'Pubic hearing on Newmont's Ahafo proposed expansion project held', 10 May 2015: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)…[has] held a “Public Hearing” on the proposed Ahafo Mining and Processing Expansion Project by Newmont…on the scope and environmental impact assessment (EIA) report of the project…[presented] to stakeholders and the general public for them to know the social and economic impact of the project, on…affected communities. The hearing also enabled the Company to explain…[the] structures it had put in place to address issues like water, dust, noise and general environmental pollution that would result from its operations…Mr. Tommie Van Der Walt, Newmont’s Project Study Director…indicated…the project…would help the Company to deliver more shared value through…royalties and tax contributions to the country...[and] provide more…opportunities for all…employment for skilled and unskilled labour...