SMFG commissioned a study to assess opportunities and constraints associated with unlocking economic opportunities beyond mining in Lola Prefecture and surrounding areas.
The study is looking comprehensively at land uses, agriculture, animal husbandry, transport, power, markets and trade, banking, support industries for industry, and more. The study is also considering how SMFG can design its project to enhance benefits to the local economy sufficiently early in the design process, for example by possibly stimulating demand for particular services in a manner that catalyses their broader local availability.