Corporate Responsibility
Environment
Perseus Mining regards environmental care as an integral part of its business and is committed to excellence in the management of environmental matters.
We aim to minimise environmental impacts at every stage of work from planning, through to exploration, development, mining, processing and decommissioning. Perseus, through our personnel will:
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Maintain a comprehensive environmental management system;
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Undertake consultation to ensure that community interests are considered;
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Comply with applicable laws, regulations and standards;
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Provide safeguards and contingency plans to mitigate potential impacts;
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Monitor all activities and strive to continually improve performance; and
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Promote environmental awareness amongst the workforce to increase understanding of environmental responsibilities.
All employees and contractors are responsible for upholding Perseus' standard of environmental management.
Community
Perseus has an enviable record in community projects in Ghana including:
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power line construction;
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road construction and improvements;
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water bore drilling and pump installations;
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alternative livelihood project studies; and
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extensive employment.
Perseus maintains a policy of employment from the countries of operation and from within the local community of the individual projects. Most of our qualified professionals are from Ghana and Ivory Coast.
Health and Safety
Perseus firmly believes that the health and safety of our employees and affected third parties is of prime importance in the successful pursuit of our business activities.
We are committed to conducting our operations in a manner that will prevent injuries to our employees and not put anybody's health at risk. In doing so we embrace the principle that a zero lost time injury frequency rate is achievable.
We firmly believe that the benefits to be gained from successful health and safety programmes are significant in both human and monetary terms.Therefore high standards of occupational health and safety are to be pursued at all times and at all levels of our activities.
