Our Host Communities
The Project is located about 40 kilometers north of General Santos City, between the towns of Tampakan (South Cotabato), Columbio (Sultan Kudarat), Malungon (Sarangani), and Kiblawan (Davao del Sur. It also lies within five (5) ancestral domains of 11 Indigenous Cultural Communities.
Sustainable Communities
We contribute to social and economic development of sustainable communities associated with our operations. To achieve this:
We identify the communities and other stakeholders associated with our operations and actively engage with them in a culturally appropriate and transparent manner as early as possible and throughout the life cycle of our operations to establish relationships based on mutual benefit and active participation;
We respect the culture, customs, interests and rights of communities, including indigenous peoples and vulnerable or previously disadvantaged groups;
We contribute each year to fund initiatives that benefit the communities associated with our operations, particularly those located in remote areas or in regions with a lower level of social and economic development and infrastructure.
We work with governments, local authorities, community representatives, inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations and other interested parties to develop and support projects that benefit the communities associated with our operations.
We manage our funding so that our community initiatives receive stable and continuing financial support; and
We work to minimize the adverse impacts of our operations on the communities in which we operate and for them to avoid sole dependence on our operations.
Potential Contribution
to the Community
An SDMP is a comprehensive plan required to be prepared by all mining operators in the Philippines under the national law. The SDMP describes the programs, projects and activities that would be undertaken by the mining operator to promote the general welfare of the inhabitants of the barangays where the mining area is located as well as neighboring barangays.
Activities recognized under the Philippine law, and which form part of an SDMP, include:
Human resource development and institutional building programs in the local community
Enterprise development activities which support income generation
Assistance for infrastructure development and support services in the community
Programs to improve access to education and provide opportunities to members of the
Improving access to health services and facilities
Protection of the existing socio-cultural value of the community.
The SDMP begins with the commencement of mining production and would be in place for the life of mining operation.
By developing and implementing a comprehensive development program, we aim to be a responsible partner with our host communities in achieving their vision for a sustainable future.
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