Anglo American’s Los Bronces complex to be independently audited against the IRMA Standard for Responsible Mining
Anglo American has signed agreements with IRMA, and IRMA approved audit firm ERM CVS, to independently assess its Los Bronces copper operations against the IRMA Standard for Responsible Mining. Los Bronces is located in Chile’s Greater Santiago Metropolitan Region.
ERM CVS will be conducting the assessment, which includes a desk review (stage 1) followed by an onsite audit (stage 2). After the ERM CVS draft audit report is reviewed by IRMA and Anglo American, the company may release the report or can take up to twelve months to implement corrective actions and be re-assessed. When the assessment is complete, IRMA will publish a final report in which ERM CVS assigns an overall IRMA Achievement Level, and explains how and why they scored Los Bronces against each of the 400+ requirements of the IRMA Standard.
Stakeholder Engagement in the Assessment
Interested stakeholders and members of the public can sign up to receive updates about the Los Bronces assessment (e.g., the timing of the stage 2 onsite visit, link to public summary of audit results). The Mines Under Assessment page of IRMA’s website will also provide up-to-date information on all assessments.
Members of the community, public officials, representatives of the workforce, or other organizations are invited to submit comments regarding how the mine site is managing their impacts to the environment including air, water, waste, greenhouse gases, and ecosystems; how the mine supports their workforce; and how the mine interacts with the surrounding community, and how it impacts the community, positively or negatively.
Interested parties may contact the independent audit firm, ERM CVS, to share comments or to ask to be interviewed as part of the audit process. The audit firm can be reached via:
If you would like more information on how the audit of the Los Bronces complex is conducted against the IRMA standard — contact IRMA’s Director of Assurance: Michelle Smith, audits@responsiblemining.net.
ERM CVS llevará a cabo la evaluación, que incluye una revisión documental (etapa 1) seguida de una auditoría in situ (etapa 2). Después de que IRMA y Anglo American revisen el borrador del informe de auditoría de ERM CVS, la empresa puede publicar el informe o puede tardar hasta doce meses en implementar acciones correctivas y ser reevaluado. Cuando se complete la evaluación, IRMA publicará un informe final en el que ERM CVS asigna un nivel de logro general de IRMA y explica cómo y por qué calificaron a Los Bronces en comparación con cada uno de los 400+ requisitos del estándar IRMA.
Participación de las partes interesadas en la evaluación
Las partes interesadas y los miembros del público pueden inscribirse para recibir actualizaciones sobre la evaluación de Los Bronces (por ejemplo, el momento de la visita in situ de la etapa 2, enlace al resumen público de los resultados de la auditoría). La página de Minas Bajo Evaluación del sitio web de IRMA también proporcionará información actualizada sobre todas las evaluaciones.
Se invita a los miembros de la comunidad, funcionarios públicos, representantes de la fuerza laboral u otras organizaciones a enviar comentarios sobre cómo el sitio minero está manejando sus impactos al medio ambiente, incluidos el aire, el agua, los desechos, los gases de efecto invernadero y los ecosistemas; cómo la mina apoya a su fuerza laboral; y cómo la mina interactúa con la comunidad circundante y cómo impacta a la comunidad, positiva o negativamente.
Las partes interesadas pueden ponerse en contacto con la firma de auditoría independiente, ERM CVS, para compartir comentarios o solicitar ser entrevistadas como parte del proceso de auditoría. Se puede contactar con la firma de auditoría a través de:
Por favor, comparta este anuncio y no dude en ponerse en contacto directamente con ERM CVS para proporcionar los nombres y la información de contacto de otras partes interesadas de Los Bronces que puedan estar interesadas en conocer y participar en el proceso de evaluación del sitio minero.
Si desea obtener más información sobre cómo se lleva a cabo la auditoría del complejo Los Bronces según el Estándar IRMA, comuníquese con la Directora de Aseguramiento de IRMA: Michelle Smith, audits@responsiblemining.net.
ERM CVS to Conduct “Check-In” Assessments to Verify Performance, Progress Identified in Initial Audit
Yesterday IRMA-approved independent audit firm ERM CVS started IRMA surveillance audit of the Sishen and Kolomela iron ore operations in South Africa’s Northern Cape province. These mines are owned and operated by Kumba Iron Ore, a company of which Anglo American is a primary shareholder.
