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Mining Association of Canada Member Contributions to COVID-19 Relief Efforts

September 11th, 2020

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Mining Company Contribution

• In the Abitibi region, Agnico Eagle has provided over 1,200 N95 masks to health services and also donated $80,000 – including $30,000 from its Canadian Malartic partnership with Yamana Gold – to different community support organizations providing help to people most in need.

• In Nunavut, the company is providing food hampers to families of the Kivalliq region as well as lunchboxes for kids and supplies to the Hamlet of Rankin Inlet and Baker Lake to support their pandemic plan and emergency response capacity. In Finland, its Kittila mine is working supporting on a program to support smaller touristic businesses by providing grants for their environmental certification and in Mexico, the company is, among others, providing food hampers, protective supplies, as well as supporting medical services and infrastructure.

• Agnico Eagle also donated $10,000 to United Way’s COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund for the Greater Toronto region.

• ArcelorMittal Exploitation minière Canada s.e.n.c. is pleased to have been able to offer personal protective equipment: 10,000 disposable masks, 170 antiseptic gels and 750 face masks. o This was divided between the local communities, the schools, the Fermont

Help and Accommodation House, the Fermont Food Cooperative (Metro) and the Innu Takuaikan Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam (ITUM) community.

• As part of ArcelorMittal Canada's community support program during the COVID-19 crisis, $15,000 was awarded to La Maison de la Famille de Port-Cartier.

• ArcelorMittal (AMEM/AMIC) is happy to have been able to donate $30,000 in food stamps to Innu Takuaikan Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam as part of its COVID-19 pandemic response.

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• Avalon Advanced Materials made a $10,000 donation to the Eabametoong First Nation for hand sanitizer to assist with COVID protection. The donation was matched by Manulife.

• In Metro Vancouver, B2Gold is contributing CDN$500,000 to support three local community organizations in response to the COVID-19 outbreak:

o Supporting Access to Food – The demand for food support in the local community has increased dramatically during the pandemic. B2Gold is donating CDN$250,000 to the Greater Vancouver Food Bank, which provides healthy food to those in need, including over 8,500 clients and approximately 80 Community Agency Partners across Metro Vancouver.

o Housing, Health Care and Harm Reduction – Vulnerable communities are at greater risk during the COVID-19 crisis. B2Gold is donating CDN$125,000 to PHS Community Services Society, which provides housing, health care, harm reduction and health promotion for some of the most vulnerable and under-served people in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside community.

o Support for At-Risk Youth and Homeless – Isolation measures and safe practices are challenging with the homeless population. B2Gold is donating CDN$125,000 to Covenant House Vancouver, which provides food, shelter and medical care to Vancouver's homeless and at-risk street youth.

• Internationally, as announced on April 8, 2020, B2Gold made financial contributions to support local communities and local and national authorities in the countries in which it operates in response to the COVID-19 outbreak:

o In Mali, B2Gold has committed USD$500,000 towards the government's COVID-19 response plan, which includes funds for much needed medical supplies.

o In the Philippines, B2Gold is working with the local communities around the mine site and the local and regional governments to assist families with food and basic medical requirements in line with the government's COVID-19 response plan. A commitment of USD$415,000 from the 2020 Social Development and Management Program budget (subject to standard

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approvals) and corporate social responsibility programs will be applied to these efforts.

o In Namibia, B2Gold has committed USD$321,000 towards the COVID-19 response efforts, with a focus on hygiene, sanitation and food security within urban townships.

o In Colombia, where B2Gold is the operator of the Gramalote development project, a joint venture with AngloGold Ashanti Ltd., B2Gold has provided food and medical assistance to vulnerable communities impacted by COVID-19 in the project area.

o In Namibia, B2Gold has announced a new USD$2M contribution to assist the government with its pandemic relief efforts. This will contribute to the purchase of PPE equipment, food relief, hospital equipment and other medical supplies.

• Baffinland Iron Mines has donated more than $200,000 to assist five north Baffin communities during the Covid-19 pandemic.

o This includes over $115,000 to food banks, Hamlets, and organizations in Nunavut's North Baffin communities to provide additional food relief to those who need it most.

• Baffinland has donated 4000 N95 masks to the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care’s ‘Ontario Together’ cause to fight COVID-19.

• Baffinland has donated 4000 N95 masks to Montreal Jewish General Hospital. • The elderly in long-term care homes have been greatly affected by COVID-19. Many

can only see their loved ones through a glass window pane or not at all. Baffinland learned that not all residents at the Post Inn Village Long-Term Care home in Oakville had the digital technology to see their family and friends through video chat, so Baffinland had iPads delivered to the home. They were also provided Apple TVs, which has allowed the home to provide group virtual music therapy by connecting their Music Therapist, Avalon Harris remotely to the residents.

