ArmInfo."I had the opportunity to participate in the first event" Mandarin ", which was held in tangerine in 2013. Today, we are holding our first such event in Armenia, the most important thing in this event is to give children joy and provide them with a festive New Year mood," December 26 at the event "Mandarin" said the general director of JSC Kapan mining Dmitry Ushkov.
The event is called "Mandarin" and is held within the framework of the corporate charity of the company "Polymetal", which includes both charitable actions of enterprises and charity from employees, with organizational support and coordination from the side of the enterprise.
Within the framework of this event, 40 children from the "Family and Child Support Center" received gifts from Santa Claus and Snow Maiden, which were prepared by Kapansky mining for children. Pupils of the Center, mostly children from a socially disadvantaged family, wrote letters to Father Frost in advance, which the coordinator of the event had gathered. Children's desires were different - a bicycle, a phone, winter and sports clothes, etc. Desires were recorded on toys in the form of mandarins with photos of children, and hung on a corporate Christmas tree. Employees of the company approached the tree and decided themselves which tangerine to take away and whose dream to carry out. Gifts were purchased both by employees individually and in groups. Projects within the framework of the social activities of CJSC Kapan GOK include also charitable actions from the side of the enterprise, the total volume of which for 2017 exceeded 50 million AMD, and social partnership with Kapan community, within the framework of which the agreement on social and economic cooperation with the community was concluded and for the year of 2017 115 million drams were invested in the community. The total social investments of Polymetal in the Syunik district in 2017 exceed 190 million AMD. The company invests in social projects in addition to full implementation of all legally mandated obligations. In particular, the company's tax and other mandatory payments to the state budget of the RA for the first 9 months of 2017 amounted to about 4.6 billion AMD. It should be noted that Polymetal is one of the leading gold and silver mining companies in Russia, Kazakhstan and Armenia. Founded in 1998. Has 19 years of experience in geological exploration, design, construction and commissioning of large mining enterprises. The whole complex of works, from geological prospecting to operation, the company carries out independently.
began its operations in Armenia in 2015 with the acquisition of shares in JSC Lychkvaz, which has the subsoil use right in respect of the gold mine Lichkvaz-Tey. Kapan mining company acquired in April 2016. The plant includes an underground mine with an annual output of 480 thousand tons, processing a flotation plant with a design capacity of 1 million tons of ore per year and infrastructure facilities. For the first 9 months of 2017, the extraction and processing of ore in Kapan amounted to 399 thousand tons and 389 thousand tons, produced 0.7 tons of gold, 12.4 tons of silver, 900 tons of copper and 3,600 tons of zinc. According to the company, one of the key priorities of Polymetal is to reduce the impact of technological processes on the environment. The company uses modern technologies, equipment and experience to minimize the impact on the environment, meets all regulatory requirements and systematically monitors environmental safety and management systems. The system of environmental management Polymetal is certified by independent auditors BureauVeritasCertification in accordance with the international standard ISO 14001-2004.