Environment

Crew follows a host-country standard for environmental management. For each operation the requirements of the mining licenses or mining legislation are reviewed to ensure that they conform to the reasonable standard that would be expected to be found in developed mining jurisdictions such as Canada or Australia. Provided these standards would meet approval in Canada and Australia they are adopted. If not, internal standards are set which exceed the host country requirement.

Standards and adherence to them are reviewed quarterly and annually by the Corporate office in conjunction with its quarterly review. At site the review is ongoing and part of the daily work plan.

LEFA

At LEFA the Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Manager reports directly to the General Manager. There are 43 people permanently allocated to the HSE department, in addition to the manager, one supervisor and two officers.

Reporting is structured, with both formal written incident and investigation reports and more informal verbal reports presented in daily management meetings. The site has also implemented monthly safety and environment management meetings in which the heads of departments and sections participate. The HSE Manager submits a monthly management report. The department is structured into three sections: (1) Health & Safety, (2) Environment, and (3) Medical Treatment.