FQM FIRES 11 RING LEADERS REINSTATE 250 EMPLOYEES

250 employees that were dismissed by First Quantum Mining and Operations Limited have been reinstated on Final Warnings after their appeals were approved by the Company’s disciplinary due process.

Regrettably, 11 employees have been dismissed after appeals against their dismissals were rejected while 14 have been cleared of any wrongdoing and have returned to work.

On 10 September 2021, First Quantum Mining and Operations Limited reported that a number of its employees from its Mining Division, based at the Kansanshi Mine, participated in an illegal work stoppage on the 9 and 10 September.

Following the illegal work stoppage, and pending investigations, a total of 275 employees were suspended.

The illegal work stoppage was related to the introduction of a newly planned but voluntary employee pension scheme, following mutual agreement between FQMO Mining Division, all the unions representing the employees’ interests during the Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiations in December 2020.

The FQMO says it remains committed to good faith negotiations with elected unions’ representatives, on the Pension Scheme and all other employee matters.