Business Chief Europe Magazine April 2015 | Page 111

DUNDEE PRECIOUS METALS
MINING generous financial donator in Bulgaria .
“ This is about earning respect as a foreign company and our stakeholder engagement and environmental work has allowed us to embed into societies ,” Howes said . “ Convincing them that we will continue to invest was a challenge , but we have been successful and that is proven by the fact we are now working on a second project in Bulgaria .”
The company ’ s social responsibility is no better demonstrated than by its Chelopech English Language School , which was acquired with the mine and now attracts Bulgaria ’ s brightest students having seen significant investment . All teachers are Dundee Precious Metal employees .
Across all sites Dundee Precious Metals takes on local workers and provides them with training

“ It was vital to take away the concerns of the local people and we are also introducing other sustainable features including new dry waste disposal methods ”

– Rick Howes , CEO
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