GRADUATES and students from the Open University Geological Society gained a greater understanding last week of North East Yorkshire's rich geology following a visit to one of York Potash's temporary drilling sites.
The site visit allowed the geology enthusiasts to witness exploratory drilling at the Maybeck site near Sneaton, providing them with an insight into York Potash’s current operations and its future plans to create a new state-of-the-art potash mine which would create over 1,000 jobs and thousands more in the wider supply chain.
Earlier this month almost 900 pupils at Whitby Community College were shown detailed project proposals as well as hearing about the types of roles that will be created by a new modern mine.
Matt Parsons, education and skills manager at York Potash, said: “The York Potash project requires highly-skilled workers across all disciplines and we are committed to investing in the future of our workforce. Visits like these help us to communicate to students the skills and subjects they need in order to develop a successful career in mining.”
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