• Baffinland, along with its business partners Fednav and Arctic Co-operatives Limited, are working together to support the North Baffin Communities during these challenging times. Each household in Arctic Bay, Igloolik, Pond Inlet, Sanijarak and Clyde River received a voucher for household cleaning supplies.

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• Barrick Gold has purchased more than 800,000 finger-prick antibody testing kits to screen workers and the communities living close to its mines.

• Barrick Gold Corporation, which jointly operates the Veladero gold mine, has joined forces with the Argentine Chamber of Mining Entrepreneurs (CAEM) to donate 214,500 COVID-19 test kits to help combat and contain the spread of the virus in Argentina.

• In an effort to help restart the local economy following the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, Barrick Hemlo announced that the company would issue each of their 360 employees with $150 in Barrick Dollar Vouchers, totaling $60,000, to be used at businesses in Marathon, Manitouwadge and White River areas. Underground Mining Contractor Manroc of Manitouwadge have joined the initiative and have committed to providing their employees with Barrick Vouchers, bringing the total to $90,000. The program is designed to provide financial stimulus to local businesses in the neighboring communities of the Hemlo Mine.

• Barrick made a $1.5 million donation to the Malian government to support its COVID-19 containment campaign. The donation includes an amount of $426,000 being provided for special equipment to strengthen the medical infrastructure regionally and in the communities around the company’s mines.

• Barrick Gold Corporation’s country manager for Senegal, David Mbaye, today presented a cheque for $972,000 to the Minister of Finance, M Daouda Diallo, in the presence of the Minister of Mines and Geology, Mme Aissatou Sophie Gladima, to support the country in its campaign against the COVID-19 pandemic. The amount has been contributed jointly by Barrick and its West African logistics partner, CSTTAO. Mbaye informed the minister that the company was also supporting nine villages in its Bambadji permit area as well as the Saraya and Kedougou hospitals. In addition, he said Barrick would assist with the procurement and supply of personal protection equipment through CSTTAO. Of the amount donated, $850,000 would be allocated at a national level, $10,000 at a regional level, $55,000 would go to district and local communities and $57,000 to the Kedougou hospital.

• Barrick Gold Corporation’s country manager for Côte d’Ivoire, Bodiel N’Diaye, today donated $1.3 million to Minister of Mines Jean Claude Kouassi to support Côte d’Ivoire

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in its campaign against the Covid-19 pandemic. The donation will be used for medical and social aid, including the provision of protective equipment and sanitary materials. $850,000 of that amount will be allocated at a national level, $320,000 at a regional level and $135,000 will go to the district and communities around Barrick’s Tongon mine.

• Barrick Gold Corporation’s country manager for Zambia, Nathan Chishimba, today handed a cheque for USD$530,000 to Minister of Health Hon Dr Chitalu Chilufya, Minister of Mines & Mineral Development Hon Richard Musukwa and Provincial Minister Hon Nathaniel Mubukwanu. The donation is designed to support the country in combating and containing the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Barrick Gold Corporation, operator of the Kibali gold mine, has announced a $1.5 million support program to help combat and contain the COVID-19 pandemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

• BHP will establish a USD$2M Fund to support communities in proximity to BHP’s operations in North America and Trinidad and Tobago, aimed at supporting health services and other community needs in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic response.

• BHP has made a donation of CAD$65,000 to the Humboldt District Hospital Foundation (HDHF) towards the purchase of a Chemistry Analyzer.

• BHP has made a donation of CAD$102,050 to various Food Banks throughout the Province of Saskatchewan in support of COVID-19 relief efforts. The breakdown of the donation is as follows:

o $50,000 to Food Banks of Saskatchewan, who represents all 32 Food Banks across the province

o $32,050 to the Saskatoon Food Bank o $10,000 to the Humboldt Food Bank o $5,000 to the Wynyard Food Bank o $5,000 to the Lanigan Food Bank

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• Cameco is pleased to announce that the company is supporting 67 community projects in Saskatoon and northern Saskatchewan through its $1M Cameco COVID-19 Relief Fund.

• Approved projects come from 40 Saskatchewan communities from Saskatoon to the province’s far north. Included in the support Cameco is providing are significant numbers of personal protective equipment (PPE) for northern Saskatchewan communities and First Nations – 10,000 masks, 7,000 pairs of gloves and 7,000 litres of hand sanitizer.

