RGM launches Pit Intrusions awareness campaign with Job Fair

13 May 2023
On Friday, May 12, Rosebel Gold Mines N.V (RGM) held the DENKI YU TAMARA Job Fair in Brokopondo. The Job fair was also the kickoff of the Pit Intrusion Public Awareness (PIPA) campaign. The PIPA aims to provide national education and information about the dangers and tragic consequences of what is known as "Ukem", or illegal intrusion into the industrial zones within the RGM mining operation. At the job fair, local businesses and government agencies provided students from the district with information on alternative occupations available outside of small-scale gold mining and the Ukem phenomenon.
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Acquisition of RGM by Zijin completed

01 February 2023
The acquisition of Rosebel Gold Mines N.V. (RGM), announced in October 2022, by Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd (Zijin), was completed on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. Zijin is a multinational mining group dedicated to the exploration and development of gold, copper, zinc and other minerals worldwide, as well as related refining, processing, trading and other activities. Its operations include projects and activities in 15 provinces in the People's Republic of China (PRC) and in 14 overseas countries in Europe, Central Asia, Africa, Oceania and South America. It is one of the largest Chinese mining companies distinguished by its significant domestic and international copper and gold reserves and production.
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Orientation visit ILO and Ministry AW&J

10 January 2023
In Q4 of last year, a delegation consisting of representatives from the International Labor Organization (ILO) Decent Work Team and Office for the Caribbean, the Brazil School for Labor Inspection, and the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Youth Affairs (AW&J), paid an orientation visit to Rosebel Gold Mines N.V. (RGM).
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Rosebel hosts 7th Christmas Charity event

05 December 2022
On Friday, December 2, the 7th edition of the Rosebel Christmas Charity Event took place. During this event, ten (10) social institutions were awarded a financial contribution from the Rosebel Community Fund (RCF). The representatives of these institutions were treated to a festive dinner at the Courtyard by Marriott hotel, in gratitude for their work during the past year. The RCF also celebrated its 3-year anniversary on December 2.
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Dr. Sharon Bauer: "Early diagnosis of breast cancer is key!"

31 October 2022
As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Rosebel Gold Mines N.V. (RGM) implemented an awareness campaign during the month of October with a focus on providing information on breast cancer. We also initiated a special mammography screening project for the female employees within Rosebel, in collaboration with the Radiology Department of the Academic Hospital Paramaribo (AZP). The purpose of mammography is to detect and treat possible symptoms at an early stage, before it becomes difficult or impossible. To learn more about breast cancer and possible preventive measures, we interviewed our occupational physician Doctor Sharon Bauer. In this interview, she also discusses RGM's health policy regarding Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) and the importance of a healthy lifestyle.
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Rosebel has consultations with Districts Commissioner and Traditional Authority Brokopondo

27 October 2022
Rosebel Gold Mines NV (RGM), on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022, held consultations with the Brokopondo Traditional Authority Platform and District Commissioner (DC), Ludwig Mendelzoon, of the Brokopondo District. During these meetings, the traditional authority and the DC were officially informed of the agreement made by parent company IAMGOLD with Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd. (Zijin) to sell its interest in RGM. The management team of RGM also responded to questions from the traditional authority and provided assurances about the current agreements for various community projects in the district.
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IAMGOLD and Zijin inform Rosebel staff in joint statement

25 October 2022
IAMGOLD Corporation (IAMGOLD), announced on Tuesday, Oct. 18, that it had entered into a definitive agreement with Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd. (Zijin) to sell its 95% interest in Rosebel Gold Mines N.V. (RGM). In January of this year, IAMGOLD announced that a strategic review would take place for RGM, which would include looking at the option for sale. The strategic review had to take place because, among other things, IAMGOLD is currently facing a budgetary gap for the Côte Gold project in Canada, which makes new investment in the RGM operation particularly difficult.
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IAMGOLD announces agreement to sell interest in Rosebel to Zijin Mining

19 October 2022
IAMGOLD Corporation announced on October 18, 2022, that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd. to sell its 95% interest in Rosebel Gold Mines N.V. (Rosebel) for cash consideration of $360 million and release of IAMGOLD’s equipment lease liabilities amounting to approximately $41 million. Rosebel holds a 100% interest in the Rosebel Gold Mine and a 70% participating interest in the Saramacca Mine, located in Suriname.
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Rosebel Brokopondo Scholarship Program 7th graduate: Sisrian Geddeman

03 October 2022
One of the ways in which Rosebel contributes to the sustainable development of surrounding communities in Brokopondo is through the Rosebel Brokopondo Scholarship Program. This program enables the best students from Brokopondo to continue and successfully complete secondary school or higher education in Paramaribo. This year, the program delivered its 7th graduate; Sisrian Geddeman, who after ten (10) years in the program, now returns to the district as a Spanish teacher at Mulo Brownsweg.
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Rosebel finances agricultural project in Brokopondo

12 September 2022
On Friday, September 9, Rosebel Gold Mines N.V. (Rosebel) and the Platform of Traditional Authority Brokopondo signed a funding agreement for the Brokopondo Outgrowers project. This is a pilot project that will significantly boost the agricultural sector in the district, by assisting farmers from Rosebel's Communities of Interest (COI) in setting up an agricultural business.
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