KATINNIAPIK Raglan Mine Employee Newsletter. Katinniapik is published in French and in English. JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2021 Vol. 15 • No 1 CONGRATULATIONS to the 2020 scholarship recipients! Left to right: Frédérique Simard-Dunn, daughter of Gilbert Dunn, By Mélanie Parr, Senior Advisor – Underground Mining Captain. Frédérique is studying Talent Attraction and Retention how to teach French as a second language at the Université du Québec à Montréal. or a 7th consecutive year, our Raglan Pierre-Olivier Leroux, son of Jean-François Leroux, Mine Scholarship Program for Director, Concentrator Operations and Energy Production F children of employees was a great Services. Pierre-Olivier is studying geology at Laval success! The program was created to University. support Raglan Mine employees and to Vanessa Bisson-Gervais, daughter of Patrick Gervais, encourage our youth to be engaged and Contract Administrator. Vanessa is currently studying excel in their studies. For the 2020 edition, medicine at McGill University. the selection committee is very pleased Rachel Bélanger, daughter of Joël Bélanger, to have selected four recipients, each of 8H Mine Project Captain. Rachel is studying medicine whom will receive a $3,000 scholarship. at Laurentian University. e are going to face some major challenges in 2021. But I’m not worried – we did a remarkable job overcoming the challenges of the past few months W (site demobilization and care and maintenance, reorganization of the work of many employees, underground rehabilitation, health measures, absence of Nunavimmiut employees…and the list goes on)! We worked together as a team to cope with the repercussions of the pandemic. We will have to keep adapting, but now we know we can overcome any challenge that comes our way. We also owe this success to our standard of excellence in prevention and operational effectiveness, always with the greatest respect for the interests of our Nunavimmiut partners and the territory. Throughout the year, I encourage you to maintain this level of discipline – it has proven its worth and will ensure our future prosperity. Pierre Barrette, Vice President PREVENTION Let’s be for me, my colleagues and my family By Laurent Vivier, Director, Risks, Prevention and Environment irst of all, congratulations everyone! I I would like to remind you of a few safety am particularly proud of our results – rules to follow when having fun on the ice: F despite these challenging times, over - Wear the appropriate protective gear for 68,000 preventive actions were carried out the activity; in 2020! This winter, many of us have taken - Always be cautious around ice and make advantage of the lockdown to rediscover sure you know how thick and stable it is; winter activities. Whether it’s skiing, skating, - Avoid being alone on a body of water. snowmobiling or ice fishing, these are great Did you know you need... ways to enjoy winter and spend time with - 15 cm of ice for walking or skating? your family, while making the best of the current situation. - 20 cm for group skating or activities? - 25 cm for snowmobiling? Underground Mining Enjoy winter and be safe! and Operations Training • 10 YEARS A Safe Space to Raise Concerns – Raising Concerns Program By Richard Sévigny, Chief, Prevention and Emergency Preparedness t is of utmost importance for Glencore that all its employees be able to safely and confidentially share their concerns regarding a situation that violates the Code of Conduct I or any other corporate policy. While the local HR manager and the executive team are in the best position to resolve minor disputes, when the situation is more sensitive – say it involves fraud, corruption, or any other illegal activity – please feel free to use the Raising Concerns program (RCP) managed from Switzerland. There are telephone and web platforms available in 21 different languages. Each platform allows for confidential two-way communication. All messages are stored in highly secure data centres. Lastly, remember that the RCP should not be used to report interpersonal or management issues. The telephone line for Canada is: 1 613 701 8761 and the web platform to learn more about the program: https://glencore.raisingconcerns.org/. Make sure you write down your reporting username and password so that you can log back in later and see the answers to your request. 