• Donations of supplies and money from nearly 100 Cameco employees augmented the company’s initial $1M contribution. Cameco moved quickly and has delivered the support it committed through its $1M Cameco COVID-19 Relief Fund to Saskatchewan-based organizations, First Nations and communities.

• Cameco also announced a second $250,000 Cameco COVID-19 Relief Fund targeted toward the areas around its uranium processing operations in Port Hope and Blind River, Ontario. A total of 35 community projects and organizations received support through this Fund.

• Canadian Natural has contributed $25,000 to the COVID-19 Response Fund for SE Alberta.

• Canadian Natural has donated $25,000 to the Community of Foundation of Northwestern Alberta’s Better Together COVID-19 Response Fund.

• The city of Brooks, Alberta tweeted thanks to CNRL for a $5,000 donation made through their Community Investment program to support local Community Isolation Centres (that were available in Brooks during the height of the #COVID19 outbreak).

• In response to the needs that have arisen out of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada and in keeping with the company’s commitment to standing with women and girls, De Beers Group has allocated funding to groups that are providing valuable services to vulnerable populations, particularly those facing volatile home conditions.

• In Canada, USD$50,000 is being shared among four shelters in the communities surrounding De Beers Groups Gahcho Kué and Victor operations.

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• In addition, De Beers Group in Canada has made timely contributions to a number of organizations in the form of food and medical supplies, totaling approximately CAD$16,000.

• Contributions to women’s shelters: o In the Northwest Territories (NWT), the YWCA NWT (www.ywcanwt.ca) and

the Yellowknife Women’s Centre (YWC) will receive funds to manage logistics to move families to shelters, and to purchase food and other supplies for families who had to leave behind their household possessions.

o In Ontario, two organizations in Timmins will receive funding to carry out their services to vulnerable individuals and families; Living Space (www.livingspacehub.org) and Timmins & Area Women in Crisis (www.tawc.ca). The funding will be used to support families who are facing abuse and violence.

• De Beers Canada is proud to provide weekly food and cleaning supplies to the NWT Disabilities Council's Sobering Centre in Yellowknife for 8 weeks during COVID. It provides a safe place for homeless individuals to access essential daily services and meet basic needs during pandemic.

• In response to the needs that have arisen out of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, De Beers Group is proud to announce an additional $28,000 contribution to address food security concerns in the Northwest Territories (NWT). This week’s donation is being shared between the North Slave Métis Alliance, Det’on Cho Corporation (Yellowknives Dene First Nation), Deninu Kué First Nation, NWT Métis Nation, Lutsel K’e Dene First Nation and the Tlicho Government. In addition, funding will go to provide food and cleaning supplies to the Salvation Army and Bailey House in Yellowknife.

• Eldorado Gold has donated almost $500,000 to COVID-related relief across our global jurisdictions.

• Eldorado Gold is proud to support the Greater Vancouver Food Bank (GVFB), particularly during these challenging times. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, employees at Eldorado's Vancouver office raised $8,100 for the GVFB to help provide healthy food to those in need. The GVFB receives, purchases and distributes

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approximately 4.5 million pounds of food each year, providing assistance to over 8,500 people weekly through locations across Greater Vancouver.

• First Quantum was responsible for the construction of a new COVID-19 isolation facility in Solwezi, Zambia. The facility, along with medical supplies and personal protective equipment, was donated by the First Quantum team to help frontline workers in the fight against COVID-19.

• Glencore is announcing the launch of the Glencore Community Support Fund. The $25M fund is designed to be flexible and responsive and complement existing efforts by its local teams to provide the support their communities most need at this time. It will initially prioritise assistance to local health authorities and community organisations to help them respond to the immediate impacts of the crisis. Imperatives such as access to clean water, hygiene products and medical equipment will be important in some regions. In others, our efforts may focus on enabling students to continue learning, despite schools being closed.

o Canada’s portion of the Glencore Global Community Fund is USD$750,000 that is to be divided into an allocation for each site in Canada. In-kind donations are not included in the amount. Examples of these donations include: Glencore Canada Toronto Offices donated approximately 700 N95

masks from the Toronto office to front-line healthcare workers. The Horne Smelter donated the following to local organizations.

• N95 Masks: 4,200 • Full-face: 6 • Half-face: 94 • Tyvek: 250 • Safety glasses: 30 • The Horne smelter donated $50,000 to the Fondation

Hospitalières de Rouyn-Noranda to improve the COVID-19 Emergency Fund.

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• The Horne smelter donated $20,000 to a local food bank. CEZinc donated 2,000 masks to Suroît hospital intended for front-line

employees in service at the Hôpital du Suroît in Salaberry-de -Valleyfield.

