Noront’s goal is to develop the Ring of Fire in a sustainable way, by focusing on our employees’ and contractors’ health and safety, mitigating risks to the environment and working closing with our community partners.

HEALTH AND SAFETY

Noront holds as a core value, the health, safety and overall wellness of our workforce. We recognize that all workers—employees and contractors—have the right to work in a safe environment and that all incidents in the workplace are preventable. We are committed to providing a safe and healthy workplace through visible leadership and programs that target the hazards and manage the risks in our work.

Our initiatives focus on engagement, individual commitment and behavioural changes required to achieve our “Target Zero” objective. We take a proactive approach to incident prevention by educating and training all workers on our health and safety policies and procedures. We also developed and encourage active participation in a robust reporting culture.

What does health and safety at Noront look like?

Camp employees begin the day with a safety toolbox meeting where tasks for the day are reviewed and analyzed. This brings awareness and attention to the day’s work and identifies potential hazards that come along with each task in order to mitigate the risk and the chance of incidents. We also use mock emergency scenarios as an approach for ongoing skill testing and training.

In 2018, we implemented health and safety awards to promote engagement and recognize employee efforts. Workers can be nominated for the “Act of Safety” award by exemplifying the Noront health and safety motto: “I’ve got your back”. In early 2019, the health and safety focus at Esker camp expanded to include a wellness program, which focuses on nutrition, physical health, sleep and rest. An upgraded fitness facility was also added to camp for workers’ use during down time.

Noront was honoured to receive

the 2015 Environmental and

Social Responsibility Award from

the Prospectors & Developers

Association of Canada (PDAC). This

award goes to an individual or

organization that demonstrates

outstanding initiative, leadership

and accomplishment in protecting

and preserving the natural

environment and/or in establishing

good community relations

during an exploration program or

operation of a mine.

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SUSTAINABILITY

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“Workplace health and safety at Noront is starting to make me feel like I have a second home and family looking out for us. We do still have a ways to go, so let’s try to get the number of incident free days to 1000 and beyond.” – Rob Lyght, Geological Technician, 2018

ENVIRONMENT

We understand the potential environmental impact that exploration work and operations can have on the land if they are not managed correctly. We share a strong sense of responsibility for preserving the land for use by future generations. With this in mind, we consulted with local communities to identify valued ecosystem components. This led us to redesign our development plans to address specific local concerns about water, tailings, natural resource and cultural needs. As a result, we eliminated surface storage of tailings and waste rock at the site and committed to mine all ore from underground workings (i.e., no open pits).

Our mine closure plan will include measures that exceed the regulatory requirements with the goal of returning the land, as much as possible, to its pre-mining use.

COMMUNITY

Noront is committed to working directly and respectfully with all of our community partners, to create long-term shared value from our operations. We believe our partner communities should be actively involved in how the region is developed, and that they should see significant benefit from our activities.

Noront strives to be an industry leader in developing mutually beneficial relationships with First Nation communities. We have been engaging with, listening to and learning from local communities in the Ring of Fire region for many years. In 2017, Noront signed an exploration and project advancement agreement with Marten Falls First Nation which made them a Noront shareholder and we initiated a Pre-Development process that outlines how the two parties will collaborate as partners, on the development of the Eagle’s Nest mine.

ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AWARD

The Company was honoured to receive the 2015 Environmental and Social Responsibility Award from the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC). This award goes to an individual or organization that demonstrates outstanding initiative, leadership and accomplishment in protecting and preserving the natural environment and/or in establishing good community relations during an exploration program or operation of a mine.

At Noront, our vision is to develop our projects in the most environmentally, socially, and economically responsible way possible through all stages of development, from exploration to closure.

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