"Cobre Panama is located in an undeveloped and remote part of north-central Panama with a complicated socio-environmental setting. The following challenging aspects of the Project have been the focus of our actions to incorporate evolving international best practice:
- Within a tropical rainforest with high biodiversity value;
- Presence of threatened and endangered species of concern, some of which are endemic to the Project footprint;
- Endemic poverty of local communities;
- Presence of indigenous people;
- Resettlement of Latino and indigenous people;
- Lack of infrastructure and access to healthcare, education, sanitation and clean drinking water;
- A country with little experience of modern mining; and
- Presence of artisanal mining."