Glencore Kidd Operations is donated $10,000 to the Timmins and District Hospital Foundation, and $3,500 to Timmins and District Victim Services. The money is for necessary equipment and supplies for frontline healthcare workers, and to make sure the hospital has the necessary supply of PPE.

CEZinc donated 200 pairs of P-100 particulate filters and a few masks to paramedics of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield.

Brunswick Smelter in Belledune donated its local inventory of PPE to the government of New Brunswick which comprised of 410 respirator masks, 1,000 pairs of respirator cartridges, 2,625 cases of disposable coveralls as well as 43,800 boxes of nitrile gloves.

Brunswick Smelter in Belledune donated $20,000 to Northern New Brunswick food banks which has be allocated between the following six food banks; Campbellton, Dalhousie, Jacquet River and Belledune, Petit-Rocher, Bathurst and Allardville.

Glencore Kidd Operations donated $87,500 to four local organizations. Among the donations announced, $50,000 went go to the United Way Centraide North East Ontario Community Response Fund to provide emergency grants to local charitable organizations working to support individuals within the community. Another $37,500 went to support the local efforts of community food centres working to provide food security during these unprecedented times. The Timmins Food Bank, the Lord’s Kitchen Society, and the South Porcupine. Food Banks each received $12,500 from the mining company.

Glencore’s Kidd Operations in Canada have partnered with Compass Brewing in Timmins Ontario to make locally-produced hand sanitizer for its employees, local health care workers and care facilities.

Glencore's Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations (INO) has donated $50,000 to the Sudbury Food Bank.

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Raglan provided 4,000 KN95 facial masks and 1,000 face shields to the Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services, a donation worth nearly $33,000.

To help manage the COVID-19 crisis, Glencore's Raglan Mine in Canada provided 4,000 KN95 masks and 1,000 face shields to the Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services and donated $10,000 to the Rouyn-Noranda Hospital Foundation's COVID-19 Emergency Fund.

Glencore Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations (INO) is the latest mining company to assist the local community in recovery efforts from COVID-19. The Sudbury-based nickel miner has donated $40,000 to the United Way Centraide North East Ontario through its Local Love in a Global Crisis Community Response Fund.

• In Peru, Hudbay has made a number of important donations during this pandemic to help with COVID-19 relief efforts in the communities that surround the Constancia mine site.

o In April, Hudbay Peru made a donation to the Regional Health Directorate of Cusco (DIRSEA). With this donation DIRSEA was able to provide essential medical supplies and equipment within the region, as well as medical masks to the Espinar and Santo Tomás Hospitals in Chumbivilcas.

o At the beginning of May, Hudbay Peru made another delivery of medical supplies directly to the districts that surround the Constancia mine site. A delivery of more than 59 tons of basic needs such as rice, sugar, and oil were made to the COVID-19 Commandos and municipal authorities for proper distribution. A donation of medical equipment was also made to local health centres.

o Hudbay Peru continues to work with strategic allies, such as national and regional institutions, during this pandemic to provide necessary supplies and support to those who need it in local communities.

• In Manitoba, Hudbay and its valued partners have donated to various charities in support of families in need during COVID-19.

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o Hudbay’s Manitoba Business Unit donated $20,000 to the Snow Lake Family Resource Centre, an organization that provides support, counselling, information, referrals and educational workshops within the Snow Lake community.

o Two of Hudbay’s partners, Wheaton Precious Metals and Altius also donated local services in Manitoba. Wheaton provided $20,000 to local services in Manitoba, which were allocated across Lord's Bounty Food Bank, the Flin Flon Salvation Army and the Flin Flon Women’s Safe Haven/Resource Services Inc. These organizations provide outstanding and necessary service to the communities of Flin Flon, Creighton and Denare Beach. Altius Minerals has made a $10,000 donation to the Salvation Army foodbank in Flin Flon where the funds will be used to help feed families in need during this challenging time. This organization provides outstanding services to the community of Flin Flon through emergency food, clothing, housing and transportation, in addition to offering support, counselling and other social programs and events.

In order to support our greatest assets, our employees and our host communities, IAMGOLD has undertaken a number of initiatives globally to protect and support the most vulnerable against the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Where possible, IAMGOLD has focused on finding local solutions to this global issue, we have allocated USD$1.5M in funds to support COVID initiatives. We are working closely with both our host communities and local governments to identify needs and provide assistance on efforts to safeguard vulnerable communities against COVID-19, through bolstering food security, donating medical equipment and by contributing to COVID-19 aid funds. Below are select highlights on IAMGOLD’s COVID-19 global initiatives to date: Canada:

• Corporate donation of 10,000 “Canadian Shield” face shields from InkSmith Ltd. to Ontario Health and Santé Québec for distribution to healthcare facilities

• Donation of CAD$5,000 to the Young Mining Professionals Toronto’s Mining Cares initiative to support United Way Greater Toronto.