2 Katinniapik • January/February 2021 PREVENTION Years without SAFENICKEL reportable injury IN MY TEAM November-Decembre 2020 / January-February 2021 Surface Services • 5 YEARS Underground Mining and Operations Training • 10 YEARS Warehouse (mine site) • 10 YEARS Mining Geology • 18 YEARS Stope School • 6 YEARS Kitchen • 8 YEARS Utilities • 9 YEARS Industrial Relations • 16 YEARS Human Resources • 16 YEARS Underground and Surface Mining Engineering • 18 YEARS Katinniapik • January/February 2021 3 SAFENICKEL FOR ROXANNE MONETTE By Daniel Rocheleau, Superintendent, Procurement oxanne started working for FOR MY COLLEAGUES “ Given our close living Raglan Mine as a Procurement quarters in Raglan, our colleagues become R Technician at the Laval office friends and even like a second family. I care in 2012. In 2015, she began doing about the safety of my colleagues, and I know rotations at the mine site as an that they also care about mine and that they Inventory Technician. care enough about me to tell me if I’m doing something that could be dangerous. I also FOR ME “ When I started working for Raglan know that my colleagues are always there to Mine, I had only a few years of experience in listen to me if things aren’t going well or I have the workforce, and I was very surprised to something on my mind. We look out for each see how much my new employer focused on other, and I truly believe that this is something occupational health and safety. That culture we can be proud of. ” was foreign to me and, while attending health and safety meetings, I started thinking about it FOR MY FAMILY “ I don’t have children, but I more and asking more questions. Now, I apply know that my family and friends are reassured the concepts I learned not only when I’m at by the fact that I work for a company whose work, but also in my life “in the south.” I want top priority is health and safety. I know they are to return from my rotations unharmed so I can less worried when I travel far away for work. practice the activities I love and carry out the They’re also very grateful to the company for projects I care about. ” all the efforts it makes to repatriate employees in the event of an emergency medical evacuation. ” “ Since we all live in close quarters at Raglan, our colleagues become friends and even like a second family. I care about the safety of my colleagues, and I know they also care about mine. They care enough about me to tell me if I’m doing something that’s potentially dangerous. ” 4 Katinniapik • January/February 2021 COMMUNITIES Tamatumani By Patrice Saudrais, Supervisor, Training Programs, Tamatumani Katsuak Angutigirk completed his On December 15, Lastly, we would like to highlight Class 3 Heavy Equipment Operator Willie Annatok completed Angnatuk Whiteley’s promotion training with Surface Services last the Stope School miner to the position of Class 1 Heavy November. Through this training program. His training, Equipment Mechanic. Since 900-hour training course, Katsuak which began in September joining Mine Maintenance in 2014, learned how to safely operate the 2018, was unfortunately cut Angnatuk has demonstrated Volvo articulated dump trucks in short last year because of a constant willingness to learn the different weather conditions the COVID-19 pandemic. and progress, both in mechanics encountered at Raglan Mine. A resident of Quaqtaq, with his colleagues and by taking He also learned about the Willie is now proud to work French courses at Tamatumani. environmental protection rules as a scoop tram operator. Angnatuk is originally from for transporting tailings from the Kuujjuaq and now lives in concentrator. Katsuak is a resident Miramichi, New Brunswick. of Salluit and is now part of the Surface Services operator team, which transports, among other things, the concentrator tailings to our tailings pond on a daily basis. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW GRADUATES Raglan Mine donation to the Northern Village of Salluit By Nina Kiatainak, Liaison Officer at Salluit ast Christmas, Raglan Mine donated $7,500 In this game, a participant is racing to the Northern Village of Salluit. The with a jerrycan on their back. The goal L community used the money to hold Christmas is to avoid dropping it while activities that Sallumiut of all ages were invited to snowmobile racing. attend! Thanks to this donation, the community hired staff dedicated to organizing the Christmas activities. Even while respecting physical distancing measures, they were able to organize activities for the biggest fans of traditional Inuit, modern and outdoor games. The resourceful community of Salluit was able to break isolation and bring people together by using its local radio to broadcast traditional activities, making them even more festive and enjoyable by everyone while they lasted. A group is playing an egg–tossing game, trying not to break the egg. Katinniapik • January/February 2021 5 COMMUNITIES Immerse yourself in the history of the Raglan Agreement By Frédérique Poirier-Patenaude, Coordinator, Public Affairs and Véronique Décoste, Coordinator, Community Relations n February 28, 2020, Raglan Mine Let’s begin with the story of Katinniq, which celebrated the 25th anniversary was discovered by Inuit land users, who O of the Raglan Agreement. guided Harold Kenty to the site in 1956. The agreement was signed by the From then on, Raglan Québec, Bilson Québec Société Minière Raglan du Québec ltée Mines Ltd, and Falconbridge Ltd began (now called the Raglan Mine) and exploring the land and the opportunities five Inuit partners: the Makivik it offered.