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Sigma Lithium Announces ESG Actions Update: Employs ~300 Local Workers, Plans To Supply A Total Of 2.4 Million Meals, Delivers A Total Of 30,000 L Of Sanitizers And Sponsors Two Childcare Centers
VANCOUVER, BC, March 24, 2022 /CNW/ -- HIGHLIGHTS Sigma Lithium is pleased to announce that over 300 people are currently employed on site, with approximately 7
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[{"type":"text","content":" VANCOUVER, BC, March 24, 2022 /CNW/ -- HIGHLIGHTS Sigma Lithium is pleased to announce that over 300 people are currently employed on site, with approximately 72% coming from the Vale do Jequitinhonha region, setting the stage for significant social economic impact in a destitute region. Sigma Lithium is reuniting families through its \"Homecoming Program\" (Volta Ao Lar)\", bringing back home qualified workers that had migrated out of the region, due to lack of employment opportunities. Sigma Lithium has extended humanitarian relief action (\"Zero Hunger Action\") for an additional 10-months pledging 7,000 more food baskets, which is expected to enable approximately 2.4 million meals. This is in addition to the 7,000 food baskets already delivered over the last 10-months at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic for the vulnerable families in the Vale do Jequitinhonha region. Sigma Lithium has also expanded its \"OMICRON COVID-19 Prevention Program\" in the Vale do Jequitinhonha region delivering an additional 6,000 liters of sodium hypochlorite totaling 30,000 liters together with Sigma Lithium's OMICRON COVID-19 prevention education booklet In aggregate, the program provides necessary supplies for over 20,000 medical appointments per month (over 240,000 appointments per year). Sigma Lithium sponsored an initiative to support the re-opening of two childcare centers serving 560 children in the municipalities where we operate. Sigma Lithium has provided first response disaster relief supplying food and water for 400 victims who lost their homes as a result of the floods in the Vale do Jequitinhonha region during the unusually rainy season throughout New Year holidays and the month of January. Sigma Lithium's Chief Sustainability Officer organized an educational partnership between the UFVJM (Campus Janauba) and the Federal Institute of Education of Araçuaí, creating the first program to prepare mining technicians in the region. SIGMA Lithium Corporation (\"Sigma Lithium\" or the \"Company\") (NASDAQ: SGML, TSXV: SGML) dedicated to powering the next generation of electric vehicles with environmentally sustainable and high-purity lithium, is pleased to provide an update on its ESG initiatives in the region of its Grota do Cirilo Project (the \"Project\"), located in the Vale do Jequitinhonha, Minas...