• Westwood mine made an in-kind donation of USD$44,000 of personal protection equipment including N95 masks to Centres intégrés de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS)

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• The Westwood Mine was very proud to renew its partnership with Défi 117 through a $60,000 donation to the Comité de soutien à la pédiatrie de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue (“Pediatrics Support Committee of Abitibi-Témiscamingue”). • Due to the exceptional circumstances of the pandemic, the Défi’s team developed a new formula aligned with the health authorities’ physical distancing requirements.

Burkina Faso:

• In-kind donation of USD$30,000 of personal protection equipment to the Regional Health Directorate for distribution to hospital in Dori and other health centres, including soap, protective and surgical masks, latex gloves, laser thermometers etc.

• Donation of 30 handwashing kits and 40 boxes of soap to each of the local communities, Gorom-Gorom, Falagountou, Dori and Markoye

• Food donation (cereal) worth USD$50,000 to vulnerable communities and households of Gorom-Gorom and Falagountou.

• Contribution of USD$83,000 to the Chamber of Mines fund. A total of USD$300,000 was donated by the Chamber of Mines to the Burkinabe Ministry of Health.

Senegal:

• Contribution of USD$300,000 to the National COVID-19 fund • In-kind donation of USD$33,000 of personal protection equipment to local health

authorities in Kedougou region and Saraya district including soap, protective and surgical masks, latex gloves, laser thermometers, etc.

Suriname:

• In-kind donation of USD$71,000 of PPEs and medical equipment including mobile ultrasound equipment to the Academic Hospital in Paramaribo.

• IOC is making contributions to reduce the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in the communities of Labrador West and Sept-Iles. Funding will support the health and well-being of people in the communities.

o Food Bank Sept-Iles & Lab West - grocery gift certificates for families ($60,000).

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o Hospital Foundation of Sept-Iles and Lab Grenfell Health ($20,000) - 25 tablets to support consultations with vulnerable populations.

o NL Child & Family Services ($12,000) (Labrador region) - Provided iPads for foster children and care workers/families.

o Centre de réinsertion Le Phare ($10,000) (Sept Iles regional recycling center)- Purchase of protective materials (visors, masks, gloves) and lunches.

o Women’s shelters (Maison des femmes de Sept-Iles et Hope Haven in Lab West) ($10,000).

o Provided two accommodation units for women/children victims of domestic violence -$5,000 each.

o Labrador West Indigenous Service Center ($5,000) - Purchases materials to make and deliver masks for the Labrador Coast.

o RNC police and Labrador West Hospital - Accommodations for self-isolation. o Provided and installed sheets of Plexiglas in high interaction areas at the

Labrador West Health Care Center (hospital) to ensure social distancing. o Donation of three non-contact forehead thermometers to Labrador Grenfell

Health to support the long term care resident screening. o Fit testing for the staff of Hope Haven transition house, RNC (local police) and

to the Labrador Grenfell Health for health care workers. o The Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC) is supporting three not-for-profit

recreational clubs in Labrador West, which play an important role in the health and wellbeing of the community. With a donation of $40,000 to the Tamarack Golf Club, the Snowbirds Club, and the Menihek Nordic Ski Club, we are helping them maintain their activities during the recovery phase, and keeping the community active.

o The IOC has donated $17,520 to Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach Youth Program, an on-site therapy program adapted for young indigenous adults needing support in these stressful times.

o The IOC has donated $92,000 towards Institut Tshakapesh, technology to support continued learning for children, to offer support adapted to young Indigenous people who would not have access to technologies for remote schooling. Adapted programs have also been developed in the various Innu communities that are members of the Tshakapesh institute.

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• As part of Kinross Gold’s global COVID-19 response plan, the Company has committed a total of US$5.4M to support host governments and communities during this challenging time.

• Kinross recently provided a $100,000 donation to Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto to help launch a promising pan-Canadian-COVID-19 clinical trial. The Company joined a community of donors who have raised over $1M towards the Convalescent Plasma for COVID-19 Research (CONCOR-1) trial.

• Kinross’ Toronto office recently donated over 150,000 masks to local healthcare centres and non-profits to help protect frontline workers and vulnerable members of the community from COVID-19.

• Newmont has established a USD$20M fund, The Newmont Global Community Support Fund, to help host communities, governments and employees combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Newmont will partner with local governments, medical institutions, charities and non-governmental organizations to target funds towards addressing the greatest needs with a view to serving as a catalyst for long-term resiliency and future community development.

