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           Governance Initiatives:

            Companies/     Ethics and       Board          Risk             Transparency    Anti-Corruption
            Initiatives    Compliance       Oversight      Management       and Reporting   and Anti-Bribery

            Newmont        Confidential     82% of the     Implemented      Engaged with    Anti-corruption
            Corporation    whistleblower    board consists   98% of         stakeholders to   training to
                           hotline.         of independent   recommended    gather feedback  approximately 32,000
            Mines: United                   directors &    risk mitigation   and address    employees and
            States, Australia,              42% of board   actions.         concerns.       employees..
            Peru, Ghana.                    members are
                                            women.

            Barrick Gold   Ethics training for   40% gender   20% reduction in   Published all   Anti-corruption
                           100% employees,   diversity on the   high-risk areas.  reports on time.  training for 95%
            Mines: United   contractors, and   board.                                       of employees,
            States,        suppliers.                      15% increase                     contractors, and
            Argentina,                      15%            in community                     suppliers
            Dominic        Confidential     improvement    investment.
            Republic.      whistleblower    in board
                           hotline.         effectiveness
                                            scores.
            Newcrest Mining  Received and   38% female     Identified and   Due diligence   6,500 hours of anti-
                           resolved 27      representation.  assessed over   assessments    corruption training.
            Mines: Australia,   reports through            7,500 risks      on over 300
            Papua New      its confidential                with 1200 risk   business
            Guinea,        whistleblower                   mitigation actions. partners.
            Indonesia,     hotline.
            Canada.

            McMoRan        95% employee     70%            15% reduction in   Engaging with   anti-corruption
                           compliance rate.  independent   operational risks.  100 stakeholders  training resulting in
            Mines: Indonesia,               directors.                      to gather       90% awareness level.
            United States,   Received and                                   feedback.
            Peru, Chile,   addressed 20     40% female
            Democratic     whistleblower    representation.
            Republic of    reports.
            Congo.
            Kinross        95% employee     75%            Evaluated over   Due diligence   90% compliance rate
                           compliance rate.  independent   1,000 potential   assessments on  with anti-corruption
            Mines: Brazil,                  directors.     risks and hazards   200 business   policies.
            Russia,                                        & reduced 20%    partners and
            Mauritania,                     30% women      high risk incidents. suppliers.
            United States,                  directors.                                      15% reduction in
            Ghana.                                         98% compliance                   corruption risks in the
                                                           rate.                            supply chain.
            Gold Fields    Training program   40% female   Mitigated        20% increase    Audits on 100% of
                           to 95% of        representation.  identified risks by   in stakeholder   high-risk business
            Mines: South   employees,                      70%.             satisfaction.   partners, resulting in a
            Africa, Ghana,   contractors, and   Annual board                                95% compliance rate.
            Peru, Australia.  suppliers.    evaluations, with  95% compliance   Sustainability
                                            an average score  rate with legal   reports received
                           50% reduction    of 4.5 out of 5 for  and regulatory   an average rating
                           in reported      effectiveness.  requirements.   of 4.6 out of 5.
                           corruption
                           incidents.


           Note- All the data collected above are taken from Annual Sustainability Report 2022.






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