Corporate Social Responsibility and Communities – Managing your Prospects
- e3 Plus tool for Corporate Social Responsibility in Exploration - Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada
- Aboriginal Engagement for Mineral Exploration
Date: Friday, January 21, 2011
Time: 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
Location: The Westin Bayshore – Stanley Park Ballroom Salon 1, level 2 (subject to change)
Presented by: AME BC, Laureen Whyte (Arbutus Consulting), Bernarda Elizalde (Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada), Ian Thomson (On Common Ground), Robert Holmes (Government of Yukon)
Sponsored by: Goldcorp Inc.
Keynote speaker: Glenn Nolan (Noront Resources and PDAC)
As the minerals sector incorporates more social and community aspects of responsible exploration & development into its standard practices, explorers also face expectations from regulators, communities and the public for more transparency and reporting of socially responsible practices. Indeed, the move to provide for sanctions against Canadian companies that do not meet expectations in the form of Bill C-300, was only defeated by a narrow margin in October 2010.
This short course contains two components that provide practical guidance and techniques on the ways exploration companies can manage, safeguard and enhance the value of their mineral properties by investing wisely in responsible exploration practices with a focus on community and indigenous engagement. The workshop will take participants through each stage of the mineral development process, including expectations of both communities and regulators, with a focus on practices that can be applied internationally.
e3 Plus
The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) will present e3 Plus: A Framework for Responsible Exploration to help exploration teams understand expectations, continuously improve their social, environmental, health and safety and human rights performance, and to comprehensively integrate all these three aspects into their exploration programs. The half-day course will highlight up-to-date information regarding community engagement, indigenous peoples’ rights, human rights and governance.
Aboriginal Engagement
This half-day course will provide mineral exploration companies with an overview of the process and practical techniques for indigenous community engagement and consultation that occur through the sequence of mineral exploration and development (mining cycle) from acquiring tenure to moving a project into production. With a focus on British Columbia, the workshop provides a project-by-project, step-by-step approach to successfully engaging with First Nations. We will provide recent examples of how mineral exploration and First Nations can manage the relationship building required to achieve long-term, shared success.
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