2 Primer o sus t ainability re P or t 2013 W e ar e pr oud t o pr esent our thir d annual Sustainabilit y R epor t which highlights our achie v ements and challeng es in 20 13 As w e gr o w w e will not lose sight of our objectiv es of c ontinuous impr o v ement t o w orkplac e health and saf et y en vir onmental perf ormanc e and of sharing the benefts of mining thr oughout our host c ommunities W e r emain c ommitt ed t o tr anspar ency and ac c ountabilit y in sustain abilit y r epor ting W e ha v e appoint ed a ne w V ic e P r esident of C orpor at e R esponsibilit y whose man y r esponsibilities include w orking t o impr o v e data c ollection and r epor ting and enc our aging the eng ag ement of emplo y ees c ommuni ties and other stak eholder s in our sustainabilit y initiativ es T his r epor t c o v er s the period of January 1 thr ough Dec ember 31 20 13 i ts c ont ent is guided b y c ommon prin c i p l e s i n s ustainabilit y r epor ting in our industry and b y the fndings of an e xt ensiv e int ernal mat erialit y as ses sment pr oc es s which is described lat er in this r epor t i n the futur e w e will br oaden these mat erialit y discus sions t o include v arious e xt ernal stak eholder gr oups E c onomic perf ormanc e is not emphasiz ed in this r epor t as a public c ompan y our fnancial r esults ar e audit ed annually and r epor t ed on a r egular basis and our Annual R epor ts F inancial R epor ts and R egulat ory F ilings ar e post ed on our w ebsit e Nonetheles s k e y ec onomic driv er s ar e discus sed in the Deliv ering P rimer o V alues section of this r epor t T his r epor t is primarily based on data c ollect ed at and ar ound our San Dimas mine in Me xic o Our other pr oper ties ar e not discus sed the ac quisition of the C err o Del Gallo pr oper t y w as c omplet ed in Ma y 20 13 and the ac quisition of Brigus Gold the Black F o x mine and Gr e y F o x adv anc ed e xplor ation pr oject w as c omplet ed in early 20 14 All of our as sets will be included in the 20 14 Sustainabilit y R epor t T he en vir onmental and br oader sustainabilit y impact of our offc es in T or ont o V anc ouv er and Me xic o C it y had little eff ect on our o v er all impact and the offc es ener gy c onsumption data ar e not included in the en vir onmental d a t a T his r epor t is based on data c ollect ed in 20 13 with c ompar ativ e data fr om pr e vious y ear s Our pr e vious Sustainabilit y R epor ts c ontained err or s in w at er c onsumption data which is discus sed lat er in this r epor t but ther e ar e no signifcant chang es fr om pr e vious r epor ting periods in the sc ope boundary or measur ement methods applied F or an y questions r eg ar ding this r epor t or its c ont ents please c ontact us at sustainabilit yprimer omining c om GR i de C la R a tion T his r epor t is based on the standar ds of the Global R epor ting i nitiativ e GR i and r epr esents P rimer o s sec ond Sustainabilit y R epor t t o attain a GR i le v el C standar d of sustainabilit y r epor ting T he GR i is an independent institution that has de v eloped v oluntary guidelines f or sustainabilit y r epor ting T he mining and metals sect or supplement of the GR i r epor ting guidelines ha v e also been c onsider ed and a v ailable data is included in this r epor t W e belie v e that the GR i r epor ting guidelines help us t o maintain a high standar d of tr anspar ency clarit y and c ompar abilit y and that applying GR i standar ds demonstr at es our c ommitment t o tr anspar ent r epor ting especially in those cat eg ories that ar e most impor tant t o our stak eholder s A GR i i nde x can be f ound at the back of this r epor t About TH i S REPOR T Our ong oing as ses sments of mat erialit y will in the futur e incr ease the br eadth of eng ag ement in our sustainabilit y r epor ting W e will be eng aging in f ormal e x er cises t o r efine our definition of stak eholder s and t o surv e y their r epor ting needs