The Safety and Sustainability Committee
The Safety and Sustainability Committee held two meetings in 2022. The Safety and Sustainability Committee’s primary responsibility is for the oversight of the management of health, safety, loss prevention, operational security, sustainable development, environmental management and affairs, community relations, human rights, government relations and communications issues relating to the Company, including compliance with laws and regulations. The Committee’s primary purposes are to:
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provide advice, counsel, and recommendations to management on:
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health, safety, loss prevention issues and operational security; and
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issues relating to sustainable development, environmental management and affairs, community relations, human rights, government relations and communications; and
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assist the Board in its oversight of:
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health, safety, loss prevention and operational security issues relating to the Company;
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sustainable development, environmental affairs, relations with communities and civic societies, government relations, communications issues and human rights relating to the Company;
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the Company’s compliance with regulations and policies that provide processes, procedures, and standards to follow in accomplishing the Company’s goals and objectives relating to:
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health, safety, loss prevention issues and operational security; and
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sustainable development, environmental management affairs, community relations, human rights, government relations and communications issues; and
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management of risks related thereto.
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monitor the Company’s implementation of its Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) policy, including establishing short-term and long-term goals, and regularly reviewing, updating and modifying them as appropriate.
Code of Ethics
The Company has adopted a Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers, which is applicable to the Company’s chairman (or executive chairman), chief executive officer, chief financial officer, chief accounting officer, general counsel, controller, and treasurer, and a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, which is applicable to all directors, officers, and employees. Copies of the codes are available on the Company’s website at www.westwaterresources.net under “Corporate Governance” or in print, without charge, to any stockholder who sends a request to the office of the Corporate Secretary of Westwater Resources, Inc. at 6950 S. Potomac Street, Suite 300, Centennial, Colorado 80112. In the event that the Company makes any amendment to, or grants any waiver from, a provision of the Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers that applies to the Company’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer, controller, or certain other senior officers and requires disclosure under applicable SEC rules, the Company intends to disclose such amendment or waiver and the reasons for the amendment or waiver on the Company’s website or, as required by NYSE American rules, file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC reporting the amendment or waiver.
The Company’s website address is provided as an inactive textual reference only. The information provided on the website is not incorporated by reference into, and does not form a part of, this proxy statement.
Related Party Transactions
The Company’s general policy with respect to related party transactions is included in its Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, the administration of which is overseen by the Audit Committee. Directors and officers are required to report to the Audit Committee any potential transaction that the Company would be required to disclose pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Exchange Act (a “Related Party Transaction”). If a potential Related Party Transaction is disclosed to the Audit Committee, it will be reviewed by the non-interested members of Audit Committee and they will decide whether the Related Party Transaction will be permitted.