SDAC Retreat at Otjikoto Environmental Education Center and Nature Reserve

Posted: April 2, 2017
SDAC members with senior management officials from the B2Gold Namibia mine and Otjikoto Environmental Education Center and Nature Reserve.
SDAC members with senior management officials from the B2Gold Namibia mine and Otjikoto Environmental Education Center and Nature Reserve.
Mr. Mark Dawe, MD of B2Gold Namibia, explains his vision for the B2Gold mine.
Mr. Mark Dawe, MD of B2Gold Namibia, explains his vision for the B2Gold mine.
Council members inspecting the tailings facility at B2Gold Namibia.
Council members inspecting the tailings facility at B2Gold Namibia.
Council members experimenting in the laboratory at the Little School of Physics at the Otjikoto Environmental Education Center.
Council members experimenting in the laboratory at the Little School of Physics at the Otjikoto Environmental Education Center.

The Sustainable Development Advisory Council held its first ever retreat at the Otjikoto Environmental Education Center and Nature Reserve, adjacent to the B2Gold Namibia mine, from the 25-26th March 2017.

The retreat provided an opportunity for the Council to identify and prioritise its intervention areas and methodologies during 2017/18. The retreat also featured a tour of activities being undertaken at the Otjikoto Environmental Education Center and Nature Reserve as well as of the B2Gold mine operation.