17 17 Page 16 Contd from pg 14 cleaner environment and V ale s long term sustainability and employment in the Sudbury basin for decades to come These eforts coupled with our 1 billion Clean AER Project will see sulphur dioxide SO2 emissions from our Smelter reduced by 85 from current levels this year This is a huge milestone for V ale and Sudbury and have celebrated this achievement throught the summer of 2018 Superstack to be decommissioned by 2019 Preparing for the future V ale has an nounced the end of their operations Due to the signifcant reduction in emissions they will achieve through the AER program Sudbury s iconic Superstack will be decommissioned in 2019 and replaced by two smaller 137 metre 450 foot stacks The two smaller and more efcient stacks will require far less ener gy to operate which will assist in reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the Smelter by approximately 40 V ale operates nickel mines with some that have been around for 135 years They are committed to making the right decisions and pave the way for future generations to live and work in Sudbury After more than 120 years V ale placed Stobie mine on care and main tenance Stobie mine was one of the most prolifc mines in the world with more than 375000000 tonnes of ore have been mined out of the Frood Stobie The remnant ore that was left was simply no longer economical for V ale to mine in the current price en vironment T wo awards r ecognize V ale s con tribution to envir onmental and community excellence Over the last couple of years V ale has been through a lot and they have ac complished a lot Their efort hasn t gone unnoticed In May 2018 V ale s Sudbury Biodi versity Program received the national T owards Sustainable Mining TSM Environmen tal Excellence A ward from the Mining Association of Canada MAC at an awards gala dur ing the 2018 CIM Convention in V ancouver V ale s biodive rsity work in Sudbury focuses on regreening and reclamation eforts trans forming historically stressed lands and waterways back to their natural states after more than a century of mining activi ties T o improve biodiversity within the community V ale un dertakes a number of activities including Growing more than 300000 trees annually in its greenhouse for planting throughout the City of Greater Sud bury Investing 250000 and do nating 50000 tree seedlings annually to the City of Greater Sudbury s Bio diversity Action Plan Promoting pollination by raising bees on its Smelter property along Highway 55 in Sudbury and planting milkweed for monarch but terfies which are great pollinators Seeding hundreds of acres each year by air through an aerial seeding program that has reclaimed approximately 8000 acre s since 1990 Raising and releasing more than 100000 fsh to date into local waterways through a comprehensive fshstocking program Last November 2017 V ale received an Ontario Business Achievement Clean AER Pr oject to r educe gr eenhouse gas emissions by 40 Contd on pg 17 Page 17 A ward from the Ontario Chamber of Commerce in the corporate citizen ship category W e are so thrilled to be recognized by the Ontario Chamber of Commerce with this award said Angie Robson Manager of Corporate and Aborigi nal Afairs for V ale s Ontario Opera tions as she accepted the award It s wonderful to be acknowledged for the community relationships and invest ments V ale is making near our opera tions in Sudbury and Port Colborne V ale was nominated for the OBAA Corporate Citizen A ward by the Great er Sudbury Chamber of Commerce V ale operates fve mines a mill and a nickel refnery in the Greater Sudbury Contd from pg 16 Angie Robson Manager of Corporate and Aboriginal Afairs for V ale accepts OBAA award Area in addition to its cobalt nickel and precious metals refnery in Port Col borne Ontario