An example of responsible mining activity in Halkidiki

The mining industry is an activity that makes a decisive contribution to the development of society and the advancement of technology. However, it is required that the use of natural resources be carried out with effective protection and respect for the environment.

This direction Greek gold, a company that carries out one of the largest foreign direct investments in Greece. To date, investments in Kassandra Mines have contributed more than 1 billion euros to the local economy, at the same time, the company is one of the largest employers in Northern Greece and actively supports Greek business locally and nationally.

Best Environmental Management Practices

Taking responsibility for the operation of the Kassandra mines, Greek gold pledged to rehabilitate areas in and around mines affected by mining. For this, in practice, Parallel rehabilitationperformance of work to clean up and restore the land to its former natural state, where mining has been completed.

At the same time, from the very first day, it has been implementing one of the largest projects to restore the environment of the territories from the former mining activities of other owners. To date, he has reached restoration of the area from 3 million tons of mining waste solution of a chronic problem that created environmental risks for the region. In fact, one of these “historic tailings” has given way to one of the largest nurseries in Europe, which has 1,000,000 plants of endemic and native species that will be used in restoration projects throughout the development of the project.

It is worth noting that At the state-of-the-art Skurion mine, ore tailings will be reused with other sterile materials to fill both the underground galleries and the open pit using backfill technology, another innovative and sustainable environmental practice.

In this way, restoration and mining will take place at the same time, so that the land will return to its natural state almost simultaneously with the end of mining activities, creating a positive legacy for the next generations of northeastern Chalkidiki.