• As part of Newmont Éléonore’s ongoing support for host communities around its operations, the Company is pleased to donate CAD$345,000 to boost local efforts combatting the Coronavirus pandemic. The funding will support the extraordinary efforts being made to ensure employee and community health, food security and safety by the following organizations: Cree Nation of Wemindji, Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay, Alternative pour Elles, Centre BernardHamel, Centraide Abitibi-Témiscamingue Nord-du-Québec and Carrefour Communautaire Chibougamau.

• Gold miner Newmont Porcupine is contributing $250,000 to a suite of new funding initiatives to help small businesses in Timmins get back up and running post-COVID-19.

• As part of Newmont Musselwhite’s ongoing support for host communities around its operations, the Company is pleased to donate CAD$200,000 to boost local efforts

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combatting the Coronavirus pandemic. Approximately $170,000 will be provided for the purchase and transport of supplies, food and other essentials required by First Nation communities, and $30,000 to support the Thunder Bay COVID-19 Community Relief Fund, which was established by the United Way of Thunder Bay in partnership with the Thunder Bay Community Foundation.

• Newmont Porcupine is helping fight COVID-19 in local communities. The mining company is donating $100,000 to the Cochrane District Social Services Administration Board (CDSSAB), and $50,000 to the community of Chapleau.

• In Chapleau, there is $10,000 each for the two local food banks. There is also $30,000 is for the Chapleau and District Hospital (Service de Santé de Chapleau Health Services) to buy protective equipment for staff and to set up a screening centre. Newmont Porcupine has also bought $6,000 worth of cots to support the Chapleau hospital's alternate acute centre.

• The health-care team at Timmins and District Hospital (TADH) will be better equipped to make quick, informed decisions thanks to a donation from Newmont Porcupine. According to the TADH Foundation, the Timmins mine has donated $40,000 to the hospital as part of its ongoing efforts to support the community during COVID-19. The money will be used to buy two portable negative pressure units worth $15,000 each, and two CO2 monitors that have a pricetag of about $5,000 each.

• Noront Resources has donated the following in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: o 1,600lbs of frozen and dry goods to Marten Falls FN. o 600 lbs of frozen goods to Thunder Bay food bank. o N95 masks and gloves from its site to Thunder Bay Regional Hospital. o Helped Hatch deliver cleaning supplies to every home in Webequie and Marten

Falls First Nations.

• Lake Shore Gold is showing its support for food programs and frontline workers in the Timmins area.

• On April 6, the mining company announced it's donating $50,000 for meal and food programs and thanked the Cochrane District Social Services Administration Board (CDSSAB), as well as the Timmins and South Porcupine food banks for their hard work.

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• Lake Shore Gold, a subsidiary of Pan American Silver, is also donating $10,000 to the Timmins and District Hospital Foundation to help with logistics for COVID-19.

• It has also committed to supplying 2,500 N95 masks to the community emergency management coordinator to distribute where needed in the community.

• In order to support local community efforts to fight COVID-19 and its social and economic impacts, Rio Tinto is investing USD$25M in a COVID-19 Community Investment Fund to contribute to a variety of grassroots projects around the world. In North America (Canada and US), Rio Tinto is investing CAD$12M. Following is a sample of those initiatives across our Canada operations:

o To help prevent spreading of COVID-19, Rio Tinto is investing (CAD$300,000) in A3 Surface technology (a Saguenay start-up) to develop an anodized aluminium process which can kill bacteria and viruses within minutes (e.g., aluminium countertop surfaces; door handles, etc.).

o In Quebec, in Rio Tinto’s aluminium operations in Saguenay – Lac-St-Jean donated 25,000 masks and other equipment worth around CAD$100,000 to the local health authority (CIUSSS).

o Through a company's employee donation matching initiative (Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium), CAD$100,000 was donated to support four local food banks in Havre-Saint-Pierre and Sorel-Tracy, Quebec.

o CAD$75,000 was donated to Let's Talk Science for the distribution of 75,000 learning packs for vulnerable children through Food bank Canada.

o CAD$75,000 to Entreprise Prémont in Louiseville to help add a new production line to address the shortage of surgical masks in Canada.

o Diavik diamond mine's CAD$60,000 contribution to five Indigenous communities for community identified relief initiatives such as food hampers and on-the-land activities.

o CAD$50,000 contribution to the Kitimat General Hospital Foundation and reusable masks and safety glasses to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

o CAD$50,000 donation in one of the poorest and hardest hit district of Montreal (Table de quartier de Montreal-Nord) to support food distribution