Sishen and Kolomela both achieved IRMA 75 upon release of their full audit reports in April 2024.
Within the IRMA independent assessment cycle, an IRMA surveillance audit is the midpoint between the initial full audit and the full re-assessment audit. It verifies that the previously awarded IRMA Achievement level is still warranted. It is an abbreviated verification that the operation’s systems and controls are still in place and are functioning effectively, that no major changes have occurred that negatively affect the operation’s performance, and that the operation is progressing on its corrective action plan.
As with a full audit, a surveillance audit consists of a desk audit and an onsite audit, and includes confidential interviews with workers and engagement with community stakeholders. As with a full audit, the onsite component will be announced at least 30 days prior.
Interested stakeholders and members of the public can sign up to receive updates about the surveillance assessments. The Mines Under Assessment page of IRMA’s website will also provide up-to-date information on all assessments.
Members of the community, public officials, representatives of the workforce, or other organizations are invited to submit comments regarding how the operation is managing their impacts to the environment including air, water, waste, greenhouse gases, and ecosystems; how the mine supports their workforce; and how the mine interacts with the surrounding community, and how it impacts the community, positively or negatively.
Interested parties may contact ERM CVS to share comments or to ask to be interviewed as part of the audit process. The audit firm can be reached via:
ERM CVS is an independent IRMA-approved and trained audit firm. For more about ERM CVS visit ermcvs.com.
IRMA’s mission is to protect the environment and people directly affected by mining. For more about IRMA including the assessment process, the IRMA Standard, and to see audit reports of other mines visit responsiblemining.net
Feedback solicitado durante a auditoria independente no local, de acordo com a norma IRMA para Mineração Responsável da Mina Minas Rio da Anglo American, Minas Gerais, Brasil
Entre os dias 7 e 10 de julho de 2025, os auditores da SCS Global Services (SCS) realizarão uma auditoria de monitoramento independente e terceirizada no local da Mina Minas Rio da Anglo American para avaliar seu desempenho de acordo com o Padrão de Mineração Responsável da Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA).
A auditoria de monitoramento começou em junho de 2025, com uma análise documental dos documentos fornecidos pela mina. Essa próxima fase no local oferece a todas as partes interessadas afetadas a oportunidade de dar feedback sobre o desempenho ambiental, de saúde, segurança e comunitário da mina. O feedback é bem-vindo durante todo o processo de auditoria. Os comentários recebidos entre 6 de junho e 10 de julho de 2025 serão considerados durante essa avaliação.
Durante a etapa da auditoria no local, os auditores solicitarão às partes interessadas locais, incluindo membros da comunidade, organizações, funcionários públicos e trabalhadores da mina que não sejam da gerência, que participem de entrevistas ou reuniões e forneçam informações por outros meios, incluindo WhatsApp, e-mail e on-line. A SCS considerará os comentários das partes interessadas, juntamente com outras evidências, para avaliar o desempenho da mina de ferro Minas Rio em relação ao Padrão IRMA.
7 July – 10 July 2025
Entre em contato com a SCS se quiser dar sua opinião sobre esse processo de auditoria. Você pode fazer isso por entrevista ou por escrito. As entrevistas podem ser realizadas pessoalmente ou virtualmente (telefone ou videoconferência) até 10 de julho. Use os links, o código QR, o número do WhatsApp ou o e-mail abaixo para entrar em contato com a SCS e solicitar uma entrevista, fazer perguntas ou fornecer comentários. As identidades e observações dos comentaristas são mantidas em sigilo.
A IRMA publicará o relatório completo da auditoria em https://responsiblemining.net. O relatório explicará como a SCS classificou a mina em relação aos requisitos dos 26 capítulos do IRMA Standard e por quê. A SCS atribuirá pontuações para cada capítulo. Após a publicação do relatório, as partes interessadas ainda poderão fazer comentários sobre o desempenho da mina para ajudar a orientar a melhoria da operação à medida que ela avança no ciclo de auditoria de três anos do IRMA.
A SCS é uma empresa de auditoria aprovada pela IRMA com sede em Emeryville, Califórnia, EUA. Para obter mais informações sobre a SCS, acesse www.scsglobalservices.com.
