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00:00Les lessons are learnt and shared across all of Rio Tinto

00:05as a result of that incident.

00:08We're now in the final stretch of 2025

00:10and I'm proud to say that the Simfa team

00:12alongside our partners have made remarkable progress.

00:15Thanks to the rigorous management and commitment of our teams

00:18and in particular through a very bad wet season

00:22we've continued to see continued performance in this last quarter.

00:25The laying of 72 kilometres of rail or track

00:29from our rail spur from the mine connecting to the main rain line

00:33at the junction near Krawani is now complete

00:36marking now a unique connection between our mine site

00:39all the way to the port.

00:41It's a fantastic achievement for the project.

00:44In addition, the civil engineering work and structural work

00:46continues at the port

00:48and our transshipment vessel wharf structure

00:52is ready for the installation of conveyor.

00:54From the mine site, work also continues to progress

00:58at a very good pace with a standing of steel on many of our infrastructure

01:02now visually being able to see how the material will move

01:06from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the mountain

01:08to the rail and then to the port.

01:09It's a fantastic time.

01:11We're proud of the momentum that we've built

01:12not only in terms of infrastructure

01:14but also in how we are shaping a project

01:16that reflects the values and aspirations of Guinea.

01:19We're continuing to work hand-in-hand with the Guinea government,

01:22local businesses, civil society, communities

01:25all to ensure that Simundu is not just a mining project

01:28but it's a catalyst for inclusive development.

01:31Our initiatives are designed to leave a lasting legacy,

01:33one that goes beyond the life of the mine

01:35and contributes meaningfully

01:38to the well-being of future generations.

01:41As we move forward, we remain focused on delivering Simundu safely,

01:45responsibly and to the highest international standards.

01:48We thank you for your continued support

01:50and interest in the Simundu project

01:52and now of course we welcome your many questions.

01:54Thank you, Merci.

01:55Merci à tous.

01:56It was right from the start, so that's fantastic. Merci.

01:59And I do recognise from the last,

02:02so welcome back to the press conference.

02:04Look, I think the first question in regards to the downstream processing,

02:08we've got a commitment through our agreement

02:11to complete a feasibility study

02:14for a potential pelletisation plant into the future.

02:18We're committed to completing that feasibility study

02:20and through that study we'll be assessing the viability and options

02:24for that to move forward.

02:25So that's a commitment that we have

02:26and we're fulfilling that commitment.

02:28From a taxation perspective,

02:30all I would say on the taxation piece is we do publish our tax regime

02:35and we will be publishing the amount of tax that we pay here in-country.

02:39I don't have a particular comment in regards to how our tax relates to others.

02:43I think just suffice to say that we publish our regime

02:47and we will be publishing the amount of tax that we pay to cover off on that.

02:51I think the third question was in regards to community investment.

02:55I believe that was around community investment.

02:57Oh, the compensation.

02:58So the land acquisition?

02:59Yes.

02:59Yeah, no, we have a very comprehensive program for land acquisition

03:03and then followed with livelihood restoration.

03:06So from a land acquisition perspective, we've completed,

03:09in fact, I think all of the land acquisition process

03:12has now been completed across the mine, the rail and the port.

03:16We're now moving into a phase of livelihood restoration

03:19where we work with those impacted communities

03:21to ensure that their livelihoods are restored

03:23to the level at which they were before we've made an impact.

03:25That program will continue for the next few years.

03:28We have a study of feasibility of the raffinerie,

03:32so it's an usine of pelletization or an usine of a steel mill.

03:38So this study is an obligation for us.

03:40We will, as Chris said, on the other milestones of the project,

03:44ensure that this study is conducted

03:47and the results are presented to the government.

03:49It's on the basis of this study that the decision will be taken

03:53to see what the option is the most viable option.

03:55We have a clarification on the information

03:58that circulates on the fiscal origin.

04:01Like every project in the world,

04:03and in Guinea, the Guinea is not the exception,

04:06we negotiate the conventions.

04:09So there is the right general

04:11and there are the agreements that are signed in a convention.

04:16In our convention, we have a discussion about the fiscal origin.

04:20That's why my colleague said that our convention is published,

04:23the fiscal origin is available.

04:25Rio Tinto is very transparent

04:27on what we pay in terms of income,

04:31not only in Guinea, but everywhere where we operate.

04:33So it's clear that not only the fiscal origin is published,

04:37there is an agreement with the government,

04:39but also, when we start the operations,

04:43you can see in detail what we pay.

