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A ROADMAP FOR MINERALS PROCESSING EDUCATION

Figure 2: Workplace (Top 10 responses)

Where they work (n=853)

8% Rio Tinto
16%
8% Anglo American
Barrick Gold Corporation
8% Gold Fields Ltd
13% BHP Billiton
Newmont Mining Corporation
8%
Vale
12% Anglo Gold Ashanti
9% Schlumberger
9% 9% SRK Consulting

Figure 3: University attended (Top 10 responses)

Where they studiet (n=2033)

7% University of the Witswatersand
8% 18% University of Pretoria
University of Johannesburg
8% University of Cape Town
11% University of the Free State
The University of British Colombia
10% Queen’s University
10% University of Alberta
13% Curtin University
8% XXXX
7%

Undergraduate Curriculum

Based on the data from Figure 3, the courses and programs offered at
selected universities in South Africa, Canada and Australia were reviewed
to get a sense of which programs offered courses in mineralogy and what
type of content was offered in those courses. Again unsurprisingly the
majority of the mineralogy courses form part of a geology related program.
The mineralogy courses offered are predominantly at an introductory
level with the content designed to provide foundational knowledge on

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