MMG Gives Back to Laos Community #MMG, #laosmining, Seponmines

Thirty-seven Lao community members graduated with Certificate III
qualifications from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) at the
MMG Sepon Mine. This is made possible through a partnership pioneered by MMG and
RMIT in 2006 to enhance employment skills to members residing around the Sepon
copper and gold mine in the Savannakhet Province, Laos. The graduates received
the qualification in one of seven trades carpentry, fabrication, refrigeration,
mechanics, electrics, automotive or instrumentation following four years of
studies and at least one year of on-the-job training at the Sepon mine. The
qualification is equivalent to that undertaken by apprentices in Australia.
Graduates under this program have all secured employment with the mine. Other
community efforts by MMG include a donation of 25 used computers to Savannakhet