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Empowering Communities in Mine Circles with Sustainable Programs

PANGKALPINANG -- PT Timah Tbk continuously empowers communities based on local potential. This Community Empowerment Program is part of the Company's Social and Environmental Responsibility.

This TINS ??coded issuer has several community empowerment programs aimed at driving the community's economy.

The PPM program carried out by PT Timah Tbk is also an effort to improve the quality of the community around the mine. The form of empowerment that is carried out is by collaborating to develop the local potential of the community.

The PPM program that has been implemented by PT Timah Tbk in 2022, such as sinking fish FADs in coastal areas involving groups of fishermen.

TINS involves fishermen to make, sink and maintain these fish FADs with the aim that fish FADs can help increase fishermen's catches and bring fishermen closer to sea.

The sinking of FADs was carried out in Teluk Limau Waters, Teluk Limau Village, Parittiga District, West Bangka Regency involving the Permai Lestari Maritime Cooperative.

Other PPM programs carried out by TINS ??such as the sinking of the coral garden to support underwater tourism. The submersion of the Coral Garden was carried out on Putri Island, in the village of Penyusuk, Belinyu District and Bedukang Waters, Deniang Village, Bangka Regency.

TINS cooperates with the KUB Bina Sejahtera Bersama Fishermen group in Deniang Village, Bangka Regency to submerge FADs in Bedukang Waters, while on Putri Island TINS ??cooperates with a group of fishermen who manage tourism.

Apart from that, the community empowerment program also collaborates with the community, such as the mangrove planting carried out by PT Timah Tbk with youth groups.

This mangrove planting, apart from being an effort to protect the ecosystem, is also an effort to empower community groups to take advantage of their potential, as was done in Batu Behole Village.

PT Timah Tbk also empowers Indigenous people in Air Abik Hamlet, Gunung Muda Village, Bangka Regency. Empowerment of indigenous peoples by building facilities and infrastructure in Traditional Villages, providing training for the community.

Not only that, PT Timah Tbk also conducted community empowerment on Setunak Island, Bone Village, Gelam Strait District, Karimun Regency.

PT Timah Tbk has empowered the Setunak Bersatu Group to cultivate mud crabs in a sustainable manner. In addition to supporting food security, mud crab cultivation is also an effort to improve the community's economy.

The chairman of the Setunak Bersatu Pokdakan, Apid said he was very pleased with the empowerment program carried out by PT Timah Tbk.

"As a community, we feel lucky to get the attention of PT Timah Tbk, because the company has helped the people here a lot," he said.

He said, in the crab cultivation program his party had also been given training and an introduction to crab cultivation.

In the same vein, the Head of KUB Bina Sejahtera Bersama Fishermen Deniang Juliadi Village said that fishermen were very enthusiastic about sinking the coral garden, because there was a lot of potential that could be developed from Coral Garden activities.

"We are very optimistic that with the existence of the Coral Garden the tourism sector will increase, because it is a shallow spot, if you want to snorkel it can be done with makeshift tools and the distance is not too far," he said.

He hopes that with this program it can become a new tourist destination for the community, besides that it can also be used for fishermen to find fish.

"So far we have only drowned FADs, but for the coral garden itself there has never been and this is the first time we have done it with PT Timah. Hopefully this will be a superior spot from various aspects. Apart from being a tourist destination, it can also be used to find fish, as long as it doesn't disturb the coral reefs," he said.

Meanwhile, Chairman of the Permai Lestari Maritime Cooperative Syaiful Bahari said their group was continuously assisted by PT Timah Tbk to develop through several programs such as sinking FADs and others.

“PT Timah has provided us with a lot of assistance. Starting from the installation of KWH, a Frezzer with a capacity of 1 ton, 10 rolls of bubu wire and a GPS device. In addition, the drowning of FADs," he said.