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Message: [QUOTE="Queen, post: 87457, member: 27"] A Tanzanian woman walked into her first Mining Indaba and walked out with a continental award nobody saw coming. Leminatha's big win in South Africa [LIST] [*]Leminatha Kabigumila snagged the Women Entrepreneur in Mining Award from AWIMA. [*]The 2nd International Mining Indaba ran from February 8 to 12, 2026, in South Africa. [*]She founded RARE Mining East Africa Limited and is its CEO. [*]Kabigumila showed up expecting to learn and network, not collect hardware. [/LIST] Her mining portfolio is stacked [LIST] [*]RARE Mining holds 21 licenses covering gypsum and gold operations. [*]Gypsum gets mined in Kyerwa, Kagera, while gold comes from Kahama, Shinyanga, and Manyara. [*]All her gold goes straight to the Bank of Tanzania in Dodoma. [*]Three prior awards for best miner, top taxpayer, and outstanding female miner already sat on her shelf. [/LIST] What she had to say [LIST] [*]Kabigumila credited Officer Samweli Shoo in Geita for helping her land that first license. [*]Innovation in mineral value addition and community accountability are her guiding principles. [*]Her message to women is simple: start small and refuse to take no for an answer. [*]Seeing women on global platforms fuels her drive to keep pushing. [/LIST] Tanzania's delegation at Indaba [LIST] [*]Minister Anthony Mavunde led the national contingent to the event. [*]Mining associations, financial institutions, and legal firms all tagged along. [*]Women passionate about reshaping the sector were part of the crew. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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