Gold Mining Company, Gold Exploration Company, Gold Investment Mining, Gold Mining in China, Gold Production China, Australia

"We strive to ensure that our presence is beneficial to the lives of the community members"

China Goldmines plc seeks to ensure that it is at all times mindful of its obligations to its employees and the communities in which it operates. We strive to ensure that our operations are conducted in accordance with best practice and that we work closely with communities to ensure that they are properly informed about our operations and that our presence is beneficial to the lives of the community members.

Health and safety

Health and safety is constantly at the forefront of the Board’s thinking and we seek to instil this same mentality throughout the Group, recognising that safe working is an obligation of all our employees.  The Company’s objective is to establish an accident-free work environment for all of its personnel. Ongoing training and education programmes help staff to become more aware of risk areas and avoidance.

With planned on-site medical crew we will also be able to deal with the general health of our staff and provide health education services.

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Community relations

We endeavour to source general requirements for the mine site from local businesses and also use, where necessary, local fabrication and repair facilities. The effect of our presence is bringing improved prosperity to the area which in turn is improving the quality of life of the area, and our own employees are encouraged to relocate their families to the town.

We will provide financial support for a small police station in Guanzhuang and also a health clinic.  Additionally we will make an emergency ambulance service available.

We plan to continue to provide support either financially or in kind for a variety of local, social and training programmes including folklore festivals, sporting events and nursing care.

Environmental

The Board and management are conscious of the need to ensure that the Company operates in a manner which is sympathetic to and minimises the risk of environmental damage.

We will work with recognised specialists in assessing the impact of our activities and continually seek to improve our performance in this area by ensuring that environmental considerations are an integral element of project planning, exploration and operations. Initiatives from our own staff help to minimise waste materials and to improve on the recycling of material.

We will continue to work to educate our staff on their obligations in this area and encourage the introduction of measures to reduce emissions and the production of waste and to ensure that such waste is disposed of in an environmentally responsible manner.

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