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Interview with
Sarah Mojuetan COMMUNICATIONS VOLUNTEER, WOMEN IN MINING UK
Sarah Mojuetan gained her geological background from the University of Ilorin, Nigeria. It spurred her to take up a job as a Customer Sales Representative in a jewelry line based in Nigeria. Whilst she worked this job, she was curious to figure out how the raw materials (gemstones and precious metals) for jewelry making are extracted from the Earth. She worked in a technical role for over a year and then decided to pursue a Mining Engineering Masters' Degree at Camborne School of Mines, UK. Please provide us with a brief background of your current work? “I serve as a Communications Volunteer at Women in Mining UK, a nonprofit organization that promotes the employment, retention, and progress of women in the mining industry. Currently, I'm working on a Research Education Campaign - Systemic Workplace Sexism, which is scheduled to go live in Q3 2021. We see that women are still being discriminated from taking up certain jobs. However, a rule of thumb says “including
women isn’t just the right thing to do, it’s the economic thing to do."
Tell us about your professional experience in detail please, and how you moved from the beginning to where you are today? Embarking on several field trips during my BSc degree in Geology at the University of Ilorin, Nigeria, exposed me to different rock types and broadened my understanding of the processes responsible for Earth’s formation. During
the course of my studies, I had the opportunity to Intern at Sowsco Well Services Nigeria Ltd. Primarily, I worked in a cementing laboratory and regularly carried out different tests on cement (fluid loss, compressive strength) to ascertain its ability to resist failure and its suitability for oil well casings. Upon completion of my BSc degree, I took up a job as a Customer Sales Representative in Saint Tracy, a jewelry line in Nigeria focused on the commercial side www.skillings.net | 27
