FREETOWN, May 24( Xinhua)--A Chinese mining company on Tuesday announced the launch of a community development fund to help boost the development of local communities in Sierra Leone. According to the announcement by Leone Rock Metal Group, the firm will put one percent of its annual revenue into the fund to support communities in Tonkolili District in Sierra Leone's Northern Province, where the company is based. Zhao Ting, chief executive officer of the group, said during the launching ceremony

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