Adamus Resources Limited, operators of Nzema Golds, has assured the communities in which it operates that the company will ensure that the community benefited from its operations.
The company, which is a gold exploration entity, is likely to pour its first gold by the end of the first quarter of next year.
This came to light when the Member of Parliament for the area, Mr Emmanuel Kofi Buah, toured the facilities in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region.
The project comprises a Greenfield development of open-pit mining operations, a processing facility and associated infrastructure to mine and process ore from defined resources in concessions including Salman-Akanko and Anwia-Bokazo deposits.
Current estimates show that the project has a minimum life of 10 years and is capable of producing on average of 100,000 ounces of gold per year.
Mr Mark Addo, the Business Development Director of Adamus, said the company would be guided by the historical precedents of gold mining in the country to ensure the socio-industrial harmony needed for the growth of the company, the community and the country.
He said the construction work was more than 20 per cent completed and expressed the hope that the construction work would be completed by October this year.
He said that would be followed by the fixtures and fittings.
Mr Addo said to ensure that the community benefited from its operations, the company would work closely with the community.
He said the current work force of the company was about 700 and said most of them were employed from the local communities.
The business development director said their mission was not to exploit and leave the people in abject poverty but to ensure transparency, respect the cultural values of the people and be socially and environmentally responsible in their operations.
“People have invested in our operations and they look forward to results not at the expense of the people but through co-operation and sensitivity to the needs of the people,” he said.
Mr Addo said the expectations of the community were very high and that every effort would be made to meet those expectations, adding that apart from employing the people, most of them would be trained for other jobs and professions.
“Mining has many faces and it is our corporate policy that those who bid for our contracts should employ their personnel from the communities in the Nzemamanle,” he said.
The MP, who is also the Deputy Energy Minister, commended the company and urged them to live in a peaceful atmosphere to ensure the development of the area.
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