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Our Engagement Our Engagement Booklet is an annual publication for our employees, contractors, and external stakeholders. It is the culmination of our most recent work to uphold our commitments to the environment, prevention, and local communities. When we launched our Moments of Mine photo contest this past spring, the idea was to give our employees the opportunity to share with us the good times they were having despite the pandemic and lockdown. One of the contest winners, Jeannie Puxley, submitted this photo taken during a happy day she shared with her sisters while touring the land and enjoying the moment. IN THIS BOOKLET... 25 YEARS OF THE RAGLAN AGREEMENT ENVIRONMENT COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT 2020 PREVENTION COVID-19 AND MORE! Raglan Agreement: 25 Years of Engagement he Raglan Agreement was signed in 1995—two years before our mining operations even began. Written in We would like to take T accordance with the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement (JBNQA), it summarizes the mutual agreement the opportunity offered by the between Makivik Corporation, the northern villages of Salluit and Kangiqsujuaq—supported by their respective landholding corporations (Qaqqalik LHC and Nunaturlik LHC)—and Société 25th anniversary of the Minière Raglan du Québec Itée (Raglan Mine). A signature, we became the first mining company in Canada to Raglan Agreement to reiterate sign an impact and benefit agreement (IBA) with an Indigenous population—something for which we are still recognized today. how important it is to us to Since it came into effect, the Raglan Agreement has served as a model for other agreements with Indigenous populations uphold our commitments, concerning mining and other industrial operations. After 25 years, the Raglan Agreement is still a top priority that which include putting our guides what we do every day as well as our long-term strategy. people’s health and safety 2020 first, complying with strict environmental standards, and maintaining the relationships of Our Engagement • respect and trust we have built • with our host communities. PAGE 2 PAGE Commitments Recorded in the Raglan Agreement Ensure Commitments constant collaboration Facilitate between Raglan Mine the development and That Affect and Inuit stakeholders. operation of the Raglan Mine project in an efficient and environmentally All of Us sound manner. At Raglan Mine, every department Provide strives to uphold, and even surpass, financial provisions the commitments made to the ensuring that Inuit Ensure that the Inuit directly local communities in the Raglan beneficiaries derivedirect Agreement. economic benefits. enjoy the social and economic advantages Thank you all for helping Raglan Mine throughout the active life carry out its mining operations while of Raglan Mine. upholding its commitments for the past 25 years. Promote employment of Ensure Inuit beneficiaries. safety of all land-users and employees. Photo of the Raglan Mine management team taken in 2019 (from left to right): Jean Drolet, Director – Human Resources, Jean-François Verret, Director – Projects, Geology and Exploration, Martin Dumont, Director – Site Services and Maintenance, Jean-François Leroux, Director – Concentrator Operations and Energy Production Service, Christian Simard, Director – Administrative Services, Pierre Barrette, Vice President, Jean Turcotte, Director – Mining Operations and Engineering, Laurent Vivier, Director – Risks, Prevention and Environment, Charles Levac, former Director – Environment (currently at Koniambo Nickel), Amélie Rouleau, Director – Public Affairs, Communications and Community Engagement. Not pictured: Dean Carroll, Director – Aviation. he importance of our commitment to health and safety We’ve also completed some impressive projects. I am thinking has never been so clear as it was in 2020. The COVID-19 especially of the initial blasting for Mining Project 14, an important T pandemic is on all our minds. Every member of our staff has milestone in the Sivumut Project. This year, we have also set worked hard to be alert and flexible in these unsettling times. Their ourselves apart by winning two highly coveted prizes: the strength is one of the reasons why Raglan Mine is a mainstay of the John T. Ryan Safety Trophy for health and safety performance mining industry. Safety is our top priority, so we are strengthening in the mining and metals category for 2019, and the Workplace and adapting measures to protect the health of our workers Health and Safety Mercure at the 40th Mercuriades Awards gala. and the people of Nunavik. We have also used the Glencore Let’s not forget the new ship, the MV ARVIK I, launched in Japan Community Support Fund to help both northern and southern on September 26, which we will happily welcome to our shores in communities, as mentioned on page 15. 