DISCOVERY METALS
Tailings Dam Zeta Mining Pit
“ We ’ ll always have open pits in the area as long as there is pittable material . But I think underground is the future .””
– Bob Fulker
around the mines , with the rest coming from other parts of Botswana and a core of ex-patriots from South Africa , Zimbabwe , Ghana and Australia . All of the company ’ s front-line operators are local and well as several of the superintendents and six site managers .
To support their employees , Discovery Metals provides workers with two camps and two mess halls . The entire workforce eats together — three meals a day are provided for all employees , and the rest of the accommodations are relatively generic for a mining work site .
The company also employs a dedicated community relations officer , who is intimately involved in the community in the region and in a broader scope in Botswana . The community relations officer and the HR manager have created community programs for each of the mine ’ s
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