During a recent visit to the mine, the Indonesian Minister of Forestry said he believes PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara's (PTNNT) environmental management practices should serve as a model for other mining companies and lauded the operation's forestry, tailing and reclamation management practices.
Following the visit, the Minister and PTNNT's president director, Martiono Hadianto, planted a tree.
"We will nurture the tree the Minister planted, and we take it as a catalyst to continue proper land reclamation in accordance with our value to demonstrate leadership in environmental stewardship," Hadianto said.
This tree will grow along with more than 28,000 trees recently planted around the mine, as well as hundreds of thousands of teak trees planted on community land.
