Pascua-Lama is committed to developing strong mutually beneficial relationships with the communities of the Huasco Valley that are built on trust, transparency and respect…We have been working to improve and enhance our community engagement with the local communities and authorities, to ensure that engagement is transparent, inclusive and open. The local community relations (CR) team uses a variety of methods to do this, including a grievance mechanism, public meetings, door to door visits, and having offices located in the communities to directly engage with local stakeholders. On average in 2014, the CR team engaged with over 650 stakeholders each month…As part of this effort to improve and enhance our community engagement, we hired a leading Chilean social consultant in March 2015 to assist us in carrying out a baseline social assessment in the communities near the Pascua-Lama project. The baseline results will provide us with an up-to-date understanding of the current situation of the local communities, which will be used to inform our future engagement and community development work…