2021! Please enjoy the sixth edition of the Engagement Booklet 2020 and its recap of this year’s major accomplishments. I am always That being said, many positive accomplishments stood out in happy to discuss with you. If you have any questions or comments, 2020. We kicked off the year celebrating nothing less than the please let me know. 25th anniversary of the Raglan Agreement! Signed on February 28, 1995, this socio-economic agreement guides us every day and Enjoy your reading! strengthens our relationship with Nunavimmiut. Read about 25 highlights of this era on pages 4 and 5. Inspirational! Our Engagement • • Pierre Barrette, P. Eng. 3 PAGE Vice President We have done a lot in 25 years! 25 Here are 25 highlights from our 25-year history since the 1995 signing of the Highlights Raglan Agreement. 1995 TO 2020 ▶ We distributed nearly $175 million (in profit sharing 2018 ▶ Startup of the Akkivik program. Since then, and fixed contributions) to the communities, thus supporting the subcommittee has selected 25 direct, long-term Nunavik’s socio-economic development. social and economic development projects in Kangiqsujuaq and Salluit to fund. Our commitment 1995 TO 2020 ▶ The Raglan Committee has held about 60 meetings. totals roughly $360,000. 2008 TO 2020 ▶ We have transported goods on board the 2018 The Subcommittee on the Closure Plan was NM ARCTIC representing a commercial value of more than ▶ formed to establish and maintain a dialogue with $675,000 for the Inuit communities of Salluit and Kangiqsujuaq. our Inuit partners and to include the communities’ 2011 TO 2020 ▶ We have awarded more than $858 million in traditional knowledge in the Raglan Mine’s closure plan. contracts to Inuit enterprises. 2018 ▶ Raglan Mine offices were opened in Salluit 2017 ▶ With our Inuit stakeholders, we signed additional and Kangiqsujuaq, giving our community liaison measures to the Raglan Agreement for the future agents a local place to work from. development of Raglan Mine, thereby launching the Sivumut Project. ▶ “Sivumut” means “moving forward” in Inuktitut. The Sivumut Project will help promote socio-economic development in Nunavik for the next 20 years by providing job opportunities and awarding contracts. SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PREVENTION 2020 2014 ▶ We changed our general approach to prevention to implement a reporting culture. This has helped improve our health and safety performance by more than 65%. This proactive approach also extends to our Nunavimmiut partners, who participate in the reporting of incidents or hazardous conditions they witness. Our Engagement • 2016 TO 2020 ▶ Our employees have completed more than • 179,595 preventive actions. PAGE 4 PAGE 2007 TO 2020 ▶ Through the Raglan Education Fund we have awarded over $600,000 in scholarships to Nunavik postsecondary students. 2008 ▶ The Tamatumani program was implemented, increasing the number of Inuit employees by more than 353%, from 55 in 1998 to 249 in 2020. 2008 TO 2020 ▶ 119 Nunavimmiut have completed occupational training through Tamatumani, including at the Stope School. NUNAVIMMIUT 2013 ▶ The Rapid Inuit Development and Employment (RIDE) program was launched to EMPLOYMENT promote career progress among Nunavimmiut employees at Raglan Mine. AND TRAINING 2002 ▶ Raglan Mine became the first base metals company in Canada to receive ISO 14001 certification. 2002 ▶ The Zero Process Water Discharge system was installed at Raglan Mine so we can recover process water rather than discharge it into the environment. 2013 ▶ Launch of the Mining and Environmental Research Institute (IRME), which contributes to the development of environmental solutions for the entire mining industry, from operations to reclamation, and in which Mine Raglan has been an active partner since the very beginning. 2014 ▶ We built a wind turbine and energy storage system—a first ENVIRONMENT for a Nunavik mine. A second wind turbine was built in 2018. Since their installation, the two wind turbines have saved nearly 70 GWh of electricity, which represents a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) of more than 51,000 tonnes of CO2 and savings of 18.4 million litres of diesel, the equivalent of taking 14,300 cars off the road. 2016 ▶ We set up Environment Forums in Salluit and Kangiqsujuaq so people could learn more about our environmental practices and share their concerns with us. Photo : © Justin Bulota GROWTH 2014 TO 2015 We conducted a social and environmental 2018 Glencore granted the financing needed for Raglan ▶ ▶ 2020 impact study for Raglan Mine’s Phases II and III. Mine’s future development, thus officially launching Phase II of our mining operations. 2015 ▶ We reached the cap of 40,000 tonnes of nickel in concentrate