O IRMA Standard é o padrão de mineração mais abrangente do mundo para minas em escala industrial e o único governado igualmente por todas as partes interessadas: empresas de mineração, compradores de minerais, investidores, trabalho organizado, comunidades e ONGs da sociedade civil. A verificação do local da mina de acordo com o IRMA Standard é voluntária. Para obter mais informações sobre os requisitos e a certificação do IRMA Standard, acesse www.responsiblemining.net.
From IRMA approved independent auditor SCS Global:
SCS Global to Conduct On-site IRMA Surveillance Assessment of Anglo American’s Minas-Rio Mine
SCS Global Seeks Feedback from Local Community and Other Stakeholders
Between July 7 and 10, 2025, SCS Global Services (SCS) auditors will be conducting an on-site third-party, independent, surveillance audit of Anglo American’s Minas Rio Mine to evaluate its performance under the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) Standard for Responsible Mining.
The surveillance audit began in June 2025, with a desktop review of documents provided by the mine. This next on-site phase provides all affected stakeholders the opportunity to give feedback on the mine’s environmental, health, safety, and community performance. Feedback is welcome during the entire audit process. Comments received between June 6 and July 10, 2025, will be considered during this assessment.
During the on-site stage of the audit, auditors will ask local stakeholders, including community members, organizations, public officials, and non-management mine workers to participate in interviews or meetings, and provide information using other means including WhatsApp, email and online. SCS will consider stakeholder comments, along with other evidence, to measure how Minas Rio Mine performs relative to the IRMA Standard.
7 July – 10 July 2025
Please contact SCS if you would like to provide input to this audit process. You can do so by interview or in writing. Interviews can take place in-person, or virtually (telephone or videoconference) until July 10th. Use the links, QR code, WhatsApp number or email below to contact SCS to request an interview, ask questions, or provide comments. Commenters’ identities and remarks are kept confidential.
IRMA will publish the completed audit report at https://responsiblemining.net/minas-rio. The report will explain how SCS scored the mine site against the requirements of the 26 chapters of the IRMA Standard, and why. SCS will assign scores for each chapter. After the report is published, stakeholders may still comment on the mine’s performance to help guide the operation’s improvement as it moves through the IRMA 3-year audit cycle.
SCS is an IRMA-approved audit firm with head offices in Emeryville, California, USA. For more information about SCS, please visit www.scsglobalservices.com.
The IRMA Standard is the world’s most comprehensive mining standard for industrial-scale mines and the only one governed equally by all stakeholders: mining companies, mineral purchasers, investors, organized labor, communities, and civil society NGOs. Mine site verification under the IRMA Standard is voluntary. For more information on the IRMA Standard requirements and certification, visit www.responsiblemining.net.
Da ERM CVS, auditor independente aprovado pela IRMA:
A ERM CVS realizará a avaliação IRMA na mina de Barro Alto Anglo American
A ERM CVS busca receber contribuições da comunidade local e de outras partes interessadas
Hoje, 9 de maio de 2025, a ERM CVS anuncia que de 9 a 13 de junho de 2025 visitará as operações de mineração de níquel da Anglo American Barro Alto, no município de Barro Alto, Goiás, Brasil, para conduzir uma avaliação de vigilância independente e terceirizada da operação, por meio da Iniciativa para Garantia de Mineração Responsável – IRMA (da sigla em inglês). O relatório de auditoria inicial das operações de Barro Alto da Anglo American foi divulgado em 7 de fevereiro de 2024, com um nível de realização IRMA 75. O relatório está disponível no site do IRMA.
A auditoria de vigilância no local verificará se as operações da mina continuam alinhadas com o desempenho previamente reconhecido. A equipe de auditoria verificará se os sistemas e controles da mina ainda estão em vigor e funcionando de forma eficaz, se não ocorreram mudanças significativas que afetem negativamente o desempenho da mina e se a mina está progredindo em seu plano de ações corretivas. A auditoria também incluirá entrevistas confidenciais com trabalhadores e engajamento com partes interessadas da comunidade. Após a conclusão da auditoria de vigilância, um relatório será publicado no site da IRMA.
O relatório resumido da auditoria de vigilância fornecerá à Barro Alto e às partes interessadas informações sobre a continuidade das operações, mudanças significativas e evidências de melhoria contínua.
