Playford Trust / OZ Minerals Scholarship

The Playford Trust, in partnership with OZ Minerals, offers a $9000 Honours scholarship in geoscience, mining engineering or chemical engineering at any one of the three South Australian universities.

OZ Minerals is a copper-focused, global, modern mining company based in South Australia. Listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX100) OZ Minerals has a growth strategy focused on creating value for all its stakeholders.

In South Australia, it owns and operates the copper-gold mine at Prominent Hill and the copper-gold mine at Carrapateena. The company has a pipeline of earn-in agreements with experienced exploration companies in Australia and internationally. It also has an operating mine and a significant pipeline of development and exploration opportunities in the Carajás and Gurupi provinces in Brazil.

A strong company culture, an unwavering pursuit to be a modern mining company, and a thirst for finding different and better ways to do things is shared by the OZ Minerals team, encapsulated by its How We Work Together principles and behaviours of:

• Thinking and acting differently
• Building a culture of respect that enables people to succeed
• Focusing on partnerships and collaboration, not hierarchy
• Delivering superior results through effective planning and agile deployment
• Doing what it says it will do and taking action
• Acting with integrity and engaging with stakeholders

A $9000 Honours scholarship

Applicants must be:

• ready to commence Honours in geoscience, mining engineering or chemical engineering at any one of the three South Australian universities
• an Australian citizen or a holder of a permanent resident visa and resident in South Australia
• intending to spend a significant part of their career in South Australia, or be likely to provide a benefit to the State
• a high achiever, with an excellent undergraduate academic record
• of good character. Preference will be given to students who display leadership potential.