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Company Response

21 May 2012

Author:
African Minerals

African Minerals' response to press release calling for government action after a person is killed during protest by its workers

We are committed to aligning our operations and strategies towards the ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption set out in the UN Global Compact...The details of the events which occurred in Bumbuna and resulted in one fatality and a number of injuries are still unclear and are subject to an internal inquiry by the Police...Working in co-operation with the Police, the Government of Sierra Leone, and representatives of the workers we have already undertaken a review of the underlying causes of the original protest. We have made a public commitment to comply with the recommendations of that review...

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