9 a 13 de junho 2025
Seus comentários ajudarão a ERM CVS a avaliar o impacto de Barro Alto nas
comunidades locais e a medir seu desempenho em relação às melhores práticas de mineração. A ERM CVS convida você a se inscrever para uma entrevista com os auditores durante a auditoria de vigilância e/ou a enviar comentários por escrito sobre as operações de Barro Alto da Anglo American usando os dados de contato abaixo. Você deve entrar em contato conosco antes de 2 de junho de 2025 para ser entrevistado. Comentários por escrito enviados antes de 13 de junho de 2025 serão incorporados aos resultados desta auditoria.
As entrevistas com membros da comunidade ocorrem sem a presença do pessoal da mina. As entrevistas com trabalhadores não pertencentes à gerência ocorrem sem a presença da gerência e podem ser agendadas para ocorrer fora do local de trabalho, mediante solicitação. A ERM CVS protege a identidade de cada
entrevistado, embora a natureza geral dos comentários seja resumida no relatório.
A ERM CVS é uma empresa de auditoria independente, aprovada e capacitada pela IRMA. Para saber mais sobre a ERM CVS, visite ermcvs.com.
A missão da IRMA é proteger o meio ambiente e as pessoas diretamente afetadas pela mineração. Para saber mais sobre a IRMA,
incluindo o processo de avaliação, o Padrão IRMA e para ver relatórios de auditoria de outras minas, visite www.responsiblemining.net
ERM CVS to Conduct On-site IRMA Assessment of Anglo American’s Barro Alto
ERM CVS Seeks Input from Local Community and Other Stakeholders
9 May 2025, ERM CVS announced that on 9 – 13 June 2025 it will visit the Anglo American Barro Alto nickel mining operations in the Barro Alto municipality, Goiás, Brazil to conduct an independent, third-party Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) surveillance assessment of the operation.
The initial audit report of Anglo American Barro Alto’s operations was released on 7 February 2024 with an achievement level of IRMA 75. The report is available on the IRMA website.
The onsite surveillance audit will verify that the site operations continue to align with the previously recognized performance. The audit team will verify that the mine’s systems and controls are still in place and are functioning effectively, that no major changes have occurred that negatively affect the mine’s performance, and that the site is progressing on its corrective action plan. The audit will also include confidential interviews with workers and engagement with Indigenous rightsholders and community stakeholders. Following the completion of the surveillance audit, a report will be published on the operation’s audit page on the IRMA website.
The abbreviated surveillance audit summary report will provide SQM and stakeholders insight into continuity of operations, material changes, and evidence of continued improvement.
9 June – 13 June 2025
Your comments will help ERM CVS assess the impact of Barro Alto on local communities and measure its performance against best mining practices. ERM CVS invites you to sign-up for an interview with auditors during the surveillance audit, and/or submit written comments about Anglo American Barro Alto using the contact details below. You must contact us before 2 June 2025 to be interviewed. Written comments submitted before 13 June 2025 will be incorporated into the results of this audit. Contact info:
Interviews with members of the community occur without mine personnel present. Interviews with non-management workers occur without management present and can be scheduled to occur offsite on request. ERM CVS protects the identity of individual commenters although the general nature of comments will be summarized in the report.
ERM CVS is an independent IRMA-approved and trained audit firm. For more about ERM CVS visit ermcvs.com.
IRMA’s mission is to protect the environment and people directly affected by mining. For more about IRMA including the assessment process, the IRMA Standard, and to see audit reports of other mines visit www.responsiblemining.net
South African complex achieves IRMA 50 when audited against the world’s only equally governed mining standard
13 March 2025 – Today the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) released the audits of Anglo American’s Mogalakwena PGM complex against the IRMA Standard for Responsible Mining. Independent audit firm ERM-CVS assessed Mogalakwena at IRMA 50 when measuring its performance against the Standard’s best practice social and environmental criteria.
IRMA 50 means that ERM-CVS verified that the operations at least substantially met all 40 critical requirements of the IRMA Standard, as well as at least 50% of the Standard’s criteria in each of the four principle areas: social responsibility, environmental responsibility, business integrity and planning for positive legacies. The full audit reports are available on the Mogalakwena audit page on the IRMA website.
