MAG genuinely cares about the health, safety and well-being of our people, partners and our community members. We believe everyone should go home safe and healthy each and every day, whether from the office or working at one of our projects. “WE CARE”

MAG is committed to building trust and respect, addressing our stakeholders’ concerns, and making a positive difference in the communities in which we live and work.

Our Commitments:

• Create a culture of zero harm to people and a workplace free of injuries.
• Promote a culture of respect for human rights and inclusion with our employees, contractors and suppliers.
• Deliver lasting and sustainable value to its people, stakeholders and host communities.

To achieve our social commitments, MAG will:

• Focus on building trust and respect, considerate of its stakeholders’ concerns, to make a positive difference in the communities where we live and work.
• Engage with local communities as early as possible in the mining lifecycle to build a strong foundation for the exploration, development and operations stages of its projects.
• Continuously seek improvements in policies, programs and initiatives to minimize social risk through team member development and ongoing community engagement processes.

More of MAG's Health, Safety and Social Responsibility Policy and Commitments are described in our policy.

Social Highlights (2021)

* Fresnillo is the majority shareholder (56%) of Juanicipio  LTIFR – Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate  TRIFR - Total Recordable Injury Frequency Rate

Health, Safety and Well-being

MAG is committed to the health, safety and well-being of our employees, directors, contractors and consultants, as well as the safety and well-being of their families and the communities in which we live and work. MAG is committed to working toward a culture of zero harm.

The I Care – We Care safety program has been fully adopted by MAG and Fresnillo and has been implemented at Juanicipio and through a phased approach at the Deer Trail Project. The program focuses on evaluating safety performance and the progress of the High Potential Incidents and Critical Risk Control Programs. In addition, the new High Potential Incidents Management (HPIM) system was fully implemented at Juanicipio in 2020 with collaboration from managers, supervisors, operators and contractors. The HPIM system helps identify the incidents with the greatest potential to harm people and then measures are implemented to prevent them.

Juanicipio will resume implementation of the ISO 18001/45001 certification process following the I Care – We Care implementation.

The Deer Trail Project has proactive safety programs that staff follow and actively engage with. Workers are required to participate in risk assessments involving their work, including job hazard analyses, field-level risk assessments, and risk scenario exercises. Workers are empowered to stop work if unsafe work practices or hazards are identified.

Risk awareness and emergency preparedness have been key focal points in the safety program at the Deer Trail Project. Additional safety training in 2020 included mine rescue training with support on three occasions from other nearby mining operations.

Human Rights

MAG is committed to promoting a culture of respect for human rights and inclusion. Our Human Rights Policy and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Policy outline our commitments to our employees, directors, contractors, consultants, partners and community members affected by our business.The Juanicipio and Deer Trail projects have site-based complaints and response systems as well as procedures for whistleblowing matters.

In addition to the many policies and procedures that Fresnillo has adopted across all projects, including Juanicipio, training is being provided in ethics, culture and diversity. The University of Arizona helped Fresnillo create the “Step Up Culture” framework that guides their ethics culture training and monitoring. The framework is in use at Juanicipio and encourages people to focus on four key elements and the winning behaviours that demonstrate those elements:

1. Build trust: We encourage people to create a culture of candor, be accountable, find solutions to their ethical dilemmas, and have the courage to implement them.
2. Lead transformatively: We expect our people to be role models, to be empathetic, to stimulate creativity, and to be an inspiration for their team.
3. Act ethically: Every employee should support others speaking up, raise ethical concerns, and make correct decisions.
4. Leverage diversity: We encourage our people to embrace diversity, to learn how to deal with and minimize unconscious biases, and to challenge the existing organizational culture.

Stakeholders and Community

Working closely with our local communities is integral to our success. Priority is given to hiring locally and supporting local businesses and suppliers. Early planning and engagement is critical to the success of a project. Local stakeholder identification, stakeholder mapping, community mapping and grievance mechanisms are tools used for community engagement at MAG’s projects.

In 2020, MAG made the decision to move away from one-off donations and is focussing on investments that align with our values, our business objectives and address needs identified by our local communities. Similar to Fresnillo and their work at Juanicipio, these investments can address topics such as socioeconomic development, public health and safety and natural and cultural heritage.

The Juanicipio Project, through the Directorate of Economic and Agricultural Development, has two signed agreements with the Fresnillo City Council for the development of microenterprises or productive projects. The agreements state the contributions from each group: 40% Fresnillo City Council and 60% Juanicipio Project. The community development plan covers microenterprise projects in the communities of interest (Presa de Linares, Mexico Nuevo, El Obligado and Carillo). Capacity development support is provided for 25 family gardens, 25 families with backyard poultry and five microenterprise projects. Local stakeholder engagement and community analysis was conducted and microenterprise projects were selected that align with the needs of the communities. Currently the microenterprise projects are: baking and pastry workshop, sewing workshop, artisanal stone workshop, barbershop, and the manufacturing of cleaning products. In addition to the microenterprise projects, Juanicipio Project staff have completed three reforestation projects in the local communities, planting 554 trees.

One of the microenterprise projects that is supported by the Juanicipio Project and the Fresnillo City Council is a women's sewing collective in the El Obligado community. A need for fabric face masks was identified at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and the sewing collective responded by making masks for health institutions, governments and Juanicipio’s workforce. The sewing collective has expanded their product catalogue to include safety vests, aprons, school uniforms and sports uniforms. In 2021 the sewing collective became an official supplier for Fresnillo plc.

"We started the workshop eager to learn a new skill. We never imagined that it would become a business opportunity for us."
Sewing workshop participant from the Juanicipo project.

In 2020, MAG supported the restoration of a historical mill building that was on the Deer Trail Project property. This project was initiated at the request of several community members.