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.

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.

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).