探索teams are sometimes the first contact with local communities, so it is critical that we get it right at the beginning. In northwestern Turkey, geologists in Teck’s exploration team first engaged with local communities in 2006 as we built a portfolio of projects.

Turkey is home to one of our largest exploration drilling program for gold and copper. As project activities advanced through to drilling and resource estimation our capability and capacity to engage with the community expanded to include dedicated community professionals on the exploration team to address the risks and opportunities of mining. For example, they identified an opportunity to raise awareness of mining for one community that was previously unfamiliar with mining.

社区members were taken to see a modern active zinc mine to demonstrate responsible management of mining activities including mitigation of environmental impacts as well as the positive impacts on the local economy and community well-being. More recently, the community team engaged with potentially vulnerable groups in the local community, the women and children, through health and educational seminars, initiatives with schools and additional mine tours.

2015年，我们借此机会评估了目前使用的智能工具的有效性。评估的目的是更新和加强勘探队与当地社区成员进行真实和透明接触的技能，以便最终我们获得社区的支持，继续进行地质调查，并通过测绘、技术审查和钻探保持支持。

The review brought together 20 key members of the Turkey exploration team including senior geologists, communities professionals, project managers and the country manager over five days.

讲习班和培训有助于确定需要改进的领域，例如为当地社区的弱势成员建立匿名反馈机制，以及促进发展伙伴关系的机会。讲习班制定的参与战略为勘探队考虑其他项目提供了一个可扩展的过程。

In the months following the workshop, the training and guidance tools have been used to update community engagement strategies implemented by exploration geologists and community professionals at other key projects in the broader district in support of early engagement.