{"id":1322,"date":"2021-07-12T15:57:37","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T15:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gco.eramet.com\/uncategorized\/the-minister-of-mines-gives-his-seal-of-approval-during-a-visit-to-gco\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T15:33:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T15:33:54","slug":"the-minister-of-mines-gives-his-seal-of-approval-during-a-visit-to-gco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grande-cote.eramet.com\/en\/the-minister-of-mines-gives-his-seal-of-approval-during-a-visit-to-gco\/","title":{"rendered":"The Minister of Mines gives his seal of approval during a visit to GCO"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1468.8px;margin-left: calc(-2% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-2% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.47%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.47%;--awb-width-medium:66.666666666667%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.47%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.47%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:0.98%;--awb-spacing-left-small:0.98%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Mr Sarr was accompanied by numerous figures from Dakar and the Thi\u00e8s region, including the governor. The visit was an opportunity to see how the reality on the ground compared to the reports provided regularly by the company, as the Senegalese government is a GCO shareholder.<\/p>\n<h5>\u201c<em>Modern methods and expertise<\/em>\u201d<\/h5>\n<p>Throughout the visit, which lasted half a day, Mr Sarr asked several questions on both technical and social matters. The project to increase production capacity, dubbed \u201cGCO Expansion\u201d, was the subject of a detailed presentation by CEO Beno\u00eet Robitaille and Chairman of the Board, Daour Dieng. Out in the field, near the WCP, the minister was able to gauge the value of optimizing the recovery of mineral sands outside the dredger\u2019s path, but still within the concession. The goal would be to increase production by 10%, along with the financial benefits accrued to the government and host communities, while providing more stability to the fledgling mining company.<br \/>\nThe minister was pleased that GCO was meeting the annual production targets set in the \u201cS\u00e9n\u00e9gal \u00c9mergent\u201d Plan (PSE). Speaking to members of the press, he said that he appreciated \u201c<em>GCO\u2019s modern methods, the advanced technology, and the team\u2019s expertise<\/em>.\u201d Beno\u00eet Robitaille reiterated that GCO had generated 81 billion CFA francs (\u20ac123 m) in economic benefits for the country in 2020.<\/p>\n<h5>Government to offer support to GCO<\/h5>\n<p>Mr Sarr also showed great interest in the explanations given by Mouhamat Seck, Mandiere Fall, and Ibrahima Diop regarding water, environmental, and community management. During their trip to Foth (a resettlement village built in 2019) and Keur Korka Sow (under construction), the visitors noted the high-quality dialogue and the consideration given to the community\u2019s interests.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cGCO is upholding its social and environmental commitments,<\/em>\u201d he stated, while noting the company\u2019s support for local communities in terms of jobs, running water access, and the creation of basic infrastructure. Mr Sarr indicated that the government would support GCO on these issues.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1098,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[129,127],"class_list":["post-1322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-benoit-robitaille-en","tag-visit"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Minister of Mines gives his seal of approval during a visit to GCO - Eramet Grande C\u00f4te<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/grande-cote.eramet.com\/en\/the-minister-of-mines-gives-his-seal-of-approval-during-a-visit-to-gco\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Minister of Mines gives his seal of approval during a visit to GCO - 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