Yesterday, Argonaut participated in the Kent Street CoRE Resources Challenge, a hands-on STEM initiative designed to help students connect classroom learning with real-world careers in the resources sector.
Alongside Jenny Dalrymple, Senior Resource Geologist at IGO, and Roslyn O’Sullivan, Regional Exploration Superintendent at Bellevue Gold, we supported the event as volunteer judges. Nearly 100 Year 5 students from Kensington Primary School and Collier Primary School took part, guided by their Year 10 mentors from Kent Street who acted as their ‘Mine Managers’.
In their teams, the students designed and built mini mines, complete with working pulley conveyors, ore processing plants, lighting, ventilation, and safety signage. Once construction was complete, they processed their ore by crushing, sifting, and using metal detectors to reveal the resources they had uncovered. Their teamwork was outstanding, and selecting a winner was not easy.
CoRE Learning Foundation is one of Argonaut’s charity partners and plays an important role in linking STEM education with industry, community, and government to help develop the future workforce for Australia’s resources industry. We are proud to contribute to programs that spark curiosity and broaden students’ awareness of the career pathways available to them within the mining sector.
A special thank you to Jacobi Herringer from CoRE Learning and the teachers at Kent Street Senior High School for the invitation to this engaging and meaningful event.
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