Celebrating the completion of the first internships at Essakane

After a year-long internship on the IAMGOLD Essakane SA site, the ten interns from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Ingénieurs in Fada N'gourma (ENSI-F) received their certification during a ceremony held on October 23, 2020, in Ouagadougou. These students completed their internships in the following departments at the Essakane mine: Mill Operations (two students), Metallurgy (two students), Mine Operations (two students), Technical Services (two students), and Geology (two students). Representatives from the Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation, the Ministry of Mines and Quarries, the ENSI-F and the Burkina Faso Chamber of Mines were in attendance.

The internship program is a pilot project that aims to provide ten mining engineering students from the ENSI-F with a technical framework that will allow them to apply the technical knowledge they acquired. It stems from IAMGOLD Essakane SA's commitment to collaborate with the State of Burkina Faso in strengthening higher education and promoting youth employability. This program constitutes yet another milestone of the partnership with IAMGOLD Essakane SA which, for the past four years, has provided training dispensed by the Company's specialists and professionals, annual visits to the site, student placement, and financial support for the development of this school specialized in mining trades.

Upon the conclusion of the first internships, the outcome of this program has revealed very satisfactory results: four of the ten participating students were awarded employment contracts at the Essakane mine and another two were hired by other mining companies in Burkina Faso.

Mohamed Ourriban, General Manager of IAMGOLD Essakane SA, expressed the Company's pride in having contributed to the employability of these young students. He urged the interns to put the knowledge, good practices and health and safety culture acquired at our Company into service throughout their careers.

The interns expressed their gratitude to the IAMGOLD, which instilled upon them rigour, professionalism, commitment, dedication, as well efficient management of time shared between professional, social and academic responsibilities.

Congratulations and good luck to the happy participants in the internship program!

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