P AN AMERIC AN SIL VER 81 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 M I N E S A U D IT E D I N 2 0 1 9 In 2 01 9 w e c omplet ed audit s at Manantial E spejo as w ell as at t w o o f our ne wly ac quir ed mine s Shahuindo and L a Ar ena Manantial E spejo impr o v ed it s o v er all audit perf ormanc e fr om the prior 2 01 7 audit While the o v er all number o f audit fnding s incr e as ed the s e v erit y o f nonc onf ormanc e s w as lo w er than that f ound in the pr e vious audit The majorit y o f nonc onf ormanc e s w er e o f lo w s e v erit y such as s olid indus trial w as t e manag ement hous ek eeping and lack o f signag e Shahuindo and L a Ar ena perf ormed w ell on their fr s t audit s under the P an Americ an Silv er s y s t em B oth mine s ar e addr e s sing audit fnding s r elat ed t o w at er manag ement b y implementing w at er manag ement plans thr ough w at er c ommitt ee s at e ach sit e The 2 0 2 0 audit plan include s audit s at Timmins S an V ic ent e D olor e s and L a C olor ada subject t o C O VID 1 9 p andemic imp act adjus tment s A i r Q u a lit y D us t g ener at ed b y activitie s such as blas ting crushing and tr ansport gr a v el r o ads c an pot entially af ect air qualit y if not pr operly manag ed In addition or e pr oc e s sing and sit e labor at or y activitie s ha v e c ert ain emis sions that als o r equir e manag ement c ontr ols All our oper ations ha v e dus t suppr e s sion s y s t ems and activ ely manag e dus t s our c e s fr om mobile tr ansport In addition man y o f our sit e s pr oc e s sing and labor at or y emis sion s our c e s ha v e air qualit y c ontr ol s y s t ems ins t alled T o insur e c omplianc e with r ele v ant air qualit y s t andar ds w e c onduct r egular air monit oring ar ound our oper ations and als o monit or labor at or y and r e fner y air e xtr action emis sions In 2 01 9 our sit e s c omplet ed dus t labor at or y and r e fner y monit oring in ac c or danc e with be s t pr actic e s and the r e sult s c omplied with r ele v ant air qualit y r egulations D us t g ener at ed b y deliv er y truck tr ansport ation is a c ommunit y c onc ern at our L a Ar ena and Shahuindo mine s W e ha v e been w orking with tho s e c ommunitie s t o fnd cr e ativ e s olutions including the us e o f additiv e s that impr o v e r o ad surf ac e s t abilit y and r educ e w at er us e f or dus t suppr e s sion 10 0 25 0 20 1 9 20 1 9 2 0 17 20 1 9 2 015 L a Ar ena Shahuindo Manantial E spejo 50 W eight ed T ot al o f NonC onf ormanc e s 75