CMOC’s Australian operating site - Northparkes mine (NPM) and Parkes Shire Council have announced in May 2020 the successful applicants from the latest round of their Sports Grants Program.

Continuously being committed to the health and wellbeing of local people, Northparkes signed a joint funding agreement with Parkes Shire Council and distributed $170k in sports related funding over the last three years to promote sports development of the community. This round closed in March 2020 and Parkrun, a weekly running project received the sponsorship funds. Other projects including dance, cricket and rugby league are some of the big winners of the sports grants program. In total $38,484.30 in grants were distributed this round.

Northparkes Managing Director, Hubert Lehman said, "Northparkes recognizes how vital sport is to our local community; supporting the Sports Grants Program is one way we can contribute to some of the teams and clubs which do such a great job helping to keep Parkes Shire healthy and happy."

In addition, Northparkes also donated $50,000 to the local community for the Forbes Aquatic Centre Stage 2 park renovations.