Minmetals Resources Limited 2011 Sustainability Report (PDF)

» Century hosting the Queensland Minister for EmploymentSkills and Mining Stirling Hinchliffe and Member forMount Isa Betty Kiernan MP in September. The Ministerand Mrs Kiernan met with participants in the mine’sthird intake for the pre-employment program for 2011as well as some of Century’s longest-serving employees;» Former Community and Stakeholder RelationsManager Greg Scanlan was a keynote speaker atthe Queensland Government’s “Earn Learn Live!”Indigenous Employment Conference in October,the only resources industry representative asked toparticipate; and» Century continued its involvement in the North WestQueensland Indigenous Resource Industry Initiative(NWQIRII), a joint initiative between the Queenslandand Australian Governments and QueenslandResources Councils.While the potential to discover additional discrete-stylemineralisation near our Century mine is effectivelyexhausted, we continue to examine a number of near-mineinitiatives for identification of additional feed (ore) for theprocessing plant from smaller vein-style occurrences nearby.The viability of using Century infrastructure to exploit thephosphate deposits that occur on our tenements will befurther studied this year.However, the Century ore body is very discrete and wecurrently expect to cease mining and processing operationsof the current deposit in 2016. Century has been an importantcontributor to the economic and social fabric of the Gulf forover 15 years and we recognise the difficulties that closurerepresents for the local community. We have commenceddetailed mine closure assessment and planning as we aimto leave a positive and lasting legacy once operations cease.More information on the Century closure planning isavailable in the case study on page 41.Following is the speech delivered by Century CorporateSocial Responsibility Officer Corrie Richardson at adinner to celebrate the launch of China MinmetalsCorporation’s 2010 sustainability report:Corrie Richardson“I am Corrie Richardson,an Indigenous womanfrom the township ofNormanton in Queensland’sGulf of Carpentaria. I amdescendant from the Kukatjpeople, who are one of theTraditional Owner groupsparty to the GulfCommunities Agreement,the Native Title Agreementunder which MMG’sCentury mine operates.During my 13 years working at Century, I have seenmore than 300 local Indigenous people start or continuetheir careers at the mine.I have seen the opportunities that working at Centuryhave given these people. The skills they gained haveallowed them to improve their lifestyle, find work intheir own communities, or even gain employment atother operations.I’ve also seen some of our trainees and apprenticesrecognised for excellence within the industry. Theseare opportunities that they would not have hadwithout the mine.As we move towards the end of mine, we are movingour focus towards helping develop businesses that canprosper long after the mine closes. I am proud to workat Century and to be part of MMG.”Century trainees participate in the Putting Youth in the Picture program.19