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Dear Former-Participants
for keeping in touch with your old Friends!
What's New !
Area Focused Training Course on 'Basic Techniques of Remote Sensing in Mineral Exploration' has started
10 Participants from 8 African countries are involved in this 6 weeks course. They are in Kosaka now, and studying hard.
Secound row from left: Sibo-san (Zimbabwe), Ibrahim-san (Sudan), Mgaya-san (Tanzania),
Leonor-san (Angola). Mussa-san (Mozambique), Gaone-san (Botswana), Domingos-san (Angola)
Top row from third person left: Lloyd-san (Zimbabwe), Hendrix-san (Malawi), Gerald-san (Zambia)
2weeks JICA country focused Training course has successfully finished (20th January, 2012)
9 participants from Kosovo came to MINETEC and studied Environmental Managing Process. The training course was short, but we believe it was fruitful, and hope to keep the great relationship for years.

At the final day in JICA Tokyo.
The Ambassador of Republic of Kosovo is also attended to the ceremony.
<2 month long JICA Group Training Course was over
(Dec 2nd 2011)>
27 participants from 20 countries for "Efficient & Environment-Friendly Mining and Recycling for Metal Resources" have well done all of the course including their Action Plans which would be procedued in their countries.
Each of them was given the certificates from JICA and MINETEC.
"Congratulations !"

Speach for Closing Ceremony Mr. Kawaguchi, a Member of the House
by Mr. Soma,President of MINETEC of Representatives (Former Mayer of
Kosaka Town) celebrated Participants.

Mr. Ono, the Branch Chief of JICA Everyone joined Albanian Dance performed
Tohoku gave a Certificate for each. at Farewell Party.
<Weather Information(Nov 25th 2011)>
Today Kosaka Campus is covered by White Snow !
We strongly reccommend Participants coming this winter especially from the Southern Hemisphere where now the weather is going to Summer to bring clothes to keep you warm.

27 Participants from 20 countries left Kosaka last Sunday (Nov. 20th) and now in Tokyo for the last week of the Sustainable Mining Course. National Flags left at the corridor looks like feeling cold.
<Sustainable Mining Course starts(Oct 3rd)>
2 month long Sustainable mining Course has started at Kosaka Campus on Oct. 3rd.
The number of participants are the biggst in the history of MINETEC on this kind courses.
27 participants from 20 countries as shown bellow.
Albania, Angola(2), argentina, Botsuwana,Cambodia, Kazakhstan(2), Laos(2), Malawi(2), Mongolia, Mozambique(2), Namibia, Pakistan(2), Peru, Solomon Is., South Africa, Uzbekistan(2), Vietnam and Zambia.
Kosaka is Autumn season and cooler than usual year so soon leaves of threes become yellow and red.
27 Participants from 20 countries left Kosaka last Sunday (Nov. 20th) and now in Tokyo for the last week of the Sustainable Mining Course. National Flags left at the corridor looks like feeling cold.
Regarding the massive natural hazard
We suppose you were very concerned about the massive natural hazard that hit North and East of Japan on 11th March, 2011.
Thanks for many mails and calls from overseas.
Thank you so much for your thoughts and prayers. You can also read all messgaes from all over the world here
New content "Column' is published!
First article: A letter from Solomon Islands
See About MINETEC for more information

