Indigenous workers can thrive in mining jobs, delegates at a major industry forum have been told. (Mellen Burns/AAP PHOTOS) Credit: AAP"Just say yes." Gold miner Northern Star Resources, headed by Stuart Tonkin, who oversees a super pit on the edge of Kalgoorlie, already employs about 40 Indigenous workers from IPT. "They are the power of IPT, but it only came about because someone was willing to say yes," Mr Brownley said. Mr Brownley wants mining executives to consider working with his firm, saying IPT can help them retain and attract Indigenous workers.