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        Providing development opportunities for host communities youth



        For most of the youth in our host   Apprenticeship Training             set up to oversee the selection
        communities, working in the mine    Programme. The Scalable             process of the programme and
        is an aspiration they passionate-   Apprenticeship programme is a 3     enhance the transparency and
        ly hope to fulfil. For others, it is   years training in Mechanical and   integrity of the entrance
        merely a dream because they do      Electrical disciplines as well as   examination for the programme.
        not have the requisite skills to be   Process Operation, welding,
        employed as skilled workers in the   auto-electrical/mechanical, fixed   Overall, 60 candidates from the
        mining industry.                    plant electrical and                mine’s host communities took part
                                            instrumentation and equipment       in an entrance examination for the
        In this regard, the Apprenticeship   training modules.                  2017 intake after which 20
        Training Programme was                                                  successful candidates were
        established during the              With the Ahafo Mill Expansion and  selected for the 3 year
        construction phase of the           Subika Underground Projects on      programme.
        Ahafo mine to provide training and   stream, trainees are being
        development opportunities for the   introduced to new modules in their  The Apprenticeship programme
        youth of its host communities.      curriculum which includes process  in addition to the scholarship
                                            operation, underground              packages offered to tertiary and
        Since its inception, 125 locals     Maintenance, auto-electrical/       senior high  school students
        have graduated and about 96         mechanical, fixed plant electrical   under the Newmont Ahafo
        have been employed by               and instrumentation and             Development Foundation
        Newmont and its business            equipment training modules.         (NADeF)  are in line with our
        partners.  Newmont spends           The training programme which        purpose of creating value and
        approximately $25,000 on each       began in 2017 is scheduled to end  improving lives.
        Apprentice throughout the four      in 2026.
        year training period.In order to
        make it more sustainable, the       An Apprenticeship Examination
        Apprenticeship Training             Council (AEC) which consists of a
        Programme was revised into what     Newmont Ahafo site
        is now known as the Scalable        cross-functional committee was































                           Assessing prospective candidates for the Apprenticeship Programme







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