Sustainability

We will plan and undertake our activities to limit our impacts to the environment, specifically to land and water. 

This will be achieved by:

• Discussing the concerns of the community and implementing these concerns into proposed baseline studies. Undertaking baseline environmental studies, which will include identifying sensitive vegetation communities, protected flora species, and assessing sensitive uses of surface water and groundwater.
  

• Planning activities to avoid areas which are considered to be sensitive or sensitive land and water uses as identified by stakeholders.

• Where activities cannot be planned to avoid impacts, mitigation measures will be designed and implemented.

• Verification that mitigation measures are actively being implemented during completion of proposed activities.

• Where activities result in an unacceptable impact, rehabilitation of the impacted area to the satisfaction of stakeholders.

• Monitoring the effectiveness of rehabilitation to meet agreed outcomes and timeframes.

We strive to achieve this through proactive, transparent, and positive dialogue. Understanding the concerns of all our stakeholders is a priority for Kingsrose. We undertake the following initiatives in the communities we work with:

• We aim for transparent and timely communication of our plans and progress is a priority for Kingsrose.
• We undertake regular meetings with local stakeholders, giving accurate information on the project and our operational plans to ensure people are aware and have the opportunity to ask questions.
• We will undertake pre-disturbance cultural heritage surveys and archaeological surveys to identify features of cultural importance.
• We have published websites in local languages to ensure local communities have up-to-date information on our progress.
• We are working to include key stakeholders in the decision-making process, including the development of stakeholder-led governance frameworks such as working groups.

• Task-specific risk identification, communication, and mitigation.
• Indication and verification of critical controls for all high-risk tasks.
• Safety training and coaching for Kingsrose staff and contractors.
• Auditing and verification of mitigation measures.
• Incident investigation, reporting and lessons learnt to prevent incident re-occurrence.

Our approach and activities are being completed in general accordance with Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) and we aspire to align with the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA). We are working to align our sustainability approach, including data collection and reporting, with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDG), Global reporting Initiative (GRI) and International Financial Resorting Standards (IFRS). This is an iterative process and our ongoing sustainability initiatives and associated data will be discussed at public meetings and will be published on our website. 

To facilitate continuous improvement, we are working to align our sustainability performance and communication with Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) and the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) expectations.