ACI无限期暂停中部非洲钶钽铁矿, 锡石 & 黑钨矿采购后提出的问题

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

星期五, 八月 02, 2013

约翰内斯堡, 南非, 哈拉雷, 津巴布韦, 维也纳, 奥地利, 东京, 日本 – 星期五 02, 2013 – 非洲指南针国际有限公司 (“ACI” 或 “公司”), 今天宣布，它已获得的信息表明其钽铌的完整性 (钶钽铁矿), 锡石 (锡) 和黑钨矿 (钨矿) supply chains through its local joint venture partner in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (刚果（金）) may have been compromised.

Information provided by reliable sources raises concerns that the coltan, tin and tungsten ore from the Eastern DRC may have been mined in conflict-affected areas and unknown to ACI. 此信息, 迄今证实, prompted ACI to suspend indefinitely pending a thorough review of ACI’s SCC, 所有进一步购买的钶钽铁矿, 从刚果民主共和国东部的锡和钨矿, 立即生效.

ACI fully supports, 其中包括, the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, 联合国全球契约原则, 经合组织尽职指引矿物的受冲突影响和高风险地区负责任的供应链, 世界银行集团 (世界银行集团) ProMines, Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (采掘行业透明度行动计划“), 安全与人权自愿原则, 中美. Dodd-Frank Act on these issues and is acting to ensure that its sourcing activities do not unwittingly support armed groups and are not associated with human rights abuses or conflicts in any region. Due to the big amounts of coltan, 锡和钨矿石从刚果民主共和国东部购入, all customers cannot be assured that their supply of coltan, 锡和钨矿将不以任何方式干扰.

ACI遵循商业行为和道德守则 (冲突矿物政策) 调用原材料负责任的采购，并遵守所有相关国家和国际法律和标准. All suppliers are expected and obligated to do the same. ACI has been sourcing coltan, tin and tungsten ore in a responsible manner for more than 3 岁月, 完全致力于无冲突的来源购买原材料只能从.

关于ACI
非洲罗盘国际 (“ACI”) is a global diversified private natural resources company in frontier, emerging/established emerging and developed markets. 本集团的农场, 探索, 来源, 提炼和生产, 其中包括, 农业产品, 基本金属, 有色金属 & 有色金属, 小金属, 铂族金属, 贵金属, 油 & 天然气和商业能源. 我们在非洲的多元化经营, 南美洲和欧亚大陆是由奥地利办事处的支持, 加拿大, 日本和津巴布韦. ACI总是寻求合作伙伴与所有的利益相关者，这将增加价值，诚信为本的核心价值在手项目, 诚信和愿景.

Supporting Resources: 请访问 www.africancompassinternational.com; follow @Afrikancompass on 叽叽喳喳, or join ACI on LinkedIn.

为及代表董事的公司董事会

Julian RUPARE的, JR.

首席执行官 & 椅子

术语表:

下面是主要的方面和在此webnews使用的缩写:

ACI非洲罗盘国际有限公司及/或其附属公司, （如适用）

CEO行政总裁

CG首席地质学家

CLO首席法务官

公司非洲罗盘国际和非洲指南针国际有限公司

COO首席运营官

DRC Democratic Republic of Congo

EITI Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative

OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

SCC Supplier Code of Conduct

UN United Nations

WBG World Bank Group

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非洲罗盘国际

约翰内斯堡 | 哈拉雷 | 维也纳 | 东京

董事ĴRupare JR (首席执行官) C N Rupare的 (首席运营官) üMazunga的 (CLO) V MŞ科雷亚 (企业管治)