ENGA GING WITH OUR S T AKEHOLDERS C ONTINUED Or ganisa tional o v ervie w and s tr a t egy C ommunities 20 19 priorities P erf ormanc e R egional pr esenc e of the Miner als C ouncil T he Emalahleni ofc e c ontinued t o champion pr oactiv e and c onsulta tiv e engagements with r egional s tak eholders including local c ommunities v arious spher es of go v ernment and other int er es t ed and af ect ed parties on a r ange of is sues A c c es s t o ec onomic opportunities acr os s the indus try v alue chain has been unlock ed f or the beneft of local c ommunities Our Northern Cape ofc e in K uruman support ed the initial phases of the Northern Cape Shar ed V alue initia tiv e and will pla y a piv otal r ole in the implementa tion of r esultant and c ollabor a tiv e pilot pr ojects in the manganeseir on or e belt C ollabor a tion in the mining indus try Se v er al member c ompanies ha v e c ommon hos t c ommunities and municipalities and a c ollabor a tiv e appr oach has been f ormally adopt ed in the Mpumalanga C oalfelds Nk angala Dis trict and the Northern Cape C ollabor a tiv e ef orts will c ontinue t o f ocus on sharing bes t pr actic es and joint c ommunity de v elopment ef orts o v er and abo v e legisla t ed c omplianc e r equir ements C ollabor a tion is also underw a y in the F ar Eas t ern Limb Limpopo and Mpumalanga albeit in its nasc ent s tage Going f orw ar d In 20 20 the Miner als C ouncil will endea v our t o f acilita t e positiv e out c omes fr om c ollabor a tion initia tiv es tha t ha v e been put in plac e o v er the pr e vious tw o y ears F ocus will be on the cr ea tion of alt erna tiv e ec onomic opportunities in the Mpumalanga C oalfelds b y utilising the mining v alue chain as a ca taly s t f or the cr ea tion of those opportunities Explor a t ory w ork tha t has been c onduct ed b y the mining indus try and its partners f or ins tanc e the Mine W a t er C oor dina ting Body will also be inc orpor a t ed int o the pr ogr amme of w ork In the Northern Cape the Miner als C ouncil will support mining c ompanies in the r ollout of pilot pr ojects tha t ha v e been identifed as part of the Northern Cape Shar ed V alue pr oject L es sons fr om these pilots will guide the indus try in scaling up and e xt ending these socioec onomic de v elopment pr ojects be y ond the pilot sit es In the F ar Eas t ern Limb in Limpopo the Miner als C ouncil will c ontinue w orking with all k e y s tak eholders including mining c ompanies and the pr o vincial and local spher es of go v ernment t o es tablish a multis tak eholder engagement f orum while ensuring tha t social s tability is achie v ed Members 20 19 priorities P erf ormanc e Pr o viding a pla tf orm f or members t o r aise c onc erns In r epr esenting members int er es ts the Miner als C ouncil f acilita t ed and hos t ed a series of c ommodity based L eadership F orums P olic y C ommitt ee meetings and other ad hoc meetings T hese meetings f acilita t e open discus sions on indus try is sues and the Miner als C ouncil r ec eiv ed manda t es t o r epr esent the indus try on v arious aspects Implementa tion of the indus try s Human Rights Fr ame w ork In line with the Membership C ompact which is a manda t ory c ode of ethical busines s c onduct t o which members of the Miner als C ouncil subscribe the Miner als C ouncil has de v eloped the indus try Human Rights Fr ame w ork with se v en k e y perf ormanc e ar eas which is no w being r efned and implement ed Going f orw ar d W e will c ontinue t o w ork with our members and other s tak eholders t o fnd solutions t o v arious c onc erns such as sour c es of c onfict in hos t c ommunities while w e c ontinue our c on v ersa tions on polic y is sues and shar e leading oper a tional pr actic es P age 22