INDEPENDENCE GROUP NL ANNUAL REPORT 2017

IGO and its employees are proud of the contributions made over the past year to a wide range of local and regional programs. Our employees also provide in-kind assistance through the donation of their time and resources for community events and initiatives. IGO has a long-term commitment to support communities close to our operations; our host communities. We regularly consult with key community groups and individual stakeholders to both address matters that may be of concern and explore opportunities where IGO can offer assistance. IGO makes donations to our host communities in accordance with our publicly stated Corporate Giving Standard. Our corporate giving is focused on three main areas: • Support and improvement of educational outcomes for the children in our host communities; • Support and improvement of the health and well-being of our host community members; and • Enhancement, protection or rehabilitation of the environment local to our host communities. During FY17 IGO received and supported over 60 applications, some of which included: • Supporting the Ngadju Dancers to attend the National Indigenous Dance Rites Competition at the Sydney Opera House in October 2016; • The Kambalda Cultural and Arts Group; • The Girls Academy Program at both the Kalgoorlie-Boulder and Esperance Senior High Schools; • Norseman District High School’s Leadership Program; • The Leonora Art Prize; • Kalgoorlie Christmas in the Park; • Ronald McDonald House; • Leonora/Kambalda Football Club; • The Ngadju Rangers; • Kambalda Mens Shed; • Goldfields Girl; • Leonora Golden Gift; • Goldfields Disabled Sports; and • Millennium Kids. IGO’s total Corporate Giving spend in FY17 was A$288,817. In addition, IGO contributed A$15,000 to the WA Mining Club Scholarship program for Geology and Aboriginal scholarships and A$150,000 to the Curtin Scholarship Endowment. TEACH LEARN GROW (TLG) During FY17, our biggest donation recipient was an organisation called Teach Learn Grow. TLG is a not-for-profit charity that addresses educational inequity by providing rural and Indigenous Western Australian students with free one-on-one tuition and mentoring. The TLG vision is for every West Australian child to have equal opportunities in education, regardless of background, location or circumstance and overcome poverty and disadvantage through education. TLG is a youth led organisation in which university students give up their vacation time to spend one or two weeks, twice a year, in rural and remote schools throughout WA. IGO has been a proud supporter of TLG since 2012, and during that time the partnership has grown with IGO adding schools to the Rural Tutoring Program as our WA footprint has expanded. The schools that currently form part of the TLG-IGO Rural Tutoring Program include: • East Kalgoorlie Primary School; • Coolgardie Primary School; COMMUNITY 10 — IGO ANNUAL REPORT 2017