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1 Feb 2012

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Office of the Extractive Sector, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Counsellor [Canada]

[PDF] Office of the Extractive Sector Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Counsellor Closing Report [Mauritania]

This report closes the Office of the Extractive Sector CSR Counsellor’s request for review...related to First Quantum Minerals...Mauritania Copper Mines...project in Mauritania. This closing report reflects a summary of the request for review, activities undertaken by the Counsellor and the participants, and information on the parties’ way forward and commitments...In this case, the requesters had advised that: - No site level grievance mechanism for communities existed and therefore they brought their concerns to this Office. - The company was not interested or available for a discussion about issues of concern and therefore they brought their concerns to this Office...The company has also committed to additional activities to raise awareness of their site level mechanism...The requesters stated that part of their concern stemmed from their belief that no independent or monitored environmental assessments or audits had been conducted on the project.