Ecuador
Hi dear community my name is Isabel Peñaloza Araujo from Ecuador. I come from a family of small fair trade banana farmers back home, thanks to their effort and sacrifice I am this woman today. I love traveling and outdoors, playing piano and learning new languages. *Environmental Advisor, working with Remediation Projects at Kennecott *Graduate Rio Tinto, September 2024. Mine Closure, Environmental Technical. Present Coordinating Closure Projects in the water space and critical minerals valorization. *Graduate Rio Tinto, February 2024. Underground Operations - Bingham Canyon *Graduate Rio Tinto, June 2023. Copper Telluride- PM plant & Copper Refining *Metallurgical Intern at Rio Tinto Concentrator, summer 2022 *Graduate Student Liaison of the SME Student Chapter, John Mackay Club (JMC), UNR 2021-2023 *Social Media Director of the Northern Nevada SME Section 2023. *Secretary of the SME Ecuador Section (2023-2024) *Vice-president of the SME Ecuador Section (2021-2025) *Masters student at the University of Nevada, Reno. United States. 2021-2023 *Graduate Research & Teacher Assistant of the Mining and Metallurgical Engineering Department *Junior Mining Engineer at Lundin Gold -Ecuador 2021 *Bachelors in Mining Engineering ESPOL-Ecuador. 2014-2020 *Exchange Student of Mining Engineering of University of São Paulo, Brazil. 2018-2019 Language domains: English, Spanish and Portuguese Eager to learn; can conceptualize ideas thoughts quickly and retain new skills promptly. Looking for new experiences in the national and international mining industry.
Graduate Program: KENNECOTT REFINERY (June/2023-February/2024): Precious Metals at the Refinery. Supporting the Tellurium Plant: “From Slimes to solar panels”; and Tank House daily electrorefining and electrowinning KENNECOTT UNDERGROUND (February/2024 - September/2024): Supported Underground operations, BEV simulation facilitation and ventilation KENNECOTT ESG- CLOSURE R&D (September/2024- Present): Supporting closure projects around critical mineral recovery, coordinating projects in the water space
El El Mono Minero, es un sitio de información de vanguardia del Ecuador para el Mundo. EMM llegó a mi vida mientras cursaba mis estudios universitarios, en medio de una pandemia de COVID-19. Llegó a ser el medio por el cual puedo dar mi perspectiva sobre la minería en mi país y el espacio en el cúal he podido motivar a más niñas, jóvenes mujeres a incursionar en las áreas STEM. A través del EMM consigo mostrar los desafíos que afrontaremos los futuros profesionales de la Ingeniería de Minas y carreras afines, con la finalidad que nos comprometamos a impulsar una Minería Responsable en el Ecuador fundamentado en el respeto a las comunidades y al medio ambiente. Un honor formar parte del equipo de editorialistas del EMM