Mining

Unsure of what she wanted to do after some post-secondary education, Armanda Farrell submitted her resumé to the Dome Mine in Timmins six years ago.

The mining industry was an uninviting place for job-seeking women like Mary Louise Hill to catch a break in the 1970s. In fact, it was a downright oddity for a female to be involved even at the grassroots level.

Attitude is everything for women to succeed in the mining industry.

For Judy Baker, challenges in the junior exploration side of the mining industry aren’t necessarily linked to gender. It’s a formidable field that poses challenges for anyone who takes the work on.

Lindsay Martin is proof that women can be both a mom and a miner. The underground scoop operator at Goldcorp’s Dome Mine in Timmins even has a photo of her son Reid, as a newborn, on the cover of the 2011-2014 collective agreement.

Imola Götz’s choice to study mining engineering wasn’t an unusual one while growing up in Romania.

At her first summer mining job, while an engineering student at the University of Toronto, Samantha Espley was one of four women—of 10 students—hired on at Falconbridge’s Keno Gold Mine in Val d’Or, Que.

Cynthia Le Sueur-Aquin doesn't view herself as an inspirational role model for women.

Solid Gold Resources’ common shares are scheduled to be reinstated to trading on the TSX Venture Exchange effective Aug. 6.

Moss Lake Gold Mines release a preliminary economic analysis (PEA) of its namesake gold property in northwestern Ontario.