50 2 01 9 S U S T AINABILITY REPOR T R i g h t s o f I n d i g e n o u s p e o p l e s Thr ough our ac quisition o f T ahoe R e s our c e s w e no w oper at e thr ee mine s loc at ed ne ar Indig enous c ommunitie s our t w o Timmins mine s in Canada and our E s c ob al mine in Guat emala Indig enous people s ha v e both individual and c ollectiv e right s Ther e ar e s e v er al national and int ernational la w s addr e s sing the right s o f indig enous people s O ne such ins trument is the Int ernational L abour O r g aniz ation C on v ention 1 6 9 which include s a mandat e that g o v ernment c onsult with Indig enous c ommunitie s surr ounding mining oper ations prior t o gr anting mining right s permit s or appr o v als This is curr ently the situation with our E s c ob al mine in Guat emala wher e oper ations ar e suspended while the g o v ernment o f Guat emala c omplet e s an IL O 1 6 9 c onsult ation pr oc e s s with loc al Indig enous c ommunitie s A r t i s a n al a n d s m al l s c ale mi n e r s Artis anal or inf ormal mining c an be a k e y s our c e o f inc ome f or loc al c ommunitie s It c an be as s ociat ed with a number o f neg ativ e imp act s including en vir onment al degr adation and uns af e w orking c onditions 118 gr oup s o f inf ormal miner s ar e activ e on land adjac ent t o our Shahuindo oper ation The s e miner s r epr e s ent ed b y the A s ociacion de Miner al Art e s anal S an Blas AMA SB A ar e in dialogue with the P eruvian g o v ernment t o f ormaliz e their oper ations W e ar e supporting this f ormaliz ation pr oc e s s and ar e w orking with the g o v ernment loc al authoritie s and AMA SB A t o de fne the boundar y o f the land within which the s e miner s will oper at e H u m a n R i g h t s i n o u r S u p p l y C h a i n O ur s ocial audit pr oc e s s s cr eens f or human right s risk s in the pr o visions in c ert ain c ontr act or and subc ontr act or agr eement s as w ell as fr om c ontr act or s ecurit y pr actic e s W e als o f ollo w the guideline s s et b y the W orld Gold C ouncil s C onfict F r ee Gold St andar d which help s us ensur e that our actions do not c ontribut e t o violations o f human right s The ne w Supplier C ode o f C onduct pr o vide s an additional fr ame w ork t o help manag e human right s risk s in our supply chain This c ode s et s out the e xpect ations f or supplier s w orking with P an Americ an Silv er including the r equir ement f or c omplianc e with the Glob al Human Right s P olic y and r e spect f or the right s cultur al div er sit y and cus t oms o f loc al c ommunitie s and Indig enous P eople s W e ar e in the pr oc e s s o f implementing a due dilig enc e s o ft w ar e pr ogr am t o r e vie w and monit or supplier r elationship s Se cu r i t y an d H u m an R i g h t s The priorit y f or all s ecurit y pr ogr ams at P an Americ an Silv er is t o pr ot ect our people and our as s et s W e belie v e that making our sit e s mor e s ecur e in turn mak e s loc al c ommunitie s mor e s ecur e O ur objectiv e is t o act in ac c or danc e with loc al la w s while being mindful o f int ernational pr actic e s and principle s p articularly with r eg ar d t o the us e o f s ecurit y In 2 01 9 w e as s e s s ed the s ecurit y risk s ar ound oper ations and pr oject s and identifed the f ollo wing k e y risk s crime pot ential violenc e as s ociat ed with labour unr e s t and civil unr e s t G R I 4 1 1 1 M M 5 M M 6 E d uc a t i on an d C apa c i t y Bui l d i n g F or P an Americ an Silv er an element o f r e specting human right s is helping c ommunit y member s t o under s t and and e x er cis e their individual right s O ur c ommunit y t e ams c onduct educ ation and tr aining f or specifc c ommunit y gr oup s such as w omen y outh f amilie s and vulner able people O v er the p as t f e w y e ar s w e ha v e pr o vided tr aining and educ ation on v arious import ant t opic s including A c c e s s t o educ ation and c ar eer opportunitie s D ome s tic violenc e addiction and vulner able gr oup s Gender equalit y P ar enting and he alth y home s Mother and child he alth Hy giene and s anit ation pr actic e s S e xual he alth and r epr oductiv e right s Dis crimination and s e xual har as sment