The information stakeholders need to decide what’s going well — and what may require more attention.
“This report demonstrates that mines can point to transparent, independent evaluations of their environmental and social performance,” said Aimee Boulanger, Executive Director of IRMA. “Through detailed IRMA audit reports, mining companies, communities and companies that purchase mined materials can gain the information they need, to decide what’s going well — and what may require more attention — at specific mines.”
As the IRMA Standard is recognized and adopted around the globe, these audits are steps in a deepening dialogue between mining companies and those affected by their operations. Because the process is still evolving, the results should be reviewed and interpreted accordingly.
“An increasing number of community members and workers are engaging in IRMA audits, and they’re using the audit reports to communicate directly with the mining company about their priorities for improvement,” Ms. Boulanger said. “If readers find results inconsistent with their experience, we encourage them to share their perspectives with IRMA and the company so that we can improve the audit review process and support continuing improvement at the site—as community members and NGOs have already done in this case.”
“We are always looking to improve not only mining practices, but also IRMA’s system. IRMA’s improvements, and being transparent about how we need to improve, is built into our system and a measure of its success,” said Ms. Boulanger.
Craig Miller, CEO of Anglo American Platinum said, “This milestone at Mogalakwena is significant in our overall adoption of IRMA. It enables us to promote transparency and best practice in sustainability, while adding value to our global customers by helping them meet the increasing expectations for responsibly mined materials in an efficient and credible way. With IRMA 50, we have accomplished our sustainable mining plan target of having all our mining operations assured against a recognised responsible mining standard by 2025.”
Including Mogalakwena, 23 industrial-scale mines worldwide are within the IRMA independent assessment system. After an initial self-assessment, a participating mine engages a third-party audit firm — trained and approved by IRMA — to conduct a detailed independent evaluation, including on-site visits to the mine and nearby communities. Following the release of the initial audit, a shorter surveillance audit checks on the mine’s performance. Three years after the initial audit, the operation is fully audited again. (Note: The first mines audited in the IRMA system have had extensions to this timeline due to Covid delays and launch-phase learning; updated full reviews will be required to maintain or increase achievement scores.)
The independent IRMA system is the only global mining standard that provides equal power to the public sector (communities and Indigenous rights holders, mine workers, and environmental and human rights advocates) alongside the private sector (mining companies, mined materials purchasers and investors).
Through meetings facilitated by the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA), Unki mine embarked on a third party-audit process against the IRMA standard in 2019 that involved the Shurugwi community, [achieved] IRMA 75 in the audit report. In 2022, a surveillance audit for Unki Mine was done, communities shared their concerns with the audit firm SCS Global. This was after the mine publicly audited against the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) [voluntary] standard for Responsible Mining in 2019.
ZELA, which is the only Zimbabwean member of the IRMA Civil Society Organisations global working group on worker and community engagement rights participated in development of data collection tools for communities such as the Community impact survey, IRMA Audits and Communities, sample letter to mining company, tools that can be used to monitor service delivery, engage with mining companies and government. The IRMA processes have enhanced Unki Mine’s relationship with the community, through the community engagement forum which meets quarterly to discuss the company’s mining operations in the community.
Benefits of the Unki IRMA processes and audit to the Shurugwi Community
There is now great improvement in the relationship and trust between the company and the community.
There is now an active quarterly community engagement forum meeting where 2 people were selected from each of the surrounding villages to represent the community. The relationship is promoting access to information which is enshrined in Section 62 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe.
In addition to the Community Engagement Forum, there is an emergency and response Coordinator which includes village chairpersons.
The IRMA audit report is a source of information, assists in identifying gaps and strengths to improve our engagements with government through evidence gathering on mining operations and their impact on communities’ wellbeing, rights and the environment.
The IRMA audit reports assist us in carrying out our advocacy work and provides us with information to participate in national, regional and international dialogues such as Alternative Mining Indaba.
Unki mine funded 4 partners – Technoserve, World vision, Zvandiri and Apostolic Women Empowerment Trust (AWET) – to implement community development projects.
The company is capacitating women with knowledge on their health and empowering them to stand for their rights. It also encourages women in the apostolic sect to register and go for hospital deliveries. In support, AWET also trains behavior change facilitators (BCFs) on safe motherhood.
