[Newmont Ghana Gold Ltd] is committed to operating safely and responsibly in our operations and projects. The health and safety of our employees and our neighbors is of utmost importance and is taken very seriously as part of our business and we continuously seek to improve our safety practices and methods. We regret and are deeply concerned with any fatality or injury that occurs from activities of Newmont employees and our contractors whether inside the boundaries of our mine areas or outside the operations on public roads or in communities...Newmont...recognized from the earliest days of the Ahafo project construction that road traffic safety and related accidents in Ghana were amongst the highest in any country where Newmont had previously worked. As a result of the initial project risk assessments and the health impact assessment, the company has continuously strived to put measures in place to address road safety risks. These measures include extensive, regular and frequent training for all employees and contractors in addition to numerous efforts with external stakeholders and local communities to increase awareness and improve safety in and around the mine site area.