Communities

Ariana is committed to best-practice in socially responsible exploration and in the development of mineral resources, to the benefit of the local communities, wherever they may occur.

Ariana attaches great importance to the communities within which we work. We are grateful for their support and involvement in our exploration and development activities. Where beneficial, Ariana has a policy to enhance communities through certain schemes. Examples of these schemes include:

• Hire and training of workers from local village communities to support our exploration programmes.
• Rental of machinery from local communities to support our drilling programmes.
• Landowners are fairly compensated for disruption to their land and all disrupted sites are suitably rehabilitated after our work programmes have been completed.
• Certain excess materials from our exploration programmes are donated to local villages as a part of our community support effort.

Prior to the commencement of any major programme of work, we have consulted extensively with local people. We have also kept them informed of our activities at every stage, to ensure awareness of our progress. Official establishments, such as the Offices of Local Government and the Mayoral Office, Gendarmerie, Fire and Forestry departments are consulted on key aspects of our work programmes before they are initiated.