ABOUT US
To deliver superior returns to shareholders over time, GH Mining takes a long term and responsible approach to the Group’s business. This means concentrating on the development of first-class ore bodies into large, long life and efficient operations, capable of sustaining competitive advantage through business cycles. We are concentrating on finding, mining and processing the Earth’s mineral resources in West Africa. Our products help full fill vital consumer needs and improve living standards. We operate, and eventually close, our operations safely, responsibly and sustainably. GH Mining interests are diverse both in geography and product. Most of our assets Minerals are Cote d’Ivoire – Granite, Benin – Iron Ore, Guinea Bissau — Heavy Mineral Sand, Guinea Conakry Heavy Mineral Sand, Senegal – Gold, Manganese, Mali — Iron Ore, Gabon – Heavy Mineral Sand and Lead, Tanzania — Graphite, Zambia — ZINC, Zimbabwe — Chrome, South Africa – Chrome and Oman Chrome. Our businesses include open pit and underground mines. For GH Mining it is important that the environmental effects of its activities are kept to a minimum and that local communities benefit as much as possible from operations .
COMMUNITY
We are also committed to the development of the local community and are a major employer in the region, providing jobs for hundreds of local residents directly as well as indirectly. We provide training and development opportunities for our employees and promote diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
APPROCH
The biodiversity issues for each of our projects or operations can vary greatly, as do the opportunities for minimizing negative impacts and creating positive outcomes. Our biodiversity strategy and NPI goal provide us with both a performance target (achieving regional conservation gains) and the tools to help balance the potentially conflicting actions of resource extraction and biodiversity conservation. · A Group-wide biodiversity values assessment protocol This assesses the biodiversity values of our land holdings and surrounding areas to help prioritise action. · A biodiversity action planning tool This helps operations understand and plan for the biodiversity features of the areas in which they operate and the values placed on those features. · An NPI accounting and offset design methodology Following a number of internal pilots and external consultation, we have developed an offset design methodology to help businesses plan and implement offset programmers
ENVIRONMENT
Respect for the environment is central to our approach to sustainable development. Wherever possible we prevent, or otherwise minimize, mitigate and remediate, harmful effects of the Group’s operations on the environment. We have developed a number of practical programmers for environmental management, which include input from our local communities, as well as from experts in these fields.