Jakarta, May 29, 2015 - PT ANTAM (Persero) Tbk (ASX - ATM; IDX – ANTM; ANTAM) is pleased to announce the cooperation with the Education and Training Agency for Energy and Mineral Resources (ETAEMR) of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources to develop educational and training programs in the field of energy and mineral resources. The joint effort was initiated by the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) by ANTAM's President Director Tedy Barujaman and Head of ETAEMR Djajang Sukarna at ANTAM's Head Office in Jakarta on Friday, May 29 2015.
ANTAM's President Director Tedy Badrujaman said:
"The MoU signing with the Head of ETAEMR signifies the company's strategic endeavors to create added value for the stakeholders in the mining industry. The MoU will allow ANTAM to pave the way to creating the infrastructure required for educations in the field of energy and mineral resources."
The scope of the cooperation between ANTAM and ETAEMR includes strategic planning, resource sharing, implementing community development programs, providing educations and trainings and other activities that will support the creation of human resources with competencies in the field of energy and mineral resources. The partnership will remain valid in two years time and open the opportunity to establish Indonesia's first Underground Mineral Mine Education and Training Center, after the closure of the Pongkor Mine in the future time.
In addition to the underground gold mine in Pongkor, West Java, the joint undertaking will also lead to the opportunity to implement the same initiative in ANTAM's other operation areas: Southeast Sulawesi Nickel Mining Business Unit; North Maluku Nickel Mining Business Unit; and Tayan Bauxite Mining Business Unit.
