Our interactions with the communities near our operations are critical to the success of our company. We are committed to effective and meaningful engagement with our stakeholders in the pursuit and achievement of shared value. There are a number of concerns that communities have when a mining operation is nearby. In order to maintain access to land and permits, it is vital that we address all of those concerns transparently and consistently.

We want to be considered as part of the communities we interact with, and in order to do so, we will continue to prioritize our social responsibility throughout the company. In this section, we outline some of the most important issues related to these critical interactions.