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Projects have created a certain labor force potential for the people
living in the area. Can you mention about this potential?
Local employment is a direct advantage for local people imposed
to mining and processing activities. Increasing local employment
opportunities to the highest level and distributing business
opportunities equally without any discrimination between
settlement areas, securing jobs and carrying out this process
transparently are very important.
Application of local people to suitable positions are encouraged and
responded positively and candidates were supported via introduction
to mining training programs, high school and university scholarships,
internship experience, office management, computer and other skill
development programs during the application process. Moreover,
contributions of sub-contractors are encouraged in order to increase
local employment opportunity level into maximum.
Local employment priorities are determined for places according
to the impact area of the project and as a result of hiring policy What will be the impact of our investments and consequently our
maximizing socio-economic and cultural benefits for the people production on the gold market of Turkey?
living closer to the project areas, we achieve to maintain 70% local
employment rate in the mining field. As a part of Lapseki project, We have only achieved to turn approximately 900 tons of reserve of
465 people including sub-contractors and as a part of İvrindi project Turkey’s 6.500 tons of gold potential into reserve, yet. Approximately,
total 1.100 people including the construction stage of the project 12 billion risk capital is required for mine exploration activities in order
were employed and both projects provided job opportunities to total to remaining 5.600 tons of gold potential. Annually, approximately
of more than 1.500 people and 70% of them were being local people. 5-6 billion TL worth of budget deficit emerges due to 240 tons of
gold import against 30 tons of gold production.
Foundation of Natural Resources Vocational and Technical Anatolia
High School construction was laid on November 1 in the İvrindi The question that our country must think about is the fact that
district of Balıkesir. Can you tell us the contribution of this attempt annual gold and other metallic mine import is costing approximately
to education and economy of the country? 15 billion dollars. It is necessary to produce metallic mines whose
import is among the most important items that caused budget
TÜMAD aims at providing qualified workforce in mining sector, deficit, obtain final product and turn into real economy. We can
increasing abilities by enhancing training with practices and be easily close 6 billion dollar part of annual budget deficit by gold
making direct contribution to national education thrust. With the mining. Currently, TÜMAD will provide 14 Billion Turkish Liras directly
framework of corporate social responsibility, sustainable economic to Turkish Economy with its two projects and will provide 56 Billion
and social development as well as occupational safety, environment Turkish Liras added value for 15 years. When we complete both our
and education policies and within the context of “National Energy investments, we will be able to produce 15% of total gold production
Education Movement” between Ministry of National Education and in our country.
Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, it has signed “Vocational
Training Cooperation Protocol” on 16.05.2018 and undertaken the What are your hobbies? Can you find time for these hobbies?
constructions of four Vocational and Technical Schools in Balıkesir,
Artvin, Kütahya and İstanbul. To be frank, my business life does not leave too much time for my
hobbies. Primarily, I prefer to spend time with my family during my
With the investment of “İvrindi Gold and Silver Mine”, an important spare time. Apart from this, I enjoy reading, chatting with friends
step in Turkey’s goal to achieve its economic targets and include and travel.
underground sources into real economy; young people who are
the guarantee of our future will have the opportunity to make How do you define yourself?
contribution to economy like a locomotive power and in short this
has laid the foundation between the future of the country and I am overhasty. I make solution oriented decisions and move
young people. accordingly. I am never patient but I believe that patience can solve
everything.
What can you say about Nurol?

It is clear that our group of companies had put its signature under
important successes in many sectors especially in construction and
it is a deep rooted company that proved itself in various different
sectors.
Even if it may not observed from outside, it has a strong corporate
structure. You can understand this when you examine other
companies. I believe that biggest share in this success belongs to
our bosses.

We would like to thank General Manager of TÜMAD
Hasan YÜCEL very much for sharing valuable
information.
Interview: Meral SARI CEYLAN

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