You Don't Have to Dig a Mine to Run One, Female Leaders Say
- Technical knowledge is only one skill needed in modern mining
- Flexible work arrangements to allow for child-rearing needed
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Eira Thomas has discovered diamonds in the far north, co-founded mining companies and sat on a dozen boards -- including Canada’s most valuable energy company.
So the 49-year-old was a little taken aback when an investor recently suggested she needed to hire an engineer as chief operating officer to back her up in the executive suite. She was, after all, only a geologist.