Anglo American's Callide Training Officer Rebecca Job, Callide Graduate Mechanical Engineer Jacob McLeod, Dawson Graduate Geologist Travis Klein and Dawson Electrical Engineering Coordinator Greg Conway provided hands-on advice and support to 35 science and maths students from Moura and Biloela State High Schools as they took part in a full day of challenges and activities.

Anglo American Training Coordinator Breohny Streeter said as well as working through the activities with their industry mentors, the students were eager to find out about career pathways into the resources sector.

"This was a great event to help engage high school students with the different career opportunities and pathways available in the resources sector," Ms Streeter said.

"The students were very enthusiastic and wanted to find out how our staff members got to where they are and the types of work they are involved in at Anglo American."

The event was designed to provide students with an opportunity to learn more about industry applications of simple science concepts through hands on challenges ranging from chemical processing and engineering to environmental practices.

Ms Streeter said team members regularly attend QMEA events held in the local community to help engage students in the array of career opportunities within the coal mining industry.

The QMEA is Australia's largest and most successful industry/education schools partnership between the Queensland resources sector and the Queensland State Government

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Notes to editors:

Anglo American is a global and diversified mining business that provides the raw materials essential for economic development and modern life. Our people are at the heart of our business. It is our people who use the latest technologies to find new resources, plan and build our mines and who mine, process and move and market our products – from bulk commodities and base metals to precious metals and diamonds (through De Beers) – to our customers around the world. Our diversified portfolio of products spans the economic development cycle and, as a responsible miner, we are the custodians of precious resources. We work together with our key partners and stakeholders to unlock the long-term value that those resources represent for our shareholders, but also for the communities and countries in which we operate – creating sustainable value and making a real difference. Our mining operations, growth projects and exploration and marketing activities extend across southern Africa, South America, Australia, North America, Asia and Europe.

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