Phu Bia Mining (PBM) and Xaisomboun Provincial authorities host celebrations to release more than 22,000 fish fingerlings to the river systems in Xaisomboun Province during the 29th anniversary of National Aquatic – Wildlife Conservation Day and Fish Releasing Day.

The celebration on 10th July to mark the two days included representatives from PBM, the Xaisomboun Provincial Government, local communities and the villages of Nam Mo, Nam Gnone and Taseng Saysana. During the ceremony, approximately 5,000 fish fingerlings were released to the Nam Ngum Reservoir 2 at Na Tou port, an important boat connection location between Phu Kham Copper-Gold Operation and Ban Houayxai Gold-Silver Operation.

This year, the Company supported over 17,000 fingerlings to the Xaisomboun Government’s related sectors (i.e. 10,000 x Anouvong District, 5,000 x Longcheng District, and 2,000 x Xaisomboun Provincial Military Command Unit) for their celebration and fish releasing into various water bodies around the province. In addition, PBM representatives attended a celebration on 13th July to release more than 10,000 fish fingerlings to the Nam Jung River in Anouvong District.

Throughout these activities, the focus of Phu Bia Mining’s commitment is to raise awareness on long-term environmental protection and sustainability. As a world-class mining company in Laos and South East Asia, the Company’s operations and employees are required to operate and minimise the impact on the environment, in particular the aquatic ecosystems. The Company continues to implement multiple robust environmental monitoring programs that track the aquatic ecology, local biodiversity and native aquatic species across its operating sites.

Mr David Reid, PBM Managing Director, spoke about Phu Bia Mining’s support to the National and Provincial Governments for aquatic animal and wildlife protection.

Mr Reid said: “Our operations, from exploration to development and production operations, endeavour to protect the natural environment and native aquatic species near Phu Kham and Ban Houayxai.

“We work with Xaisomboun Provincial authorities to help spread the message about aquatic and wildlife protection to local communities in Xaisomboun Province and support the 2026 National Government’s campaign to release approximately 72 million fingerlings into river systems.

Thank you to our Environment team and our workforce who continue to protect the environment and support community-led conservation efforts for the long-term benefit of Xaisomboun’s local ecosystems,” said Mr Reid.