Within the framework of our social responsibility and environmental policies, Compañía Minera Antamina S.A. advocates and facilitates the direct participation of communities in constant environmental monitoring. We have created environmental committees, both in San Marcos and in Huarmey, that supervise and carry out joint periodic monitoring in partnership with the company and different health, agricultural and environmental authorities.

Environmental Committees

As a Antamina initiative, an Environment Committee was created in San Marcos in August 1999, and in Huarmey in September 2000. A permanent channel of communication has been established between Antamina and the committees, greatly improving the relationship with local authorities and communities in the area of influence. All of this is developed through:

	Meetings with the committees where Antamina presents the quarterly results of the environmental monitoring and control program.
	Visits to the mine by local authorities who participate in monitoring processes and to verify progress in processes that have local environmental impact.
	The direct participation of Antamina in community assemblies where company officials report and resolve doubts and concerns, not only regarding the company but also regarding environmental issues of local interest.
	The implementation of a communication plan that includes training local environmental promoters, strengthening the Committee and the written and radio dissemination of the mine’s actions.
	The implementation of a system to manage complaints and demands with the active participation of the committees.
	The approval of a planning project for forestry development in the district of San Marcos in agreement with the Committee and the Mountain Institute.