Company Overview| Corporate Information | Board of Directors & Management | Corporate Governance
Corporate Social Responsibility

TanzaniteOne is a founding member and primary fund provider of the Tanzanite Foundation™. As such most corporate social investment spend that TanzaniteOne makes is channelled through the Tanzanite Foundation™.

In order to contribute positively to the community and area surrounding the tanzanite mines, the Tanzanite Foundation™ is committed to making a meaningful and sustainable difference to the social, economic and environmental uplift in the area.

Projects undertaken to date include:

• the construction of a 400m² Community Centre for the residents of Nasinyai, the village bordering the tanzanite mining area
• the renovation and installation of electricity to the Nasinyai Medi-Clinic
  
• the upgrading and maintenance to the road leading to the tanzanite mining area, thereby ensuring that miners, dealers and villagers have a safer and more reliable travel route
  
• the active participation in the establishment of the Merelani Controlled Area. In compliance with the Tucson Tanzanite Protocols the Tanzanite Foundation™ provided funding and support for the establishment of a satellite police station in the mining area and donated a police vehicle to local authorities
  
• the provision of water to over 2,000 villagers and 4,500 head of cattle on a daily basis in the severely drought stricken region surrounding the tanzanite mining area
  
• the refurbishment and extensive expansion of the Nasinyai Primary School, which has seen school attendance quadruple to a current figure of 432 enrolled students
  
• in partnership with the Nasinyai community and World Vision, the construction of Nasinyai Secondary School, which will be the largest and most advanced of its kind in the area
  
• the development and initiation of SMAP (Small Mines Assistance Programme). SMAP provides geological, mining, survey, safety, logistical, operational and other guidance and support to small mines with the aim of building and developing the entire tanzanite mining industry and sound stakeholder relations
  
• mitigation of acid mine drainage by appropriate design of waste rock and tailings disposal systems and monitoring of water quality. Regular water analysis indicates that TanzaniteOne is well within the recommended pH levels
  
• the donation of tailings to local communities, which also operates as a community uplift project. Tailings have a recognised and measured tanzanite content which is uneconomical for TanzaniteOne to extract. Local communities extract this tanzanite, which is generally sold back to TanzaniteOne Trading. The remaining tailings are used as building material. This system reduces waste and encourages economic activity
  
• rendering old mine workings and tailings dams safe, and continuously monitoring the same; closing up numerous old mine workings on TanzaniteOne's property and in common areas around our mining licence that were deemed safety hazards