Team

Earth science, finance and technology, applied to closure

AuraMine brings together experience across geoscience, financial markets and commercial governance, working with specialist reviewers in geology, hydrogeology, cost estimation and digital delivery.

Leadership

Arielle Yuen

Co-founder & CEO

Earth Science at Imperial College London, then financial markets at Deutsche Bank and Citibank, including IPO and asset valuation. Leads product vision and client relationships.

Samuel Conway

Co-founder & COO

Previously CEO of Zegami, an Oxford University spin-out. Holds an MBA and a background in biomedical engineering. Leads commercial strategy, governance and scaling from pilot sites to portfolios.

Specialist network

We work with independent specialists who review evidence, assumptions and outputs, including geology and permitting, legacy-asset commercial strategy, AI and digital implementation, hydrogeology, geotechnics and cost estimation.

Geology and permitting
Legacy-asset commercial strategy
AI and digital implementation
Hydrogeology
Geotechnics
Cost estimation

Recognition and news

September 2026

Presented with the Bio+Mine team at Mine Closure 2026, the 19th International Conference on Mine Closure in Melbourne, and co-authored the paper 'A Bio+Mine Digital Twin approach to mine closure monitoring' (Herrington et al., 2026).

Read the paper

2025Winner, Tech for Good Prize, sponsored by the Digital Policy Alliance
July 2025Selected for Imperial College London's Venture Catalyst Challenge (AI track)

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