Government and community relations

The company has an active programme of community participation that sees it contribute to various schools, education support facilities, road developments, charities, sporting groups and community development programmes. In particular, the company endeavours to contribute to long term community prosperity by providing infrastructure or community programmes that will persist long after the company no longer has a presence in the area.

Wherever possible the company endeavours to seek and support local service providers to the mining and exploration activities consistent with Straits Community and Heritage Policy to be an active participant in the economic and social wellbeing of the communities in which we operate and commensurate with the economic opportunities particular to each location.

The company has a preference of employing locally and training people in the various skills required to become an integral member of the mine workforce. Large proportions of the company’s workforce have been employed from the immediate areas surrounding the mine operations.

The company fosters good working relationships with all government departments that it has interactions with whether these are from local shire or village councils through to federal government administrative bodies.  This has helped the company form strong working relationships with local people in all areas where it operates and this in turn has assisted in the growth of the company.