Ashley Kirwan

Ashley Kirwan is the co-founder, CEO and principal geologist of Orix Geoscience, a geological firm that provides geological expertise and strategy to mining firms of all sizes. Since it’s beginning in 2012, Orix has quickly grown it’s team to 60 employees within three offices between Manitoba and Ontario. With over 10 years’ experience in the exploration and mining industry, Ashley has worked throughout North and South America, including projects in Nunavut, Nevada and Ecuador. In 2016, both Ashley 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 Award.