KHOEMACAU COPPER MINING PTY LTD
Overview of main camp in the Banana Zone
“ It ’ s the philosophy of the company ; if we don ’ t have the expertise we develop it , if we don ’ t have something we build it ”
– Sam Rasmussen , CEO in small communities , so we ’ ve made a point of carrying out socially responsible activities like building schools , wells , houses and even clinics .”
This local emphasis translates to its own employment strategies too , with more than 90 percent of the current workforce of 300 coming from Botswana .
Despite a shortage of skills in some areas , Khoemacau is certainly not taking an ‘ out of sight , out of mind ’ approach and is instead devoting itself to the training and development of indigenous , willing workers to build for the future of the mine in the hope that operations will be
244 December 2014