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Leading ladies of Great Basin Gold Inspirational leader to rising star, Great Basin shares their top women.
reat Basin Gold (GBG) is an international mining company engaged in exploration, development and operation of high quality properties. The company’s commitment is to develop sustainable communities and add value to shareholders. Great Basin Gold is currently focused on two emerging flagship mines in the world’s richest gold-producing regions – the Hollister Gold Mine (and associated operations) on the Carlin Trend in Nevada, USA and the Burnstone Gold Mine in the Witwatersrand Basin Gold fields of South Africa. Great Basin Gold has prospective exploration projects in Tanzania and Mozambique. The company is proud of the number of women it has in its workforce and is currently recruiting more. The women work underground and at management and board member level. The breakdown of female staff working at Great Basin Gold is as follows: • 79 women work at Burnstone Mine – this is out of the 389 total local mining work force • 52 are from the local community • 50 are employed in core mining functions – this is 12.9 percent of the local mining work force • 27 women are employed at Great Basin Gold’s corporate office in Sandton, Johannesburg • 12 work at management level • There are three women representatives at board member level: Octavia Matloa, Mametja Moshe and Anu Dhir • 36 women work at the Hollister Gold Mine in Nevada, USA In addition to these figures, policies are designed to increase the employment of women:
GBG leading ladies at the Top Women Awards with two senior members
• The company actively promotes a culture of non-discrimination and gender equality, to reduce gender stereotyping and preconceptions. • Women have responsibilities and challenges equal to those of their male counterparts, and are enabled to build the experience required for more. highly skilled or managerial positions • The career progression plan includes a women-specific element to ensure women with the potential to progress are considered equally alongside their male counterparts, and are not inadvertently passed over in the promotion process. • International technical trainers offer dedicated on-the-job training and development of technical competence in women miners, for up to six months at a time. • Women also get an adequate support system to balance their work and family lives. Leading Ladies of Great Basin Gold, 2011 In recognition of the iconic march of 1956, Great Basin Gold has always been committed to celebrating National Women’s Day. This year all staff members were encouraged to nominate female colleagues who’ve made an outstanding contribution either inside or outside the company (or both). Four different categories define the nomination criteria: Community involvement, outstanding
performance, inspirational leader, and rising star. Burnstone Mine • Sibongile Nhlapo – R ising star • Veliswa Dyantyi – Rising star • Prudence Moeketsi – Community Involvement • Nini Mthimkulu – Rising Star • Carina Botha – Inspirational leader Corporate Office • Delmarie Lamprecht – Community involvement • Neeltjie Conradie – Inspirational leader • Samantha Rabany – Rising star • Portia Buthelezi – Rising star • Jackie Siebert – Outstanding performance All winners were treated to a celebratory night out to attend the Top Women Awards at Gallagher Estate on 22 September 2011.
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