04:45Even in the construction phase,

04:47they are published, so it's accessible.

04:50We would be moving first,

04:52or I don't think we've ever stated that,

04:55so that might have been an erroneous number.

04:58What I would say is that the progress

05:00of all of the infrastructure is traveling to plan.

05:02Just in addition to the question of the demobilization,

05:06we need to know that the work group is inter-ministerial

05:10which includes the industrial partners in Simfer and Winning.

05:15This group has been implemented for several months already.

05:20The last week, there was an atelier facilitated by KPMG

05:25for an atelier technique,

05:27to look at the profit of the workers

05:30and the strategy for the state to put in place

05:33to ensure that not only the affected personnel

05:38is mobilized, but also the equipment.

05:40because when we look at the amplitude of the work

05:44on the infrastructure,

05:46we have a lot of employees who have adequate equipment

05:49to conduct other jobs in Guinea.

05:52So the government is saying that,

05:54rather than looking at it in a negative way,

05:57we will re-mobilize the workers

05:59and the other workers for other projects in Guinea.

06:02So for them, we talk about demobilization,

06:05they talk about remobilization.

06:07Now, of course,

06:09all the people who work with us have been trained,

06:14have acquired knowledge,

06:16who are in these projects

06:18or who are in their own account for their own projects.

06:22I think that we have contributed,

06:24in a certain way,

06:25to elevate the level of capacity of these people.

06:29I think also, and this is my hope as a Guinean,

06:33that people who have worked during the construction,

06:36not only skills,

06:37they will be future entrepreneurs.

06:39They have understood how we do the rails,

06:41how we do the quality control of the work,

06:46they can also create companies,

06:49to maximize their revenue

06:52and become employees of the demand.

06:55I have this hope as a Guinean

06:57and our team also works on community projects

07:00to ensure that the communities

07:02are not affected by this demobilization.

07:05Because if you have people who have revenue

07:07who live in communities

07:08who don't have revenue from the day to the day,

07:10it is the whole community that can be affected.

07:13So we do investments in these communities

07:15to ensure that this transition

07:17does not have a negative impact

07:19on the whole of the social ecosystem.

07:23It is a concern because of my interactions with the government,

07:27with the force of security,

07:29as well as the police, the gendarmerie, the army,

07:31we have often discussed about this.

07:33Because the ferrovia infrastructures are very close

07:35from the border.

07:36So for us, it is extremely important

07:38the investment,

07:39but also the security of the whole country.

07:43So it is important that the force of security

07:46makes this type of patrol

07:48to determine the areas of fragility

07:51or of security vulnerability

07:53so that security can be improved.

07:56Not only for the infrastructure

07:57but for the communities

07:58who do these activities all along.

08:00So the question of the drug

08:02and the circulation of people

08:04is part of this.

08:06We cooperate with the authorities

08:08on this.

08:10It is also important to insist on the fact

08:15that, as it is a co-developed project,

08:19there are a lot of actors,

08:20there are a lot of coordination,

08:21a lot of coordination mechanisms

08:23put in place.

08:24We can evolve together

08:28to improve things.

08:30We hope that,

08:32once we start the operations

08:34and that the CTG is totally in charge

08:37that some questions will be resolved.

08:41The question of the migration

08:43is related to the project.

08:45I myself,

08:47I do every semester

08:49the corridor

08:50to look at how things are happening,

08:52how we work with the communities

08:55and with the team.

08:56These fragments exist

08:58in some places.

08:59We have reported

09:00at several times.

09:01But when we stop,

09:03we can also look at

09:05that people are there

09:07to look for opportunities.

09:08I think that,

09:09once the construction is finished,

09:11a part of this population

09:14immigrated,

09:15because there is no village

09:16in this zone,

09:17could be able to leave.

09:19It is in this context

09:21that my concern is,

09:23because they will go

09:24where?

09:25They will return to Sierra Leone

09:26or Liberia

09:27or they will stay in Guinea.

09:29That is a question

09:30for the government to respond.

09:31Because we are in an integrated space,

09:34but the circulation of people

09:36is not our responsibility,

09:37it is that of the government.

09:39The corridor is close.

09:40It is not close to the communities.

09:42We see the cars,

09:44we do not see the infrastructure,

09:46we do not see the possibilities.

09:48After this first day,

09:50I called the corridor

09:52for an opportunity.

09:54If you want to discuss that,

09:57I can do it with the cafe.

09:59to bring the stone.

10:01J'aimerais, merci.

10:03Thank you.

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