1. A Skilled Workforce for Regional and Remote Australia Charles Darwin Symposium Where, 28 September 2007 Christine Charles Regional Director Environment & Social Responsibility, Australia & New Zealand

2. Social Licence To Operate: the Business Realities

3. Newmont’s gold assets North America Nevada South America Peru Asia Pacific Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand Africa Ghana

4. Overview

5. bb We are a country whose policy and understanding is largely dominated by the presence of major urban centres clustered on the coast.

6. Source ABS, Table 5.13 Distribution of Population Source: 2000 Year Book Australia, ABS Cat No. 1301.0;ABS POPULATION DISTRIBUTION

7. The sustainability debate in Australia occurs within a policy environment that is dominated by a population living in major urban centres, largely on the eastern seaboard. The focus is mostly on the physical environment.

8. Mining Operations In Australia

9. The Diversity of Indigenous Australia

10. The Challenges and Grim Realities

11. Social Environment

12. The Opportunities

13. The Memorandum of Understanding

14. Regional Partnership Agreements

15. Regional Partnership Agreements Objectives

16. The Tanami Experience Tanami Darwin Alice Springs

17. The Key Message

18. The Big Challenges

19. The Lessons

20. The Issues

21. The Past Experience

22. Building the Regional Partnership Agreement

23. Business Opportunity - Tanami Rehabilitation

24. The Outcomes

26. Women in Mining – Facts and Figures

27. Women in Mining – Organisational culture

28. Women in Mining – Organisational Structure

29. Women in Mining – Impediments

30. Women in Mining – Promoting Gender Diversity

31. Women in Mining – Achieving Gender Equality

32. Some Successes

33. Summary – Building an Indigenous Workforce

34. Summary – Attracting Women to Mining

35. A Skilled Workforce for Regional and Remote Australia Charles Darwin Symposium Where, 28 September 2007 Christine Charles Regional Director Environment & Social Responsibility, Australia & New Zealand