Choosing Mining as a Career

I was first attracted to the subject of geology at high school. My geography teacher was an ex-petroleum geologist who pointed to the slump in the oil industry at the time. He suggested that mining offered more flexibility and diverse career opportunities. I had always been attracted to a career with travel after growing up in Singapore.

I came from an area of Britain with a strong tradition of metal mining (Devon and Cornwall in the Southwest of England). So I did my homework and visited the Camborne School of Mines in Cornwall amongst the mining schools of the UK. This included a visit underground into its own mine and I immediately fell in love with the underground environment and romance of nineteenth century mining history. I was hooked by the type of work and the prospects for travel to exotic locations like Africa, Australia and Canada.

The integration of many technical and soft skills with a great deal of practical application really attracted me. No two working days were alike. My choice was reaffirmed by the work periods spent subsequently whilst a student: working in a Limestone Quarry in Devon, an underground Tin/Copper mine in Cornwall, an underground Iron Ore mine in Swedish Lappland and an underground Tin/Wolfram mine in Portugal. I was ready to emigrate!

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