Ten members of the Graduate Internship Program have delivered their intermediate presentations after their first six months of practical work at Kumtor Gold Company. In May 2015, Kumtor Company organized a presentation of its Bishkek-based Graduate Internship Program. As a result, more than 80 applications were submitted of which candidates had been selected for ten available positions. The Program period is two years. Graduates are distributed to relevant departments both at the mine and in the Company’s other offices. Under the Program, members are paid their monthly salaries, provided with accommodation, food, personal protection equipment as well as with everything else they may need to do their jobs. In addition, they are free to attend other helpful trainings and programs. It should be noted that throughout the Program all members are provided with an instructor to help them adapt to the working environment, do their jobs and participate in various events of the Program. Ilghiz Sharshenaliyev, a graduate from Kyrgyz State Engineering University, majoring in Electric Power Generation, highlighted in his presentation a special atmosphere of mutual support typical of Kumtor employees’ relationships. “What really impressed me is the fact that Kumtor Gold Company sees it as its duty to […]