Water stewardship includes using water efficiently, maintaining water quality and engaging with communities to collaboratively manage shared water resources through the mining life cycle. Water is an important interface between our operations and our stakeholders, including various regulatory agencies, surrounding communities, environmental protection organizations and the public in general. Through these interactions, we aim to demonstrate how we effectively manage resources by committing to responsible water use and protection of water quality.
Agnico Eagle’s Water Management Policy sets out our commitment to manage water with the objective to protect public health and safety, minimize harm to our employees and protect the environment. This includes proactive management to reduce socio-economical impacts, engagement with communities of interest and assessing catchment-level water-related risks and opportunities. Our Corporate Standard for Water Management provides guidance and a framework for water management that aligns with TSM’s Water Stewardship Protocol and promotes water management practices for governance, modelling, infrastructure design and construction and monitoring.
Our commitments to responsible water management are detailed in our Water Management Policy.