Sustainability Principles and Corporate Commitment

1. Ensures the health and safety of our employees and adjoining communities is considered foremost in all aspects of our operations.
2. Engages in ongoing dialogue with a broad range of stakeholders, maintained in a spirit of transparency and good faith.
3. Exercises vigilance in protecting the environment and seek ways to minimize our environmental footprint wherever we operate. We will always meet regulatory requirements in our environmental performance.
4. Operates in accordance with accepted standards in the protection and promotion of human rights.
5. Providing lasting benefits to the communities where we work
6. Provides a rewarding and meaningful livelihood to our employees and strive to be an employer of choice. We ensure that suitable training opportunities and resources are made available to employees to assist them in performing their duties.
7. Seeks to maximize employment, business and economic opportunities for local communities from our existing operations and new projects.
8. Provides lasting benefits to the communities where we work by supporting sustainable initiatives to develop their social, economic, and institutional fabric. We work consultatively with our community partners to ensure that our support matches their priorities.
9. Maintains high standards of corporate governance, ethics and honesty in all of our dealings, and operate in compliance both with Canadian listing and disclosure requirements and the local laws wherever we work.
10. Engages actively with our industry peers, associations, governments, non-governmental organizations, and civil society on best practices and evolving global standards.