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talent core to run its operation . “ The key thing that I see here is that there ’ s a very strong sense of family at GCO ; we want to work together to always improve the business . As a family , we ’ re quite proud of what we can achieve and what we have achieved ,” says Patarica .
“ GCO directly employs about 670 people , including expats for the development and training of our local workforce .
“ For me , Senegal is an amazing place . There ’ s a lot of mineral wealth in the country and the government is very serious about developing the mining industry . The Senegalese are very welleducated , hardworking people with an interest in training and continuous improvement . Additionally , turnover has been pretty low .”
38 December 2017