9 - Processing, Manufacturing & Utilities

I graduated early in 2006 and right out of high school I started mining underground. I was 18. I didn't enjoy the contracting. I also didn't enjoy not knowing when I'd be working because they switched me from days to nights, from one mine to the other mine. It was hard because I didn't know when I had time off, which made it difficult to plan things.

I then applied to HudBay as a labourer and got hired on. I started here working on the surface, not underground.