INTERVIEW: RANDGOLD RESOURCES
Driving sustainability
Randgold Resources’ chief executive Mark Bristow discusses the issues of sustainable mining and the impact for local communities
Randgold Resources’ Mark Bristow diskutiert die Fragen der nachhaltigen Bergbau und die Auswirkungen für die lokale Bevölkerung
Randgold Resources’ Mark Bristow habla sobre los problemas de la minería sostenible y el impacto para las comunidades locales
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he Loulo-Gounkoto gold mining complex is the largest of its kind in Mali and one of the largest in Africa. Randgold
Resources owns 80% of the complex with the state of Mali holding the rest. Te Loulo-Gounkoto currently accounts for some 8% of the country’s GDP. In addition to the substantial contribution it makes to the Malian treasury in the form of dividends,
taxes and royalties, Loulo-Gounkoto’s success has also enabled it to provide a wide range of life-changing benefits to local communities. “Our principle commitment is on the three primary foundations of society … and that’s clean water, primary education and primary health. And when it comes to clean water it’s not negotiable. If we see an opportunity to supply clean water we do. We’ve measured the impact of that on mortality rates, on every aspect of personal hygiene. Clean water has a massive impact. Likewise with primary health, whether its maternity, pre-natal, education, and post-birth child care. Tat reinvests back into the family units, making sure people are responsible for their children and about having children, ” says Mark Bristow, Randgold Resources’ chief executive.
Randgold Resources’ chief executive Mark Bristow at the Loulo-Gounkoto complex
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