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Environmental Initiatives

Companies/ Climate Change Water Biodiversity Waste Environmental
Initiatives Mitigation Stewardship Conservation Management Compliance

Newmont 12% reduction in Reduced Rehabilitated over 75% waste 100%
Corporation. Scope 1 and 27% freshwater 8,500 hectares of recycling rate. compliance with
reduction in Scope consumption disturbed land. environmental
Mines: United 2 greenhouse gas by 8% & Water regulations and
States, Australia, emissions. recycling rate of permits.
Peru, Ghana. 77%.

Barrick Gold Reduced energy Reduced water Restoration 15% reduction in 100%
consumption by consumption by of over 5,000 waste generation. compliance with
Mines: United 11% 8% hectares of land. environmental
States, Argentina, regulations and
Dominic Republic. 12% reduction in Water recycling Rehabilitated over permits.
greenhouse gas rate of 88%. 1,500 hectares of
emissions. disturbed land. 10% reduction in
environmental
incidents.

Newcrest 12% reduction Reduced water Rehabilitated 500 Achieved a 20% 100% compliance
Mining in energy consumption by hectares of land. reduction in waste across operational
consumption. 18%. generation. sites.
Mines: Australia, Planted more than
Papua New 10% decrease in Recycled 100,000 native Achieved a waste Zero significant
Guinea, Indonesia, greenhouse gas and reused trees and plants. recycling rate of environmental
Canada. emissions. approximately 80%. incidents or spills.
85% of the water.

McMoRan 25% reduction in 20% increase in Restoration of 30% reduction 100% compliance
greenhouse gas water recycling. 500 acres of land. in total waste across operational
Mines: Indonesia, emissions. generated. sites.
United States, 100% of water Rehabilitated
Peru, Chile, Reduction in samples meeting 80% of disturbed 40% increase in Zero significant
Democratic climate-related regulatory land recycling rates environmental
Republic of disruptions by requirements incidents or spills.
Congo. 30%.

Kinross Reduced Scope 1 Achieved a 10% Restoration of 50 Waste recycling The average
and 2 greenhouse reduction in water acres of wetlands. rate of 80%. environmental
Mines: Brazil, gas emissions by consumption. compliance rate
Russia, 15%. Rehabilitated of 95% across all
Mauritania, United 200 hectares of sites.
States, Ghana. disturbed land.

Gold Fields Reduced energy 30% reduction Preserving 500 25% reduction in 100% compliance
consumption by in freshwater hectares of critical waste generation. rate.
Mines: South 15%. consumption. habitat.
Africa, Ghana,
Peru, Australia. 20% reduction in Rehabilitated
greenhouse gas 100 hectares of
emissions. disturbed land.

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