A group of eight young professionals of Maintenance Department, Kumtor, are supposed to take a training course in Karaganda-based Borusan Makina Kazakhstan Company during the period between January 18 and February 12, 2016.

In connection with the unfortunate incident that took place at the Kumtor Mine on the New Year Eve, Kumtor Gold Company considers it necessary to inform as follows.

On New Year’s eve, “C” shift employees of KGC Drilling and Blasting Operations visited Hadicha orphanage, located in Kadji-Sai village of Ton region.

Please accept our sincere greetings on the coming New Year! May 2016 be the year of new successes and major achievements for you! We wish happiness, luck and prosperity to you and your families!

Kumtor Company, this week, distributed approximately 3,000 New Year gifts to children in Jety-Oguz and Ton districts as well as in the towns of Balykchi and Karakol, Issyk-Kul province.

On December 29, 2015, a group of employees of the Balykchi Marshalling Yard, Kumtor Gold Company, organized a festal dinner at an orphanage and nursing home located in their city.

On December 28, a group of employees of the Kumtor Company Finance Department (Uchkun office) visited the specialized boarding school at Krasnay Rechka village for a charity purpose.

A group of employees and managers of the Mine Engineering Department, Kumtor Gold Company, took part in the scientific and engineering conference titled “The Current State of and Trends in Mine Surveying, Geotechnical Engineering, Open-Pit Mining and Blasting Work in the Kyrgyz Republic” dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the departments “Geodesy and Mine Surveying” and the 10th anniversary of the department “Open-Pit Mining and Blasting Work” held on December 17, 2015.

A group of Kumtor employees provided assistance to the Kara-Balta-based Children’s Crisis Center of the Jail District Red Crescent Society under the CSR project on December 12, 2015.

Employees of Kumtor Gold Company’s Marshalling Yard in Balykchy have arranged four tours for local high school students within the past six months.

On December 2, 2015, a group of Kumtor employees provided assistance to Kyrgyzstan’s only children’s hospice. This institution was opened just two months ago by the Public Fund known as “Helping is Easy”. Kumtor employees immediately transferred 56,000 soms of the funds they had raised, toys, children’s books and daily necessities.

As part of the corporate social responsibility project, Kumtor Gold Company’s medical department and several employees organized a charity event in the specialized infant orphanage of Bishkek. The event was held on November 20, 2015 and dedicated to the World Children’s Day.