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Ashley Kirwan is the co-founder, President, CEO, and Principal Geologist with Orix Geoscience Inc. Orix aims to be a leading geological firm of choice in terms of people, high quality, and partnerships. Orix partners with exploration and mining companies to increase shareholder value by providing geological expertise and business strategy for grassroots, brownfields, and advanced projects. The Orix team of 56 employees works within offices in Sudbury, Toronto, and Winnipeg. With 10 years' experience in the exploration and mining industry, Kirwan has worked throughout North and South America, including projects in Nunavut, Nevada, and Ecuador. She earned both a B.Sc. (Hons) in Geology and completed a M.Sc. in Mineral Exploration at Laurentian University. In 2016, Kirwan and her business partner, Shastri Ramnath were named one of the 100 global inspirational women in mining and in 2017 they were nominated for the RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards.