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In parallel, we will continue to work on our planned
exploration projects, which focus on near-mine targets
and regional exploration designed to discover the mines
of the future.
Going forward, we will continue to consider new growth
opportunities targeting gold and base metals projects
that have scale, high margin, long-life potential and which
are located in low risk mining jurisdictions. In the mid-
term these opportunities may take the form of further
acquisitions while in the longer term we will continue to
strive for organic growth through exploration.
In growing our business we intend to create economic
benefit, not just for our shareholders, but also for the
broader community. Our vision is that our growth serves
the communities in which we operate.
Invariably mining and exploration processes have
environmental and social impacts. In the face of this
reality, we at IGO are committed to understanding these
impacts and to working with our stakeholders to find
solutions and/or mitigating measures to enable us to
respond in ways that meet our stakeholders expectations
of our performance. To guide these activities, IGO has
embraced the ICMM Sustainable Development Principles.
In the last twelve months we have achieved much. We
have consistently delivered financial and production
performance within, or better than, guidance and critically,
we have done so without serious harm to any of our
people.
Further, we have delivered in accordance with our
statutory obligations and without material harm to the
environment.
Regarding sustainability, IGO’s main challenges in the
coming three to five years lie in developing improved
health, safety, environment, and community relations
systems appropriate to the scale of our business and the
nature of our role in the broader community.
In this, our first Sustainability Report, we present our key
activities and our material impacts, both positive and
negative. We have sought to contextualise our activities
with regard to the wider industry, the environmental
settings in which we operate, and the communities of
which we are a part. It is our intention to be transparent
in both our objectives and the means by which they are
delivered. This report provides a complete overview of
the significant non-financial aspects of our business to
enable our stakeholders to more broadly assess IGO’s
performance during the year ended 30 June 2015 and to
provide a benchmark against which we can measure our
continuous improvement.
I welcome your feedback on this report so that we can
continue to improve our performance and strengthen our
stakeholder engagement.
Peter Bradford
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
Sustainabi l i ty at IGO
A deliberate and considered focus
CEO’S MESSAGE