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Freeport-McMoran,
the world's largest copper mining company, has been working with Aquinas and other investors on their human rights programs
for almost a decade. Aquinas staff asked Freeport to report on their involvement with conflict minerals in and around their new mine in the Congo where such terrible transactions are occuring.
Illegal mining of conflict minerals is the primary source of funds
for militant rebels that terrorize the villages of the Congo, enslave children to be child soldiers, and conduct behavior
that impedes civil development. Freeport is now working with the smelters that process their copper to assure that illegal
mining minerals are not being processed. It is actions such as this that improves the human rights of people. Responsible advocacy played a part in this momentous decision which
will affect millions of Africans over the next years. Aquinas staff have been involved with and continue to meet with Freeport-McMoran
executives on this topic on a regular basis.
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