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Kingsgate Consolidated Limited is a well-credentialed explorer,
developer and miner of precious metal deposits. A dedication to the highest levels of sustainability is central to Kingsgate’s business and this is achieved by working with our stakeholders, including the local communities, and in managing environmental issues.
Our sustainability goals and environmental/community management plans have been reviewed to ensure that the major expansion of Kingsgate’s Chatree ore processing plant (underway at present) will fit in with the plans. The expansion, and the additional mining this brings, has been the primary impact during the past year on our stakeholders.
Stakeholder Interests
Kingsgate’s stakeholders include the local communities, employees, suppliers, investors, governments and regulators. This report reflects the stakeholder and Company perspective on sustainability, as it is central to past and future operations, and to the approach taken with new projects.
Kingsgate has always taken an ethical approach to the management of the Chatree mine, acknowledging the benefits of this and considering |
that the mine is the first and largest gold mine in Thailand. Kingsgate, and its Thai subsidiary, Akara Mining Limited, have focused on a safe, fair and healthy workplace where learning and self-improvement is celebrated in an uncontaminated local environment where most of the staff live.
The key issues for our stakeholders and how the Company responded are summarised in this report. The Chatree mine has been operating for nine years and the key issues have been similar in this period. The primary concern this year has been to ensure that a larger operation and processing plant is managed appropriately without significantly increasing its local and environmental impact.
Efficient water use and maintaining good water quality in a rural agrarian environment is a key issue always taken into consideration. This includes ensuring that the cyanide used in the ore processing plant is recycled or destroyed to ensure that the environment remains un-contaminated. Control of dust and noise from the operations has been achieved by gravel surfacing and watering roadways and by using noise bunds and working only during daylight hours in some areas. |
