Since 2006, Newmont Ghana estimates it has created 48,000 direct and indirect jobs related to mining. Currently, 96 percent of the 5,000 Newmont contractors and employees who work at these mine sites are Ghanaian. Almost one in four hail from and live in the communities surrounding the Ahafo mine and Akyem project, and slightly more than half (56 percent) are Ghanaian citizens who live outside mine concession areas.
As a result of focusing on local talent, Newmont Ghana easily complies with a government proposal that calls for at least 90 percent of local employment by extractive industries by 2020. Related employment laws and policies are pending.