Unki mine promoted hygiene in the community, building Double Blair Ventilated Improved Pit Latrines in ward 19 and part of ward 18 (now ward 4).
27 March 2024 – Today the Initiative for Responsible Mining (IRMA) released the audits of Kumba Iron Ore’s Kolomela and Sishen iron ore operations against the IRMA Standard for Responsible Mining. Independent audit firm ERM-CVS assessed both operations at IRMA 75 when measuring their performance against the Standard’s best practice social and environmental criteria. Kumba Iron Ore is an Anglo American subsidiary.
The IRMA 75 achievement level means that ERM-CVS verified that the operations at least substantially met all 40 critical requirements of the IRMA Standard, as well as at least 75% of the Standard’s criteria in each of the four principle areas: social responsibility, environmental responsibility, business integrity and planning for positive legacies. The full audit reports are available on the Kolomela and Sishen audit pages on the IRMA website.
“The information stakeholders need to decide what’s going well — and what may require more attention.”
“This report demonstrates that mines can point to transparent, independent evaluations of their environmental and social performance,” said Aimee Boulanger, Executive Director of IRMA. “Through detailed IRMA audit reports, mining companies, communities and companies that purchase mined materials can gain the information they need to decide what’s going well — and what may require more attention — at specific mines.”
As the IRMA Standard is recognized and adopted around the globe, these audits are first steps in a deepening dialogue between mining companies and those affected by their operations. Because the process is still evolving, IRMA cautions that the initial results should be reviewed and interpreted accordingly.
“These mines began audits during the early COVID years. The timeline was delayed by travel challenges, and then the company’s decision to use the optional corrective action period to make improvements. The public has long awaited opportunity to review the information included here, and we applaud Anglo American for volunteering these mines for audit against such comprehensive criteria.” Ms. Boulanger went on to say, “That said, the IRMA Standard is relatively new for companies that volunteer to be audited, and even our accredited auditors are still learning. The same is true for community members and workers who are interviewed as part of the process, some of whom may not yet feel comfortable engaging. So, the Amandelbult and Mototolo audits need to be read with this in mind.”
The report also provides an honest accounting of IRMA’s own progress as the Standard and assessment process continue to mature.
“If the results don’t fully reflect the experience of communities, Indigenous rights holders or other affected groups, we want to hear from them,” Ms. Boulanger said. “We’ll help them communicate with the company to better understand its performance, and with the auditors on any issues they feel were overlooked in the review. This is a cornerstone of our own commitment to transparency. We invite anyone who has criticisms of our work to join us in making it better. Finding ways to improve is built into our system — and a measure of its success.”
The IRMA Standard is being updated in 2024; input on how to improve the IRMA Standard is welcomed. Chapters in the IRMA Standard include requirements on protection to human rights, water resources, worker health and safety, biodiversity, Indigenous free, prior, informed consent and more.
“Committing to an IRMA audit reflects our desire to improve and our openness to dialogue”
Mpumi Zikalala, Chief Executive for Kumba Iron Ore said, “Our achievement of IRMA 75 for Kolomela and Sishen mines is testament to the hard work of our teams. The result is informed by evidence from a diverse range of stakeholders including employees, governments, NGOs, and communities alike. This invaluable input will drive our ongoing efforts to enhance sustainability performance. Achieving excellent results in IRMA audits serves as recognition and proof of our commitment to high standards, best practices, transparency and assurance.”
Including Kolomela and Sishen, 19 industrial-scale mines worldwide are within the IRMA independent assessment system. After an initial self-assessment, a participating mine engages a third-party audit firm — trained and approved by IRMA — to conduct a detailed independent evaluation, including on-site visits to the mine and nearby communities. Following the release of the initial audit, a shorter surveillance audit checks on the mine’s performance. Three years after the initial audit, the operation is fully audited again (Note: The first mines audited in the IRMA system have had extensions to this timeline due to Covid delays and launch-phase learning; updated full reviews will be required to maintain or increase achievement scores.)
The independent IRMA system is the only global mining standard that provides equal power to the public sector (communities and Indigenous rights holders, mine workers, and environmental and human rights advocates) alongside the private sector (mining companies, mined materials purchasers and investors).
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