Social and Community

Goldlake Group develops mines in a way that respects the culture of local stakeholders and fully integrates our neighbouring communities in our business as a point of competitive differentiation.  We complete social and community development impact assessment at all of our sites in order to better understand the local political, economic, cultural and social circumstances of our neighbours.

At our operational sites the vast majority of the workforce is made up of local people. We believe in working in conjunction with the communities around our mines to support locally viable economic growth and to develop plans with the communities for post-closure economic activities that are not dependent on mining.

Goldlake understands the need for mutual respect between the company and surrounding communities; we have actively encouraged independent local cooperatives to contract with us at our mines to ensure workers have representation and strength through a collective voice and the ability to provide a well-trained and appropriately skilled workforce.

Goldlake helps with direct funding agreements for local communities around our operations and provides support to community leaders through advice on community investments, education, workplace skill building and vocational training.
 

Students from the community of Vallecito involved in the youth literacy drive	Mine employees participating in adult learning classes	Trainees from Honduras Catholic University visiting Eurocantera