Florence Drummond
Executive Director Development Partner Institute
Florence Drummond is the Executive Director of the Development Partner Institute and a recognised leader in building sustainable partnerships between Indigenous communities, the global resources sector and governments. As a well-known and awarded Australian advocate for Indigenous women in mining, she has significantly advanced Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander representation and retention in the industry.
Florence’s international influence has reached organisations including the United Nations, APEC, and UN ESCAP, where she champions social license, inclusion, and sustainability initiatives. Florence serves on the advisory board of the Australian Saudi Business Forum, strengthening cross-cultural business relationships. Her achievements have been recognised through the WA Business News 40 Under 40 Award and inclusion in Women in Mining UK’s 100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining.
Florence specialises in facilitating forums that enhance dialogue between Indigenous communities and industry stakeholders. Her strategic approach ensures equitable economic development aligns with Indigenous values and rights, creating sustainable value based on trust and mutual respect for all parties involved.
2025 Agenda Sessions
2025 Mining Innovation & Research Battlefield
Pitch 1 - Transforming Tailings with Innovative Water Solutions
Tailings & water are tightly related. A full recycle of water is a prerequisite for future tailing utilization. Water should be thought as an enabler to give the highest recoveries
Lisa October, Resoketswe Manenzhe & Diana Kasymova
Pitch 2 - Waste-to-Wealth Tailings Processing
Co-processing uranium and copper tailings for REE and cobalt extraction using waste-generated acid, eliminating acid costs and reducing reagent consumption for neutralizati
Vitor Loureiro Gontijo
Pitch 3 - BioCarbonX: Reclaiming brownfields and rehabilitating mine sites
Our engineered biochar combined with tailings has the capacity to reclaim brownfields and rehabilitate mine sites by adsorbing heavy metals and enriching the soil.
Mwiza Muwowo
Tuesday 04 February 13:00 - 14:00 CTICC1
Industry Intel
Tailings & water are tightly related. A full recycle of water is a prerequisite for future tailing utilization. Water should be thought as an enabler to give the highest recoveries
Lisa October, Resoketswe Manenzhe & Diana Kasymova
Pitch 2 - Waste-to-Wealth Tailings Processing
Co-processing uranium and copper tailings for REE and cobalt extraction using waste-generated acid, eliminating acid costs and reducing reagent consumption for neutralizati
Vitor Loureiro Gontijo
Pitch 3 - BioCarbonX: Reclaiming brownfields and rehabilitating mine sites
Our engineered biochar combined with tailings has the capacity to reclaim brownfields and rehabilitate mine sites by adsorbing heavy metals and enriching the soil.
Mwiza Muwowo
CTICC1 Africa/Johannesburg