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employees to express their views to senior management .
Links with the community and small-scale mining
Gran Colombia Gold has many community contribution programs in place , including , empowering women entrepreneurs , elimination of child labor , preservation of biodiversity and water resources , implementation of the Global Mercury Project ( GMP ) and recognizing health as a fundamental right .
Gran Colombia Gold is likewise working to regularize and formalize
50 of its Small Mining Productive Chain units within the next five years .
The GMP has reduced more than 50 tons of mercury in mining operations during the last three years , directly benefiting 42 thousand inhabitants in the Segovia region , a city with the world ’ s third highest mercury contamination levels .
Gran Colombia Gold ’ s environmental management for the first half of 2016 reached 60.78 percent of the targets set forth for the entire year , with a planned investment of US $ 2.073 million . www . grancolombiagold . com 69