1 Ministry of Mines Sustainable Development of Natural Resource’s Project Mes Aynak Archaeological Project’s Update September 2012

Overview of the Archaeological project to date 1. Security / Health and Safety 2. International and local Staff 3. Work Plan 4. Logistical Support provided by the PMU 5. Vehicles, machinery and equipment 6. Accommodation and Catering 7. Co-ordination 8. Public Relations 9. Aims and issues for August Presented by Waheed Qaderi 2

Security More then 1700 police officer with 86 active check post points covers the entire security of the area  Road travel for internationals is by armored cars  Internationals issued with personal local VHF radios  3 Sat phones provided for vehicles to and from Mes Aynak and to have on site  Personal Emergency contact cards issued to internationals  Security alerts being provided for travel in Kabul 3

Security (cont.)  Requests made to mobile operators to urgently provide a phone signal on the site.  Progress made for safe rooms at the Camp and blast shelters on site 4

PMU support to International and local staff  26 international staff on site  New recruits : 4 national ( Logistics Officer, Logistics assistant and 2 Heavy machinery operators ) all due on site by last week of Sept 2012  19 Graduates and 4 Academy of Science Staff  Afghan Field officer, Field Officer assistant and Storekeeper recruited and are currently on site  PMU to increase Internationals by 26 to 40 on 6 month contracts and local workers to 450 from 350  International Senior Archaeologist, Chef and camp cleaner being employed as numbers increase. 5

PMU support to overall programme  PMU spent $X in the last 6 weeks on Archaeological requests  PMU spent $x on improving the Afghan Camps facilities for the international staff I. Accommodation II. Increased capacity of Internet III. Kitchen  Staff are inducted upon arrival to avoid having to leave Mes Aynak on a working day 6

PMU support to machinery and vehicles  PMU spent $X in the last 6 weeks on Archaeologist’s requests for equipment  PMU spent $x on improving the Afghan Camps facilities for the international staff  Local, professional and international staff are being paid on time  Visa and work permits are being obtained in 3 weeks down from 7 weeks  International staff are now inducted upon arrival in Kabul to avoid having to leave Mes Aynak on working days 7

PMU logistical support to accommodation  Existing accommodation for internationals increased to 48 rooms from 24 rooms.  4 containers to provide an office, store, laundry and TV room have arrived and connected in Afghan Camp  Kitchen facility adjacent to dining room vacated by MCC – but removed all of the kitchen equipment. The existing Kitchen will be shifted to the big Kitchen space made by MCC  Repairs being made to existing accommodation at PMU expense. MCC is not providing timely assistance or action 8

PMU logistical support to accommodation  Existing accommodation for 32 Afghan staff is full. No room for Afghan guests.  Graduates and drivers are living 10 to a room with no AC, separate office, recreational or dining facilities, but now due to having decrease in number of national graduates  3 showers and 6 drop toilets are inadequate for the staff and the subject of daily complaints  Kitchen facilities are poor - open store with no windows or door  Repairs are being made to existing accommodation. MCC will not provide timely assistance. 9

PMU co-ordination  Efforts to regularly meet with MoCI / DAFA / USAID / PMU management and the archaeological management staff in Kabul  Guy is now holding a weekly co-ordination meeting of MoCI / PMU archaeologists on site 10

 PMU PR Sophie Barry and Elissa Bogos began filming archaeologists on site at Mes Aynak – 3 visits including overnight trip and visit to relocation village  A 2 minute short film has been completed for viewing  The RFP for the Afghan Production Company is complete and will be sent out this week  Met with Deputy Minister Durrani, Phillipe Marquis, Wahid Qaderi and PMU team  More trip to Mes Aynak next week for interviews on site with Afghan and international archaeologists, deminers and police commander  Build and maintain video and photographic archive  Plan and set up interview schedule  PMU updating MoM NDSRP web site 11

12 Mes Aynak issues to discuss for August  Increase internationals to 40 for 6 months  Reduce number of Afghan Graduates and improve accommodation and living facilities  Fit our internationals kitchen and refurbish existing kitchen to give to Afghan staff  Appoint two 3D scanning firms