46 2 01 9 S U S T AINABILITY REPOR T H u ma n R i ght s Wh y ar e human right s import ant Human right s ar e the f oundation o f sus t ainabilit y All c omp anie s ha v e a r e sponsibilit y t o r e spect int ernational human right s s t andar ds This me ans not infringing on human right s and addr e s sing adv er s e human right s imp act s that the y c aus e or c ontribut e t o or that ar e dir ectly link ed t o their oper ations pr oduct s or s er vic e s L ar g ely due t o the o ft en r emot e loc ation and natur e o f their oper ations mining c omp anie s ha v e a pot ential t o imp act human right s p articularly tho s e o f vulner able populations or Indig enous people s C ons equently human right s ha v e bec ome incr e asingly import ant within the mining s ect or and indus tr y gr oup s such as the Mining A s s ociation o f Canada MA C o f which P an Americ an Silv er is a member ha v e w ork ed t o align with glob al human right s objectiv e s The w ork w e do af ect s the liv e s o f the c ommunitie s w e eng ag e with It is p ar amount not only that w e t ak e s t ep s t o under s t and the link ag e s bet w een imp act s o f our activitie s and human right s but als o that w e pr ogr e s siv ely implement pr oper me asur e s t o manag e the s e imp act s appr opriat ely P O TE NT I A L R I SK S A N D IM P A C TS R E L A TE D SD G S M a t e r ia l T o p ic Human right s S u b T o p ic T r aining o f s ecurit y per s onnel D e fni t i o n R e specting human right s and managing our pot ential imp act on right s holder s F e e d b ack Fr o m C O I s NGO s and in v e s t or s r eque s t ed c ollabor ation on and a visible demons tr ation o f our c ommitment t o human right s H o w W e r e R e sp o n d i ng W e f ormaliz ed our e xis ting human right s c ommitment s int o a ne w human right s polic y W e c onduct ed an as s e s sment o f our alignment with the V olunt ar y P rinciple s on S ecurit y and Human Right s as w ell as the Child Right s and S ecurit y Checklis t at t w o o f our sit e s with armed s ecurit y C ommunit y oppo sition t o mine oper ations or de v elopment r e sulting in pr oject or leg al pr oc eeding s pr oduction dela y s r e v oc ation o f permit s and or lo s s o f s ocial ac c ept anc e