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and break the digital divide preventing children from accessing education remotely.

o Rio Tinto is partnering with the Yellowknife Women’s Society to support their COVID-19 isolation shelter with a CAD$150,000 contribution.

o CAD$50,000 to boost production and address forecasted shortage of fresh products in the Minganie area (Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium).

o Donation of 300 N95 masks for healthcare workers at the Hotel-de-Dieu-de-Sorel hospital, and hand sanitizer (produced in Rio Tinto Iron and Titanium's technological center) for paramedics, healthcare workers and local schools.

o RTIT partnership with the City of Sorel-Tracy and taxi Coop to develop a new online delivery system and support small businesses online transactions and product delivery to customers.

o Partnership with the NWT Literacy Council to provide literacy learning kits to youth, young families, and newcomers across NWT communities.

o Partnership with NWT Tourism to support the NWT Staycation marketing campaign in support of local tour operators.

o Partnership with the NWT Chamber of Commerce to support a #shoplocal campaign and a restart grant for small business to purchase PPE in order to reopen safely.

o Support to the YWCA to purchase a new vehicle to provide outreach services to their clients.

o Donation to the Stanton Territorial Hospital Foundation for the purchase of 8 new infusion pumps to treat patients with COVID-19 symptoms or other health complications.

o Contribution to the Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation's Breakfast Program.

o CAD$11,000 investment for a Business Accelerator Program in Burns Lake - pilot program that aims to help small businesses set up a digital footprint.

o CAD$70,000 donation for three food banks: Centre d'action bénévole du Bas-Richelieu, GEST (Groupe d'entraide Sorel-Tracy), La porte du passant (cafétéria alimentaire).

o Donation of Rio Net (RTFT Purrell) to the hospitals (Sorel and HSP), employees, paramedic, schools.

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o CAD$10,000 to Fondation Hôtel-Dieu - Support and engage the employees. o CAD$30,000 to Centre de crise La Traversée - Suicide and distress organism +

Contribution: 1 new resource for the dedicated phone line and a communication campaign.

o CAD$20,000 to Maison La Source - Place for women and domestic violence: support the resources and sanitary measures (Covid19).

o CAD$38,000 to Fondation Cégep Sorel-Tracy - Financial support for students: scholarships, support for food banks and IT equipment.

• Thanks to those who are buying recognition medals to express gratitude to an essential worker or a special someone making a difference through the COVID-19 pandemic, the Royal Canadian Mint is making an initial donation of $100,000 to Breakfast Club of Canada.

• Suncor’s Sarnia refinery is a member of the Sarnia Lambton Environmental Association (SLEA) and Community Awareness Emergency Response (CAER), which donated $40,000 to the City of Sarnia to help set up a 100-bed field hospital at Lambton College that will serve the community as a secondary site for patient care. Through Suncor and the Suncor Energy Foundation, the company also contributed $25,000 to the COVID-19 fund benefitting front line staff at Bluewater Health.

• In support of national efforts to fight COVID-19, Suncor donated 40,000 N95 masks to the Federal Government and distributed them to communities the government identified as critically in need.

• Petro-Canada, a Suncor business, is contributing $3M to help meet the needs of Canadians and their communities. Over the coming days and weeks, at Petro-Canada locations across the country, its associates and their teams will acknowledge Canadians, who are supporting all essential work, through small acts of kindness.

• Teck Resources has created a $20M fund to support COVID-19 response and future recovery efforts. This funding will go to support critical social initiatives and increased

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healthcare capacity, including procuring one million masks to be donated for healthcare in British Columbia.

• This $20M fund will provide direct support to critical services in communities where Teck operates. This includes procuring essential medical supplies, donating to medical research, supporting local healthcare and social services affected by COVID-19, and contributing to international relief efforts.

• Donations to date through the fund include: o One million masks for healthcare in British Columbia: Working in

collaboration with government agencies and utilizing its supply chain network, Teck has procured 1 million KN95 masks to donate to B.C.’s healthcare system with delivery expected in the coming weeks.

o Teck Community Response Fund for local communities in Canada, Alaska and Chile: A dedicated community investment fund will support local organizations in areas where Teck operates directly involved with COVID-19 response (such as healthcare and social services) or those directly experiencing impacts resulting from COVID-19. A portion of this fund will be specifically dedicated to support for Indigenous communities. Teck is also expediting payments to local and Indigenous suppliers to support their ongoing economic resiliency.

