London Mining and its specialized mining newsletter
As information is the oxygen of democracy, the London Mining Company on August 9, 2010 lunched the first ever specialized Newsletter in the country to help inform Sierra Leoneans about the operations and activities of the company.
During the launching at the company’s Signal Hill Road office in Freetown it was made clear that the content of the newsletter would be devoid of propaganda and place great emphasis on real news in line with the company’s intention to beef up the communication section of the company and established a good working relationship with the media, being partners in development.
The Newsletter in a blue background recalled the 11 March 2010 when the Delco mines which has been dormant for 35 years was reopened by His Excellency the President Ernest Bai Koroma in Lunsar, Port Loko District, north of Sierra Leone.
The Newsletter contains, among other things, speeches of both President Koroma and the Chief Executive Officer of London Mining plc during the historic reopening of the Delco mines.
The President at the reopening ceremony recalled two major achievements by the ministry of Mineral Resources, which are the formulation and enactment of the new Mines and Minerals Act and the review of all licenses. The Chief Executive Officer, London Mining PLC, Graeme Hossie disclosed then that the company had invested over twenty million dollars to transform the mine into a world class venture for the benefit of all and will pump an additional eighty million dollars to kick start the mine’s operation. The inside pages of the newsletters comprised of the message of the Managing Director, David Keili, profile of the company, London Mining delegation visit to Sierra Leone, pictorial news, the company and the community, the company mines development report and a well written editorial by the head of communication, Josephine M Saidu.
In his opening remarks, the chairman for the lunching of the newsletter, Karamoh Kabba, Director of Political Affairs said London Mining is determined to create another media outlet as stipulated by Article 19 of the human right law which stresses on the right to know.
He noted that when major mining companies were closing down due to the credit crunch, London Mining was in Sierra Leone trying to sign an agreement.
He further stated that Sierra Leone as a nation has natural resources and the man power but no capital to realize the dream of the country in the extractive industry.
Philip Conteh, Director of Attitudinal and Behavioral Change added that London Mining is in line with the government gender for change as they have not started operations yet ready to give so much to push the country forward.
The Director of Communication in the ministry of Information and Communication, Mr. Mohamed Ali Bah officially launched the first ever specialized mining Newsletter.
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