Last week, MIWATCH welcomed Dr. Steve Jason Chingwaru a geometallurgist and postdoctoral researcher from Zimbabwe. Steve recently completed his PhD which centred on the geometallurgical characterization and deportment of gold in one of the largest historical tailings reservoirs of the Witwatersrand.
We had the privilege of spending the week in Roebourne for rehearsals, to attend the prison performance and the final community concert at the invitation of Big hART (arts and social change organization) and the local Indigenous members of their board. The aim of the visit was to start building relationships with First Nations artists as we undertake our research project Resourceful Acts Cultural Livelihoods on Resource Extraction Frontiers.
Spring seems to have sprung early in Brisbane and with it MIWATCH welcomes two new starters – Dr Eric O Ansah starting as a postdoctoral researcher and Master of Sciences Candidate Pamela Curi.
We all have expectations and prophecy about how things will go, but we can't always predict challenges. Sometimes, they come up because of decisions we made that have little or no interaction with what is waiting for us.
Earlier this year, the MIWATCH team made the move to North Wing, one of the oldest parts of the UQ Experimental Mine Site at Indooroopilly, Queensland.
Before the inaugural Australian Mine Waste Symposium in February 2024 (was it that long ago now!), I had the opportunity to meet with Professor Iain Stewart who inspired many high school students (particularly in the UK) to become geologists!
