{"id":27211,"date":"2025-06-24T12:40:48","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T12:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pws.software\/sbawumia\/?p=27211"},"modified":"2025-11-19T14:12:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T14:12:33","slug":"delivered-the-keynote-address-at-the-women-in-mining-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbawumia.org\/sb\/delivered-the-keynote-address-at-the-women-in-mining-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Delivered the keynote address at the Women in Mining Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"27211\" class=\"elementor elementor-27211\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1abeab2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1abeab2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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