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Akara enhances the quality of life and boosts the income of local communities through both direct and indirect employment opportunities by local entrepreneurs. Our efforts include establishing agricultural and processing cooperatives and developing plans for a community product distribution center. Additionally, we are committed to transforming the mine area and its surroundings into educational tourist attractions, promoting sustainable community-based tourism. We advocate for the establishment of homestays to cater to tourists seeking authentic community experiences.
Furthermore, we are steadfast in our commitment to nurturing and empowering community enterprises. We facilitate the development of marketing skills to broaden the reach of community enterprises’ products and services, thereby bolstering income streams. Presently, we proudly support 13 community enterprise groups.
Akara continues to strengthen its environmental, quality, and safety management practices, earning the Green Industry Certification Level 3: Green System from the Ministry of Industry.
Akara Resources Public Company Limited, operator of the Chatree Gold Mine, has partnered with Chulalongkorn University, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, and Suranaree University of Technology to transform mine tailings from gold and silver production into alternative materials and innovative solutions for the construction, energy, and community enterprise sectors under the Circular Economy concept. The collaboration focuses on developing low-carbon construction materials, biocement, and specialty cement for the energy industry to help reduce natural resource consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in support of Net Zero goals, while creating added economic value, generating income opportunities, and promoting sustainable community development.
Akara will proceed with filing an appeal against the judgment, as the Company believes that key evidence, scientific data, and expert opinions material to the case may not yet have been fully considered. The Company remains firmly confident that, throughout more than 25 years of operations, it has consistently conducted its business in strict compliance with applicable laws, environmental standards, and regulatory oversight by relevant government authorities.
