MAG Silver Announces Inaugural Sustainability Report
October 05 2022 - 6:50AM
MAG Silver Corp. (TSX / NYSE American: MAG)
(“MAG”,
“MAG Silver”, or the
“Company”) is pleased to announce the publication
of its inaugural Sustainability Report (the
“
Report”), which underscores MAG’s fundamental
commitment to transparency with its stakeholders while providing a
comprehensive overview of the Company's ESG commitments, practices,
and performance for the 2021 year. To view or download a copy of
the Report, please see the ESG section of the MAG Silver website at
https://magsilver.com/esg/reports/.
“The publication of our inaugural Sustainability
Report marks an important evolutionary milestone for the Company,
demonstrating how our long-standing proactive corporate commitment
to sustainability, respect, transparency and communication with our
stakeholders has been formalized into an ongoing ESG framework for
managing and measuring our existing exploration and development
programs,” stated George Paspalas, MAG’s President and CEO.
2021 Sustainability Report
Highlights:
- The health and safety of our
workforce will remain our top priority. We are pleased to report:
- Zero fatalities at the Juanicipio Project and MAG Silver’s
exploration projects.
- The Juanicipio Project has a Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate
(one million hours) of 10.08 (employees and mine contractors;
excluding construction contractors).
- Over 51,000 hours were dedicated to safety training in 2021 at
the Juanicipio Project.
- Risk Management system reviewed and updated in 2021 and
2022.
- Zero significant environmental
incidents at the Juanicipio Project and MAG’s exploration projects.
- A freshwater use ratio of 4% and a renewable power ratio of 84%
at the Juanicipio Project while in the construction phase.
- In 2021, MAG Silver benchmarked current Climate-related risk
and opportunities performance with the recommendations of the Task
Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures.
- MAG’s 2021 commitment to increase
Board and senior management diversity means that currently 38% of
MAG’s Board and 40% of MAG’s employees are female.
- MAG’s Human Rights Policy and
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Policy were updated and approved,
complementing and enhancing pre-existing commitments.
- Initial materiality assessments
conducted in 2020 were revisited and updated to include the key
material aspects from the Juanicipio Project.
About MAG Silver Corp.
(www.magsilver.com )
MAG Silver Corp. is a Canadian development and
exploration company focused on becoming a top-tier primary silver
mining company by exploring and advancing high-grade, district
scale, silver-dominant projects in the Americas. Its principal
focus and asset is the Juanicipio Project (44%), being developed
with Fresnillo Plc (56%), the operator. The project is located in
the Fresnillo Silver Trend in Mexico, the world's premier silver
mining camp, where the operator is currently developing an
underground mine and constructing a 4,000 tonnes per day processing
plant. Underground mine production of mineralized development
material commenced in Q3 2020, and an expanded exploration program
is in place targeting multiple highly prospective targets at
Juanicipio. MAG is also executing a multi-phase exploration program
at the Deer Trail 100% earn-in Project in Utah and has recently
acquired the Larder Project, located in the historically prolific
Abitibi region of Canada.
Neither the Toronto
Stock Exchange nor the NYSE American has reviewed or accepted
responsibility for the accuracy or adequacy of this press release,
which has been prepared by management.
This press release and the Sustainability Report
referenced herein include certain statements that may be deemed to
be “forward-looking statements” or “forward-looking information”
within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995 and Canadian securities laws (collectively,
“forward-looking statements”). All statements in this press release
and the Sustainability Report, other than statements of historical
fact, are forward-looking statements, including, but not limited
to, statements regarding: the contents or production of any
subsequent sustainability reports; the further development of a
preliminary climate risk assessment; the formation of a joint
health and safety committee with Fresnillo plc on the timing
anticipated therein, if at all; MAG Silver’s participation in the
United Nations Global Compact – Target Gender Equity Accelerator
Program; the construction and opening of a new health and safety
training centre; expansion of community and environmental
initiatives and projects; progress towards MAG Silver’s alignment
with ISO 14001 Occupational Health and Safety Management
requirements and receipt of an ISO 14001 Environmental Management
System certification; the exploration of feasible decarbonization
opportunities, including evaluation and utilization of renewable
energy sources; the development of a climate change management plan
and planned disclosures related thereto; and other future events or
developments. Forward-looking statements are often, but not always,
identified by the use of words such as "seek", "anticipate",
"plan", "continue", "estimate", "expect", "may", "will", "project",
"predict", "potential", "targeting", "intend", "could", "might",
"should", "believe" and similar expressions. Although MAG believes
the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are
based on reasonable assumptions, including the assumption that
environmental and social programs and initiatives currently being
advanced will continues to progress in a manner that aligns with
expectations, such statements are not guarantees of future
performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and
other factors that may cause actual results or developments to
differ materially from those identified in the forward-looking
statements.
Factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include,
but are not limited to, impacts (both direct and indirect) of
COVID-19; supply chain constraints and general costs escalation in
the current inflationary environment heightened by the invasion of
Ukraine by Russia; changes in applicable laws, regulations or
community guidelines; changes in mineral production performance,
exploitation and exploration successes; continued availability of
capital and financing; general economic, market or business
conditions, political risk, currency risk and capital cost
inflation; and such other risks that are identified in MAG Silver’s
regulatory filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission in
the United States, as filed on EDGAR at www.sec.gov, and with the
Canadian securities commissions and regulatory authorities, as
filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
Please Note: Investors are urged to consider
closely the disclosures in MAG's annual and
quarterly reports and other public filings, accessible at
www.sec.gov. and www.sedar.com.
LEI: 254900LGL904N7F3EL14
For further information on behalf of MAG Silver Corp.
Contact Michael J. Curlook, VP Investor Relations and Communications
Phone: (604) 630-1399
Website: www.magsilver.com
Toll Free: (866) 630-1399
Email: info@magsilver.com
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