This publication serves to notify interested and affected persons / parties of the Environmental Social and Health Impact Assessment (ESHIA) Conducted for the Port Loko Bauxite project in Port Loko District.

In compliance with the Sierra Leone Environment Protection Act 2008, SLEMCO Limited has undertaken an ESHIA study with a view to minimizing potential negative Environmental Social and Health Impacts.

The report is available for public inspection at the following locations:

1. SLEPA office , 3rd Floor Youyi Building
2. SLEMCO office at No. 1 Bai Bureh Road, Freetown
3. Port Loko District Council
4. Community Centre Hall at Lunsar
5. Ministry of Mines 5th Floor Youyi Building
6. Office of Afrirelief Inc. at 20 Main Motor Road, Congo Town, Freetown

The General Public, key stakeholders and interested and affected parties are hereby invited to the public consultation and disclosure meetings, to be held on the following dates and venues.

· Council Hall, Port Loko – Friday 4, Febuary , 2011, at 10:00AM
· Community Centre, Lunsar –Wenesday, 2,Febuary , 2011, at 10:00AM
· Atlantic Hall, Freetown – Tuesday Febuary, 8, , 2011, at 10:00AM

The input of various interested and affected parties in this process will be valuable. Written comments may be submitted to the office of Afrirelief Inc., Environmental Consultants for SLEMCO and or SLEPA. We look forward to your participation in the public consultation and disclosure process