Inés Scotland is an Australian businesswoman. She is considered to be the most successful self-made female mining executives.[1]

Scotland is the Chair of ASX listed minerals project development company Metal Bank (ASX:MBK). She was appointed as chair on 13 August 2013.

Her previous role was as the CEO of ASX listed company Citadel Resource Group, Limited. Citadel had a portfolio of gold and base metals projects in Saudi Arabia, with its operations headquarters located in Jeddah. Citadel was one of only a handful of western mining companies operating in Saudi Arabia, and Scotland was in a unique position as the only one headed by a woman.

Scotland was included on the BRW Rich Executive List with a debut position at No.60 out of 300. She was one of only 5 women to be included in 2009.

In 2010 Citadel was taken over by Equinox Minerals,[2] which was then taken over by Barrick Gold in 2011,[3] Scotland has sat on a number of Company Boards and spent time as the CEO of Ivanhoe.

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  1. ^ Fitzgerald, Barry (28 July 2010). "Building a mighty Citadel inside a kingdom". Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  2. ^ Hill, Liezel (17 January 2011). "Equinox closes Citadel acquisition". Mining Weekly. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Barrick Completes Compulsory Acquisition of Equinox Shares". MarketWire. 19 July 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2018.