15.03.07
Tremough mining students to represent Britain

A team of 12 students from the University of Exeter's Camborne School of Mines (CSM) are the first Brits in over a decade to compete in the International Mining Competition in Tucson, Arizona.

From 22 to 26 March, the CSM team will compete against students from all over the world in old mining techniques, including jackleg drilling, mucking, hand-steeling, track laying, panning for gold, suede sawing and surveying tests. Now in its 29th year, the event was originally organised as a commemoration for all those who lost their lives in the mining industry.

Team member and third year University of Exeter Mining Engineering student Holly Moulding is looking forward to the challenge: "The event is highly prestigious and we are very excited to be taking a team from Cornwall. The competition will test us both physically and mentally but we are fully prepared. We hope our participation will raise the profile of mining in Cornwall and of Camborne School of Mines as a world-leader in training Mining Engineers."

The team has received sponsorship from Golder Associates, IMMM South West, Imerys, Wardell Armstrong and CSM Association Members, which has funded equipment, team kit and travel expenses. Holly Moulding continued: "The team would like to thank our sponsors, without whom we would not have been able to compete."

The £100 million Tremough campus is a Combined Universities in Cornwall initiative of which the University of Exeter and University College Falmouth are two of the founding partners. It is funded mainly by the European Union (Objective One), the South West Regional Development Agency, and the Higher Education Funding Council for England, with support from Cornwall County Council. Set in 70 acres of countryside, but close to the waterside towns of Penryn and Falmouth, the campus offers a lively student community. Building on the success of its existing degrees at the Cornwall Campus in Mining Engineering, Geology, Biology, Geography, English and Renewable Energy, the University is now able to offer degrees in Politics, Law, History and Cornish Studies.

For further information contact Holly Moulding at the University of Exeter on 07729 220016 or email: h.i.moulding@ex.ac.uk.

The Objective One Programme for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly has invested in the Combined Universities in Cornwall (CUC) project, both Phase 1 and Phase 2, through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Social Fund (ESF). The University of Exeter is a partner of the CUC.

Editor's notes:

Camborne School of Mines (CSM) was founded in 1888 and became part of the University of Exeter in 1993. CSM has an international reputation for research and teaching related to the understanding and management of the Earth's natural processes, resources and the environment. Its portfolio of undergraduate, postgraduate and research degree programmes provide an excellent basis for careers, in the UK or overseas, within the Earth resources, civil engineering, environmental and energy sectors. The vast majority of CSM graduates are employed in areas related to their degree. CSM is based at the University of Exeter's Tremough Campus, near Penryn.

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