text: Employees 
  
  Chatree has been free of lost time injuries for the 
  tenth year in a row. This exemplary safety record 
  would be difficult to achieve without manage- 
  ment support. It is however, the employees and 
  contractors who have made a safe workplace a 
  reality by ensuring a safe environment for them- 
  selves and their workmates. Chatree employees 
  and contractors have excelled in this regard and 
  Kingsgate congratulates and thanks them for 
  their sustained efforts. 
  
  The Chatree workforce totalled 1,326 at the 
  end of the financial year comprising 381 Akara 
  employees, 740 with our mining contractor 
  LotusHall and 4 expatriates. Turnover for Akara 
  permanent employees during the financial year 
  was 5.9%. 
  
  Chatree has received its fourth Welfare and 
  Relations Award from the Department of Labour 
  Protection and Welfare, as well as the Ministry 
  of Labour and Best Employer Award from Aon 
  Hewitt and Sasin University in 2012. Chatree 
  has also maintained its certificate of TLS/ 
  SA8000 since 2009. 
  
  Our business is really all about people. As a first 
  rate workforce is essential to our success, we 
  continue to ensure we have the right people in 
  the right role doing the right work at the right 
  time. Akara Mining Limited offers comprehensive 
  training in relevant safety and job-related areas 
  to all our people. We also assist our employees 
  to obtain tertiary education qualifications. Thus 
  far, 33 employees have been sponsored for 
  Masters level degrees, 10 employees for Bachelor 
  level degrees and eight employees for Diploma 
  Certificates. 