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IAEG Online Lecture Series 2025
The Mining Cycle of Cononish Gold Mine
Rachael Paul,
Mineral Resource Manager,
SGZ Cononish Acrux Gold
25th November 2025, 7 PM
The IAEG are delighted to welcome Rachael Paul of SGZ Cononish Acrux Gold to finish off our 2025 Lecture Series. The talk will take place on Tuesday 25th of November on-line starting at 7pm. The presentation provides a technical overview of the geology, mining, and processing operations at the SGZ Cononish, Scotland’s only commercially producing gold mine. It explores the unique challenges of operating within a national park and outlines the strategies being implemented to support sustainable development. With the recent acquisition by Acrux Gold, the mine is entering a new phase of growth and preparing to increase production for the future.
Rachael Paul is a Chartered Geologist (CGeol with Geological Society of London) with over a decade of international experience in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Greenland, and Scotland, where she has led geological teams in both underground gold and open pit copper-cobalt operations. She holds an MSc in Mining Geology from the Camborne School of Mines and a BSc in Geology from the University of St Andrews. Rachael is currently the Mineral Resource Manager at SGZ Cononish, overseeing grade control, resource definition drilling, and geological modelling, and was recognised as one of the Top 100 Women in Mining in 2022.
The 2025 Online IAEG AGM will take place online after the talk.
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