44 2 01 9 S U S T AINABILITY REPOR T E ng a g i ng w i t h I n d i g en o u s P e o p l e P an Americ an Silv er r ec ogniz e s and r e spect s the right s cultur e s herit ag e and int er e s t s o f Indig enous P eople s W e ar e c ommitt ed t o building and maint aining po sitiv e r elationship s with Indig enous gr oup s thr ough ong oing eng ag ement and identifc ation o f mutually bene fcial opportunitie s O ne w a y in which w e do this is b y fulflling our oblig ations under the Imp act B ene ft Agr eement s IB A s that w e ha v e with the Fir s t Nation c ommunitie s ne ar our t w o Timmins mine s W e ha v e an IB A with the Flying P o s t and Matt ag ami Fir s t Nations with r e spect t o the Timmins W e s t Mine W e als o ha v e an IB A with the Flying P o s t Mat ache w an Matt ag ami and W ahg o shig Fir s t Nations with r e spect t o the B ell Cr eek Mine c omple x B oth IB A s e s t ablish fr ame w ork s f or c ontinued c onsult ation on the mine s e xis ting and futur e oper ations and include pr o visions r eg ar ding educ ation and tr aining emplo yment busine s s and c ontr acting opportunitie s en vir onment al c ar e and ec onomic bene ft s Highlight ed belo w ar e e x ample s o f initiativ e s c ollabor ativ ely cr e at ed t o support loc al Fir s t Nations c ommunitie s O n g o i ng eng a g e m en t W e belie v e that me aningful eng ag ement with loc al Fir s t Nations of er s the gr e at e s t pot ential f or building po sitiv e long t erm and mutually bene fcial r elationship s with Indig enous P eople s It als o help s us under s t and and c ontribut e t o their g o als A t our Timmins oper ations w e eng ag e the f our Fir s t Nations on an ong oing b asis thr ough multiple channels including sit e t our s job f air s c ommunit y visit s and educ ational e v ent s A s w ell w e ha v e an IB A C oor dinat or on sit e at Timmins W e s t The C oor dinat or is s elect ed and emplo y ed b y the W abun T rib al C ouncil a r egional chie f s c ouncil and is r e sponsible f or sharing c omp an y inf ormation with t w o o f the f our Fir s t Nations c ommunitie s GR I M M 5 W e ar e c ommitt ed t o building and maint aining po sitiv e r elationship s with Indig enous gr oup s thr ough ong oing eng ag ement and identifc ation o f mutually bene fcial opportunitie s R E L A TE D SD G S