It was a privilege that the black man from Ghana was chosen to deliver a speech on behalf of all the graduates from Colorado School of Mines in USA (The world’s top mining institution).

Three (3) PhD graduates were selected among the hundreds of graduates and the committee chose his script as the first to be read. An American lady’s script was chosen as second. In all, they chose two graduate speeches to be delivered during the commencement ceremony.

Solomon received his basic education from Padmore school in Obuasi and senior secondary education from Obuasi Secondary Technical School. He pursued his bachelor’s degree in Geological Engineering at University of Mines & Technology, Tarkwa (Formerly KNUST School of Mines).

After working in the mining industry in Ghana for close to 7 years, he moved to USA to pursue his Master’s degree in Mining & Mineral Engineering at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. He worked in the mining industry in the United States for a while and proceeded to working on his Doctorate degree in Colorado, as he worked with a consultant.

Solomon worked on two degrees at the same time. Thus, PhD in Mining Engineering and PhD Minor in Mineral & Energy Economics. He received several awards and scholarships during his studies at the world’s number one mining school.