Corporate and Community Affairs

John Sisay, Director of Corporate Affairs

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Agenda

● Political situation in Sierra Leone

● Community relations
● Environment
● Health

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Sustainability overview

● Clear business benefits from good standards of

health, safety, environmental management
● Competitive advantage and TRG is a beacon in
Sierra Leone in terms of sustaining communities,
transparent engagement and confirming license to
operate
● An area where progress has been made since IPO
but further development required beyond TRG’s
current performance
● Part of TRG’s strategy to attract and retain people,
secure new deposits, secure funding and manage
risks
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Politics in Sierra Leone

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The Government of Sierra Leone

● Presidential system

● Hybrid of US and UK systems

● Role of chieftains and local system of government

● External, expert advisers present in civil service

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External relations

● Neighbouring states
● Key donor states
● US
● UK
● EU
● Global institutions
● UN
● World Bank
● IMF
● China

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Key personalities

● The President: Ernest Bai Koroma

● The Finance Minister: David Carew

● Minister of Mines: Alhaji Abubakarr Jalloh

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Government relations

● History

● The Sierra Rutile Act

● Tax agreements

● GOSL shareholding in SRL

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Opportunities and challenges

● Government approach to mining licences in Sierra Leone

● Size and scale of TRG relative to the economy of Sierra Leone

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Community relations

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Background

● Catchment area of 8 Chiefdoms

● Local population
● 140,000 people
● Ethnicity
● Religion
● Employment
● Education
● Strategy

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Ongoing initiatives

● The Sierra Rutile Foundation

● Board
● Terms of reference
● Budget
● Ongoing initiatives
● Job creation: Banana Project
● Power
● Water
● Aquaculture
● Agricultural Development Fund
● The Educational Resource Center and SRL Technical/Vocational
Institute
● Healthcare
● Infrastructure (roads)
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Opportunities and challenges

● Ensuring continued licence to operate

● Sustainable partnership with local communities
● Educating future workers
● Resettlement
● Underline positive impact of operations for Sierra
Leone as a country

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Environment

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Background

● Key impacts of mining at SRL

● Large ponds
● Tailings
● Inert by-products
● Dust
● No chemical processing

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Environmental initiatives

● Darwin Project
● Establish 2 hectares experimental plots using mixture of slimes
and sand as substrate
● Aquaculture in old mine ponds
● Establish experimental plots using leguminous plants as
undergrowth
● Regular EU audit of environmental performance
● Implementation of tailings management plan

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2008 targets

● Establish 8 hectares of experimental plots on sand tailings

● Establish 6 pilot fish ponds
● No environmental spillage
● Complete Mine Rehabilitation Plan by July, 2008

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Opportunities and challenges

● Legacy of 40 years of operations

● Finding best use for mined out ponds
● Rehabilitation of mined areas
● Underline positive impact of operations for Sierra Leone as a
country

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Health

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Background

● Main community health issues

● Malaria
● Hygiene

● Health statistics part of monthly management reporting

● TRG supporting construction of new hospital near operations
● EU funding refurbishment of nearby Serabo general hospital

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TRG healthcare programmes

● SRL Hospital and health clinics

● 2,000 people a month treated
● Budget
● Staff
● Ambulance

● Community health programmes

● HIV / AIDS
● Malaria
● Hygiene
● Weekly community clinics

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Opportunities and challenges

● Growth in size of community around mine

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