80 2 01 9 S U S T AINABILITY REPOR T M o ni t o r a n d e val u a t e T SM pr ot oc ols our sit e s s elf as s e s s their perf ormanc e ag ains t the s e pr ot oc ols and de v elop c orr e sponding action plans f or impr o v ement E n vir onment al A udit s E ach mine is audit ed at le as t e v er y other y e ar t o as s e s s the mine s f acilitie s oper ating pr oc edur e s and c ontr ol s y s t ems t o ensur e pot ential risk s ar e being manag ed c orr ectly A udit s ar e c onduct ed b y a t e am o f pr o f e s sionals fr om our other mine s and c orpor at e ofc e In addition w e oc c asionally add a thir dp art y specialis t t o the audit t e am t o addr e s s in gr e at er det ail specifc ar e as o f c onc ern or opportunitie s The audit pr oc e s s f o s t er s the sharing o f be s t pr actic e s and int egr ation among mine s and help s ensur e that sit e le v el pr oc edur e s ar e c onsis t ent with T SM and our c orpor at e s t andar ds A c c o u n t a b ilit y E ach oper ation is r e sponsible f or the de v elopment and implement ation o f pr oc edur e s and pr ogr ams that c omply with our E n vir onment al P olic y s y s t ems and c orpor at e initiativ e s The V ic e P r e sident E n vir onment o v er s ee s en vir onment al manag ement f or our C omp an y O ur P erf ormanc e O ur bigg e s t challeng e in 2 01 9 w as the int egr ation o f the r ec ently ac quir ed g old s egment oper ations T ahoe R e s our c e s int o P an Americ an Silv er This r equir ed s tr engthening our t e ams as w ell as s tr e amlining manag ement and r eporting s y s t ems W e inc orpor at ed the T ahoe mine s int o our c orpor at e en vir onment al audit pr ogr am Int egr ating the ne w mine s r equir ed us t o updat e and e xp and c ert ain s y s t ems and pr oc e s s e s in ar e as such as w at er manag ement and mine clo sur e t o ensur e the T ahoe oper ations w er e meeting our s t andar ds W e als o g ained additional c ap acit y and t alent fr om the ne w oper ations and w er e able t o le v er ag e e xperienc e and adv anc ed t ools fr om T ahoe including dat a manag ement and r eporting s y s t ems which w e ar e applying acr o s s the C omp an y Another f ocus f or us w as the c ontinued implement ation o f T SM pr ot oc ols and fr ame w ork s In 2 01 9 our c orpor at e ofc e and sit e s c onduct ed s elf as s e s sment s ag ains t the T SM pr ot oc ols and ha v e been implementing det ailed action plans t o addr e s s g ap s and enhanc e int ernal guideline s and pr oc e s s e s O ur silv er s egment mine s w er e on tr ack t o achie v e T SM L e v el A acr o s s all pr ot oc ols b y the end o f 2 0 2 0 ho w e v er pr ogr e s s has been dela y ed b y f or c ed mine suspensions r elat ed t o the C O VID 1 9 p andemic O ur ne wly ac quir ed g old s egment oper ations ha v e a g o al t o meet L e v el A b y 2 0 22 or e arlier and ar e alr e ady making g ood pr ogr e s s Sit e s ar e als o w orking t o align their manag ement s y s t ems with the T SM pr ot oc ols S i g ni f c a nt E n v i ro n m e nt al I n c i d e nt s No SEIs oc curr ed at our mine s in 2 01 9 W e de fne SEIs as tho s e that neg ativ ely imp act the en vir onment or c ommunitie s out side o f our mine s or pr oject sit e s including en vir onment al incident s that signifc antly imp act the r eput ation or c ommunit y per c eption o f P an Americ an Silv er O ur f ocus on pr e v ention en vir onment al manag ement thr ough our auditing pr ogr am emer g enc y pr ep ar edne s s and crisis manag ement at the sit e and c orpor at e le v els t o r apidly addr e s s is sue s that ma y aris e support s our abilit y t o a v oid SEIs