NEWMONT ENGAGES MEDIA IN BONO AND AHAFO REGIONS
Ahafo North Project of Newmont has held a media workshop for journalists in the Bono and Ahafo Regions to educate them on the project receive feedback and provide clarity on issues of public concern.
These media engagements are critical to building the reputation of the project and securing social license.
About 45 participants made up of television, radio, print and online journalists attended the event.
Newmont’s subject matter experts took turns to educate participants about the project in areas including project description, stakeholder engagement, environmental permitting, Land Access, highway diversion, employment and local procurement, influx management, socio-economic impacts and headwinds.
Newmont was supported by regulators such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Minerals Commission who also took turns to educate the media on the EPA and Minerals Commission’s regulatory framework and processes as prescribed by law.