Continental Gold, a subsidiary of Zijin Mining in Colombia, recently held its second annual processing, smelting, and assaying skills competition. Employees competed on four techniques: sample preparation at the Technical Services Center, gold fire assay, assaying of copper in gold concentrates, and determination of sodium cyanide content.

Continental Gold has been carrying out various skills training programs and fostering a culture of continuous learning among its workforce, which helped both Colombian and Chinese employees to maintain and hone their skills, and significantly improved their innovation capabilities.

Translator: Jian    Reviser: Lin Xinjing   Editor-in-Chief: Wang Jie

About Zijin Mining
Zijin Mining is a leading global metals and mining company and one of the world’s largest producers of gold, copper, and zinc. The company has more than 30 large-scale mining operations and projects across 19 countries on 5 continents. Leveraging strong in-house research, engineering, and development capabilities, Zijin maintains high operational efficiency and low costs in both acquisitions and operations. This enables the company to be an industry leader in value creation, underpinned by its philosophy of pursuing development for all and sustained by superior environmental, social, and governance performance. Zijin’s shares trade on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX: 2899) and the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE: 601899).