Aubrie Mbava graduated in 2024 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Mining and Geological Engineering from the University of Zimbabwe. Currently, he is an Assistant Miner in the Production Department at Pickstone Peerless Gold Mine. As an Undergraduate Research Assistant in the African Extractivism and the Green Transition Project his duties include, among others, collecting documents in hard and soft copies, collecting data, production of annotated bibliographies, conducting and transcribing structured interviews, and assisting in the administrative functions of the Zimbabwe country office. Aubrie’s main areas of interest include sustainable resource extraction, innovative technologies, project management and geological analysis.