Georgius Agricola Medal for the Vice President of the State Mining Authority, Krzysztof Król

On 11 December 2019, At the Czech Mining Office in Prague, Krzysztof Król, the First Vice President of the State Mining Authority in Katowice, received from the hands of the Minister of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic and the President of the Czech Mining Authority in Prague the highest Czech departmental medal - the Georgius Agricola Medal, awarded for special merits for mining.

Krzysztof Król was among the 15 laureates of this award, and he received it for his efforts to develop the mining industry in the field of prevention of natural and technical hazards and dissemination of issues related to occupational safety in mining.