “Be genuine, reliable and courageous”
Jody Cellar knew she wanted to become an engineer from the age of 12.
She took on her first paying job at 13 – assisting in a recreation program for disadvantaged children over summer breaks and cleaning private homes throughout the year. By 23 she had the financial means to study engineering. Click here to read her interview.
Visit the website for other women in mining interviews.
If you would like to feature in our Interview Series or know of someone who deserves a mention please contact us
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Articles & WiM groups' initiatives from around the world
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Awards, Surveys & Scholarships
Women in Mining Canada Trailblazer Award nominations are due January 15, 2016. Read nominations criteria here. This is an exciting opportunity to celebrate and put forward someone who you believe has made a real difference in the sector. Nominees must be Canadian but you can send nominations in form all over the world.
WIMnet NSW Mentoring Programme 2016
Mentee applications are now open for the 2016 Mentoring Program. Closing Date: Friday 5th February 2016. Please click here to view the flyer, or go to
Industry Survey
Do you work in Canada's exploration or mining industry? Complete our 5-min survey and enter to win a virtual Executive Assistant for a day! http://ow.ly/UTPs0
MBA Research
Carol Taylor's research project investigates the South African Mining Industry’s readiness to embrace Gender Diversity at Management and Board levels. Take the survey
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Post your pics!
Inviting every working in to send us pics with
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Upcoming Events
December
- 15, London: Mining Sundowner
- 16, Kamloops: WIM South Central Volunteer Event
- 16, South Australia: WinRSA & WIMnetSA Holiday Social
- 16, Vancouver: Mining 4 Beer
January
- 11, WIM UK Industry Trends Event
- 13, WIM Toronto Luncheon
- 14, WIM Chile Monthly Drinks
- 20, Women on Boards webinar Session 9
- 28, London: Mining Sundowner
See our events calendar for more detail.
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New Team Members
Thank you to all the volunteers that came forward, we can only do it with your help!!!
We're calling for more volunteers who have recruitment experience and anyone interested in working on the 'female speakers at conferences' project. We are also looking for volunteers for the Australia Pacific Team and the North America team; the team liaises with existing WIM chapters with the aim of collaborating on projects, swapping information and promoting each other.
Contact Barbara for more information.
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Ginger Peppard, Head of Publications
Ginger graduated in 2005 from the University of Nevada, Reno with a BSc in Environmental and Natural Resources. She began her career while still a student, working for the Desert Research Inst. as a research & field assistant in the hydrologic and earth and ecosystem sciences departments. After college, she was hired by Western Environmental Testing Lab. (WETLAB) in Sparks, Nevada as their Customer Service Manager and then as their Business Development Manager. She later worked for Great Basin Gold as the Environmental Coordinator at the Esmeralda Mine. She joined Marigold Mining (Silver Standard Resources, formerly Goldcorp.) as an Environmental Specialist in 2011, became a Sr. Environmental Specialist, and in 2015, was promoted to Environmental Manager. In this position, she is responsible for providing leadership and technical expertise on environmental and regulatory issues, and supporting the mining operation on environmental matters. She also oversees land management, corporate responsibility, due diligence and project management efforts, as well as overseeing the environmental training initiatives for the site. She was selected to help facilitate Goldcorp’s Creating Choices program, the first ever women’s development, leadership and mentoring program offered within the mining industry. GInger is also a D-2 (Distribution) and T-1 OIT (Treatment) level potable water operator in the State of Nevada and an active member in many professional organizations such as: Women in Mining, Nevada Mining Assoc. (Environmental & Education), Nevada Rural Water Assoc., Nevada Water Resources Assoc., Nevada Landman’s Assoc. and American Water Works Assoc.
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Alicia Fox, Head of Communications
Alicia is based in Brisbane. She is a marketing communications professional with over 12 years' experience, focusing on mining through her roles at Xstrata (now Glencore, of course) and UGL, a service provider within the industry. Her career has focussed on developing and delivering corporate communication strategies, representing organisations, and increasing or managing their profiles and relationships with key stakeholders. She has experience across the full marketing communications spectrum, using a variety of channels and tools to engage with both internal and external audiences. This has included direct engagement, thought-leadership campaigns, media liaison, the drafting and placement of articles in relevant media publications, events management, website creation and management and the development of corporate publications (from copywriting and editing, to project managing the approvals, design and printing processes). She is currently working in a part-time capacity for a large Australian university, providing communication support to a research project. This role involves working remotely, producing a range of written materials and developing a new website.
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 Natalya Lozovaya, Head of "More Women at Mining Conferences" Project
Natalya is a Social Impact Consultant with Synergy Global in Oxford, UK, working on social performance challenges with mining companies. She holds a BA in International Economics, French and Political Science from the University of Kentucky, and MSc in Environmental Change and Management from the University of Oxford. She lives in London and speaks English, Russian, and French.
 Fiona McQuillan, Graphic Design
Fiona has been involved in the mining and mineral exploration industry in Canada for over 20 years. After graduating from the University of British Columbia with a B.Sc. in geology, she was employed by companies conducting gold, base metal and diamond exploration programs in the Canadian arctic. She spent seven years working in remote camps, and then decided to go back to school to pursue graphic design, with the goal of creating effective communication solutions for technical as well as non-technical audiences. For ten years she was employed with Vancouver-based Hunter Dickinson Inc. designing a diverse array of materials, which include brochures, advertisements, presentations, animations logos and branded collateral. She is currently self-employed with her own company Geodesignworks Graphic Design.
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Translations: Flavia Livacic & Denise Tarud
Editing: Kathy Sole
Newsletter: Sue Jefferies
Blog: Laura Hubbard, Annabel Dolphin, Maria Paz Pulgar, Kosi uchendu, Zoya Adeyi and Jamie Hiltz
WOB Database: Jane Banks and Adriana Gowthaman
Technical Women: Bailey Edwards, Mara Silva, Nicole McLaren
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PR: Anita Rex, Claudia Dominguez Bornas
Social media: Taylor Fitzgibbon, Ana Rosa de Lima, Kate Borissova, Mary Kita & Karen Chiu
LinkedIn Moderators: Laura Hubbard & Mary Kita
New Africa Team members: Asa Borssen and Nondumiso Mathenjwa
Asia Team: Sugar Gonchigjantsan, Louise Dell, Sonja Neame, Myra Giulinao, Xuanyu Yang
New Latin America members: Paola Vilca Vasquez, Enrique Vega Hijar, Mara Silva
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IWiM's vision is to implement initiatives that improve worldwide gender balance in the mining industry, and foster the professional development of women in mining.
Our mission is to be the leading global platform that fosters the development and participation of women in the mining sector to increase to 20% by 2020.
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