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CHAIRMAN'S COMMENTS AT THE 2019 AGM
CHAIRMAN'S COMMENTS AT THE 2019 AGM.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 8284Z Antofagasta PLC 22 May 2019 \n\nNEWS RELEASE, 22 MAY 2019\n \n \nCHAIRMAN'S COMMENTS AT THE 2019 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING\n \nAntofagasta plc (the \"Company\") today released the script to be used by the Chairman, Jean-Paul Luksic at the Company's Annual General Meeting that commences at 10:00am today.\n \nGood morning ladies and gentlemen.\nWelcome to Antofagasta plc's 2019 Annual General Meeting. \nIt is a pleasure to be here in London to meet with our shareholders. Thank you for joining us today and I confirm that we have a quorum present.\nAs you can see, except for Andrónico Luksic and Vivianne Blanlot who are unable to join us for separate personal and medical reasons all of your directors are in attendance. This includes Michael Anglin who will be standing for election for the first time today. Also Ivan Arriagada, our CEO is here sitting next to me and several senior members of his executive team are here as well. Photos and short biographies of each of our Directors, including their Board and Committee roles, are set out on pages 15 to 19 of the Notice of Meeting.\nI would like to give you a brief overview of the strategy and performance of your company and make some comments on the macro environment in which we operate. Ivan Arriagada will then make a presentation about our performance in 2018 and then we will move onto the formal part of the meeting when we propose and vote on the resolutions set out in the notice of meeting, and after that I will open the floor for questions.\nI will start my overview by talking about safety.\nThe safety of our employees and the communities in which we work is our number one priority. After more than two years without a fatality at our operations, it is with great sadness that I have to report that a contractor suffered a fatal accident at Los Pelambres in October last year. My condolences go to the family of Mr. Jorge Pérez Barraza. We have undertaken a full investigation of the incident which is a reminder that we must all guard against complacency and follow all established operating and safety procedures. Safety remains our top priority.\n We are convinced that the Safety Model we have implemented, together with the emphasis we place on the importance of having a strong safety culture embedded in every employee and contra...