MAG genuinely cares about the health, safety and wellbeing of our people, partners and our community members. We believe everyone should go home safe and healthy each and every day.

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.

More of MAG's Health, Safety and Social Responsibility Policy and Commitments and how we plan to achieve them are described in our HSESR Policy.

Social Highlights (2022)

• 62,478 hours dedicated to Health & Safety training
• LTIFR of 1.92 (per 200,000 hours) at Juanicipio (down from 2.02 in 2021)
• 66% of workforce hired from local communities
• 24% women employees across all projects
• Social Management System is in use at both Deer Trail and Larder exploration projects

Health & Safety

PPE in Juanicipio underground mine.

MAG Silver is committed to the health and safety of its employees, contractors, business partners and communities in which we operate. We believe everyone should go home safe and healthy every day. Our safety vision is to create a culture of zero harm and a workplace free of injuries and occupational illnesses.

The “I Care, We Care” safety management system has been adopted by Juanicipio and identifies the most critical risks, or risks with the greatest potential to harm individuals, and with collaboration from managers, supervisors, operators and contractors, implements the controls required to mitigate those risks. The system focuses on evaluating safety performance and monitors the progress of reducing High Potential Incidents and unsafe conditions in the workplace.

The Deer Trail and Larder Projects have 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.

At the Deer Trail and Larder Projects, risk awareness and emergency preparedness were key focal points in our proactive safety program. Safety training at Deer Trail Project during the reporting period included extensive first aid and emergency response training, wildlife awareness training and regular discussions around safety culture/safe working procedures.

Our People

Employees at the Juanicipio Training Center.

Our people are the core of our business, our success and our shared values. MAG Silver is committed to offering a safe and healthy workplace that encourages collaboration, fosters innovation and cultivates a culture where everyone is treated fairly, with respect and has equal opportunity to succeed.

MAG’s core values of Care, Culture and Creativity drive our approach to recruitment, training, development and retention that is rooted in providing a respectful workplace for our most important asset, our people. This is evident not only in the workplace culture but through our policy landscape, including our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, Human Rights and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Policies.

Women in the Workforce

As mining is a traditionally male-dominated industry, we design our recruitment strategy with the intent of encouraging women to apply for positions across various disciplines. Enhanced efforts to attract and retain women in the workforce is also a priority at Juanicipio. Fresnillo has an overarching corporate objective to steadily increase the percentage of women in their workforce, including an increase of women in managerial and superintendent roles. Fresnillo is also committed to paying an equal wage for an equal job and has site-level policies and targets in place to close the gender pay gap.

Read more on page 34 of our 2022 Sustainability Report.

Training and Professional Development

Dedicated resources for training and the continuing education of our personnel are a priority at MAG Silver to ensure employees have the knowledge, skills and capacity to fulfill their roles and responsibilities safely and efficiently and to support their ongoing professional development.

In 2022, there were 213,045 hours of training delivered at Juanicipio to all employees and contractors. Substantial efforts were made in delivering Technical training for new personnel in mine operations, the processing plant and the technical trades. Juanicipio also launched their Training Center in 2022. The Training Center is focused on focused on preparing, assessing and certifying our employees, contractors and consultants for safe and competent work at site.

Read more on page 35 of our 2022 Sustainability Report.

Local Communities

Larder Project’s Exploration Manager with members of the McGarry local community.

MAG Silver seeks to proactively identify and engage our communities of interest in inclusive, transparent and culturally respectful dialogue before undertaking significant activities and throughout the life of a project.

Stakeholder engagement is a component of our multi-dimensional Social Management System and is one of the key ways in which we stay connected with our stakeholders. Our stakeholder engagement plans are based on stakeholder and issues mapping exercises including an understanding of the more important subjects of rights holders for our First Nations registries.

MAG Silver contributes to its communities in a number of ways, including through:

• A focus on building trust and respect, being mindful and considerate of its stakeholders’ concerns and making a positive difference in the communities in which the Company lives and works;
• Managing risks through due diligence and risk assessments and exploring opportunities associated with economic, environmental, social, cultural rights and interests of communities;
• A commitment to supporting local and regional development in the areas of our operations and projects through training and employment; and
• A commitment to supporting sustainable development and social investment initiatives that benefit communities where we operate.

Community Development

MAG Silver’s commitment to making a positive difference in the communities in which we work is demonstrated in part through our Social Investment Framework—an integral component of the Company’s Social Management System.

The MAG Silver Social Investment Framework has been in use at Deer Trail and Larder since 2021 and 2022, respectively, and provides guidance and structure around how our exploration projects can contribute to the creation of societal value and benefit local stakeholders.

Juanicipio participates in Fresnillo’s blended-value community development project model, which aims to provide quantifiable benefits to both the community and the company, through a collaborative “district approach” (Fresnillo/Juanicipio/Saucito) with cooperation from non-governmental organizations (NGOs), government or civil society. Juanicipio conducts community assessments on an ongoing basis to identify entrepreneurs who may meet the microenterprise development project criteria for inclusion in community development programs in 2023.

Read more about our engagement with local communities on page 39 of our 2022 Sustainability Report.