o Healthcare services in Chile: Teck will support healthcare services in the Tarapaca and Coquimbo regions of Chile, including funding medical supplies, equipment, facilities and professionals at the Iquique hospital; family and primary health services in Pica, Pozo Almonte, and Chanavayita; and healthcare services in La Serena.

o Investments in use of copper towards infection prevention initiatives: Through its Copper & Health program, Teck will continue to collaborate with public agencies and is making an additional $1M available to advance the use of copper products to support infection control and prevention.

o Contributions to Canadian relief efforts: Teck is providing $250,000 to the Canadian Red Cross towards supporting health services and public health in the battle against COVID-19, including the deployment of the Red Cross’s Emergency Response Unit field hospital and the supply of medical equipment.

o Support for international relief efforts: Teck has contributed to international aid efforts including $500,000 to UNICEF (in collaboration with the World

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Health Organization Solidarity Response Fund) to provide critical medical and sanitation supplies, equipment and training in over 180 countries, and $250,000 to the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation to support children in rural communities in China.

o Support for medical research programs in Canada: Teck has provided a $250,000 contribution to the VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation for targeted drug discovery into therapeutic solutions to the COVID-19 virus carried out at the Vancouver Prostate Centre.

• Vale is joining the fight against COVID-19 by launching the Vale COVID-19 Challenge, offering up to USD$1M to propel innovative COVID-19 solutions into the marketplace. The challenge was open in Canada and Brazil with each selected solution eligible to receive up to USD$200,000.

• Since March, Vale has worked to help governments and communities prevent the transmission of COVID-19 where it operates. At its Base Metals operations In Canada, the UK, Indonesia, and New Caledonia, the company has donated urgently-needed PPE, including masks, gloves, and gowns, along with rapid blood testing kits, food, and other materials. The following is a summary of the company’s contributions over the past two months:

• Vale contributions in Newfoundland & Labrador:

o Donation of ~25,000 N95 masks and 60,000 surgical masks to Eastern Health

o Donation of 1,200 pounds of fresh fruit and vegetables to foodbanks in Nain, Natuashish and Sheshatshiu

o Donation of $10,000 in games, puzzles, and other items to the Nunatsiavut government to provide to community members at a time when usual outdoor activities present safety risks

o Donation of $20,000 to Community Food Sharing for Newfoundland & Labrador

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o Donation of $20,000 to Trinity Conception Health Foundation to assist with support for Front Line Health Care Workers

o Donation of $10,000 to Canadian Cancer Society COVID-19 Emergency Fund

• Vale contributions in Ontario:

o Donation of ~25,000+ N95 masks to local hospitals, long-term care facilities and paramedics.

o Donation of 20,000 N95 masks to the University Hospital Network in Toronto

o $100,000 donation to the Sudbury Food Bank’s Cash for Cans Campaign

o Two mining companies — Vale Canada and Wheaton Precious Metals — have teamed up to donate $200,000 to support the United Way Centraide North East Ontario’s (UWCNEO) COVID-19 Community Response Fund.

• Vale contributions in Manitoba:

o Donation of $25,000 to a foodbank in Thompson

o Donation of ~20,000 N95 masks to Northern Health Region

• Vale contributions in New Caledonia:

o Vale donated ~2,500 masks, thermometers, gloves, protective suits, and other materials to help local healthcare workers deal with COVID-19.

• Vale contributions in Clydach (UK):

o Donation of 10,000 N95 masks to public health services in the Swansea Valley

o Donation of £20,000 to foodbanks in the Swansea Valley

• Vale contributions in Indonesia:

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o Vale is investing ~CAD$4M to support COVID-19 regional task force in six regions in Sulawesi. These funds are being used to purchase and donate the following items to healthcare clinics and hospitals:

~150,000 rapid blood testing kits

Urgently needed PPE, such as gloves, gowns, masks, face shields, and goggles

Nearly 15,000 litres of disinfectant

Rental of an ambulance for six months to transport COVID-19 patients

Ventilators and hospital beds

Construction of 50+ isolation rooms in Sorowako to help the local hospital in their fight against COVID-19

• As part of Yamana's efforts to support communities in the fight against COVID-19, the company recently donated $20,000 to Food Banks Canada to help food banks across the country replenish their stocks so they can help those who need it most during these challenging times.

• Health care workers are doing a remarkable job caring for us during this challenging time, often at great personal risk. To support them, Yamana Gold recently donated $20,000 to Conquer COVID-19, which sources personal protective equipment for health care workers across Canada.

• The COVID-19 pandemic has punctuated the need for a resilient health care system. Yamana recently donated $150,000 to St. Joseph's Health Centre Foundation to support the hospital's emergency department, which is one of the busiest in the Greater Toronto Area.

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