A great turnout for the September Cornish Mining Sundowner

There was an attendance of over 30 for last night's mining sundowner at Falmouth's Chain Locker and it was good to see about a dozen students from Camborne School of Mines, some back from summer vacation and others just commencing their courses.

CSM students

I was pleased to welcome Ben Wraith, a Senior Process Engineer at Gekko Systems, Australia. Ben and his family are over from Australia primarily for a holiday and a wedding. As a mining family, and Ben having worked as a metallurgist in tin back in Australia, they decided to travel west to Cornwall to see the sights and learn more about the rich Cornish mining history, topping it off with the sundowner to chat about the past and hopefully the future mining activities in Cornwall.

It was also good to meet Ola Zawalna, the Strategic and Business Development Geo-Resources Manager for the Cornwall Mining & Geo-Resources Alliance, where she leads the Alliance’s growth strategy, develops partnerships, secures funding, and enhances Cornwall’s profile as a hub for mining, critical resources, and geothermal innovation.

With Ben and Ola

It was an excellent sundowner and I hope we get a similar turnout at the next one, on Thursday October 16th, from 5.30pm at the Chain Locker.