Jewel in the MinesStories of discovery, faith, and adventure
The Cost of Unfailing Love
10/11/2025  |  Faith  |  Imelda Nasubo

The Cost of Unfailing Love

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends!

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Mine Rehabilitation through Tailings Storage Facility (TSF)

Mine Rehabilitation through Tailings Storage Facility (TSF)

7/23/2025  |  Imelda Nasubo

Safety and environmental protection in mining is impossible without proper tailings management. Eng. Cyrus Njonde and I unpacked how Tailings Storage Facilities (TSFs) are key to responsible mining from large-scale operations to small-scale mining.

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From Mining to Rehabilitation

4/26/2025

On April 24th, 2025, six months after leaving Base Titanium, I returned, no longer as part of the team this time, but as part of a delegation that was eager to see the progress of the rehabilitation efforts. Of course, nostalgia hit hard right from 'barrier one' as we famously called the first security stop, but nothing prepared me for what I would feel once I stepped in Bumamani. There, my excitement blew the roof off and it honestly felt like stepping into a living memory. This was a mine I had actively participated in bringing to life, both in it's commissioning and operation!

Between Confidence and Doubt: My Journey of Growth in a New Role

3/1/2025

It’s been a whole two months since I occupied this space, and honestly, I’ve missed it. I didn't go silent because I ran out of words (though coming to think of it🤔, I might have been battling a serious writer's block), but it's because I’ve been caught up in the chaos of settling into the new assignment at hand. These past few months, my brain has been taking in the thrill and exhaustion of fieldwork, the attentiveness to detail demanded by office tasks, and the professionalism required when engaging with different stakeholders.

The Final Salute: Reflections through Base Titanium's Legacy

1/5/2025

On 31st December 2024, Base Titanium formally shut down its active mining operations in Kenya with a grand Water Gun Salute - an incredible curtain close to a decade of sustainable mining in Kenya. As I viewed the shared photos of the beautiful water arcs created by the very familiar mining guns, I ended up getting so emotional not just because it was my former workplace for about 500 days, but because it had become a home, a training ground and a place where despite great challenges, my dreams as a young mining engineer had become a reality.

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