GOLDMINING RELEASES 2024 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
DESIGNATED NEWS RELEASE
The Sustainability Report is guided by the Company's materiality assessment to better understand the sustainability related topics relevant to its business and presents sustainability goals that are aligned with the
2024 Sustainability Report Highlights
- 1,368 hours of health, safety and emergency-response training, representing a five-fold increase compared to the Company's inaugural reporting on the topic two years ago, underscoring GoldMining's continued focus on protecting employees and contractors.
- Donations to local community organizations helped tackle urgent social challenges, such as food insecurity and shortages in health-care supplies, demonstrating GoldMining's deepening support for local communities.
- Enhanced waste, water and air-emissions data collection improved the Company's environmental monitoring program, elevating its ability to track and manage environmental performance.
- Zero reportable environmental incidents, including no water-related regulatory non-compliances, paired with 79% total water recirculation (76.5% fresh water) highlighting GoldMining's strong environmental stewardship.
- Full scope 1 and scope 2 GHG emissions captured for the first time, establishing a baseline to guide future reduction strategies.
- New supplier sustainability screening and due-diligence programs launched to safeguard against human-rights risks, such as poor working conditions, informal employment and human trafficking, and to ensure material suppliers meet Company policy.
- 100% of staff, including all contractors and temporary worker, were hired from within the country, aligning with GoldMining's strategy to create local employment opportunities.
- Board diversity reached 83% ethnically diverse and 33% female, up from 63% and 25% the prior year, reflecting continued progress in diversity and inclusion.
Alastair Still, Chief Executive Officer stated:
"With the release of what is now our third annual Sustainability Report, I am extremely pleased to report on the progress that we have made to maintain a commitment to strong sustainability practices, health and safety and community engagement while remaining disciplined in our growth strategy, focused on growing and adding value to our portfolio of exploration stage gold assets in the
"In our fiscal year 2024 Sustainability Report, we demonstrate that we have strengthened our safety culture through increasing our health and safety training by five-fold compared to when we began reporting, which has contributed to the completion of a safe drill campaign at our São
"Our Company improved our environmental monitoring programming, with enhanced data collection related to waste, water and air emissions. In addition, we initiated supplier sustainability screening with the goal to ensure we proactively protect against human rights risks and ensure our material suppliers uphold similar commitments, including to environmental management and health and safety. Through this steadfast focus, we are actively and responsibly advancing a diversified portfolio of resource-stage gold and gold-copper projects in
The full Sustainability Report is available on the Company's website at www.goldmining.com. For questions about the Sustainability Report, please contact info@goldmining.com.
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