Mr. Lam-Ngeun Tanlamany, Deputy Director General of the Tax Department, received the payment from the MMG LXML Sepon Director Mr. Saman Aneka at a ceremony held at the Ministry of Finance late last month. Representatives from the department and the company were also in attendance.

In addition to the profit tax payment, other sources of income for the government generated by the MMG LXML Sepon in 2010 include royalties (from gold and copper sales) worth US$26.5 million, income tax payments of US$5 million and rental fee of US$45,000.

The total revenue paid to the government for 2010 was US$123.6 million.

Additionally, the government also received dividend payment for 2010 (from its 10 per cent stake in the mine) totaling US$32.9 million.

Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Lam-Ngeun Tanlamany praised the MMG LXML Sepon as a good example for other companies. He went on to say that the company is the biggest single taxpayer in the country.

From 2003 (when the first Sepon Gold was produced by the company) until the current time, the mine has generated revenues for the government of more than US$600 million, in the form of taxes and fees.