Environmental Stewardship

Processing on every Alnitak Resources platform is designed to be mercury-free, replacing artisanal mercury amalgamation with mercury-free processing designed to international environmental and safety standards. Eliminating mercury addresses both occupational exposure and the long-term contamination of watersheds and ecosystems that has defined the sector. Processing design is intended to meet the World Gold Council's Responsible Gold Mining Principles and the Minamata Convention on Mercury from the start of operations.

Processing is designed around closed-loop water systems with on-site treatment, to minimize consumption and prevent contaminated discharge. Tailings water is designed to be recycled through the process, and make-up water requirements minimized through engineering and operating practice. Where local water conditions allow, rainfall capture and storage are integrated into the design. The approach is aligned with the water stewardship expectations of the ICMM, the Mining Association of Canada's Towards Sustainable Mining framework and the mining-sector reference standards of the World Wildlife Fund.

Progressive land rehabilitation is a feature of platform design, not a closure-phase obligation. Topsoil preservation, contour reshaping, native species reforestation and post-mining land use planning are designed in from the first decision to disturb land. Rehabilitated areas are designed to be returned progressively to community use under land use agreements grounded in Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC). Closure liabilities are designed to be provisioned in financial reporting in line with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and reviewed at the platform level on a recurring schedule.

Alnitak Resources aligns its standards with the ICMM Mining Principles, which set out the sustainable development expectations of responsible mining. Platform operating practice is designed to meet the ICMM Performance Expectations, and any tailings facility on a platform is designed to align with the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management. Environmental performance is designed to be captured continuously through Mintaka ERP^™, our proprietary data and systems platform, and reported to capital and offtake counterparties under standard institutional protocols.