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We are proud to share the inaugural Tori Cowburn Scholarship has been awarded to Lluka Moffitt.

Tori Cowburn was a treasured �羺�����Ƽ� employee when she tragically passed away in a bus accident in Greta in 2023.

Lluka is a Muswellbrook local and has completed her first year of a four-year Paramedicine Degree at Charles Sturt University, fulfilling her dream of helping people during times of need.

The �羺�����Ƽ� scholarship, created in memory of Tori Cowburn will fund Lluka’s final three years of study while she works three days per week at a �羺�����Ƽ� NSW site to gain on the job mining experience to compliment her study.

Lluka said: “It’s a bittersweet feeling to have been given this scholarship, knowing how loved Tori was by her colleagues. I’m very grateful to �羺�����Ƽ� for this opportunity.”

In addition, we will support Louise Passlow, a current �羺�����Ƽ� employee who applied as part of the scholarship program. Louise will be partnered with a mentor and will continue to work for �羺�����Ƽ� full-time as a truck operator while she studies Geoscience part-time.

�羺�����Ƽ� Group Executive Australia East Operations, Rae O’Brien said: “We received a high calibre of applicants for the scholarship. The �羺�����Ƽ� family in the Hunter Valley is very close knit and honouring Tori’s memory through this program is something �羺�����Ƽ� is proud to offer the community.”

Each year, the successful scholarship recipient will receive $8,000 per annum to assist with the costs of completing the associated degree, for a maximum duration of three years.

The scholarship is open to female students residing in the Hunter Valley interested in studying a mining related discipline at university.