Aura Minerals Releases 2022 Sustainability Report
July 31 2023 - 6:30AM
Aura Minerals Inc. (TSX: ORA, B3: AURA33, OTCQX:
ORAAF) (“
Aura” or the
“
Company”) is pleased to release its 2022
Sustainability Report. The report underscores the Company’s
commitment to being an innovative, safe, responsible, and
sustainable mining Company, and highlights initiatives planned
across eight ESG Pillars. The Report is available on Aura’s
website, https://auraminerals.com/community/our-commitment/. This
is the third consecutive year that Aura has published its
sustainability report based on Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
standards, which encompasses economic, environmental, and social
performance.
Highlights of the 2022 Sustainability
Report include:
- 62% reduction in the frequency rate
of accidents with absences.
- 92% recycling of water across all
our operations.
- Consolidation of the eight material
topics of Aura, based on input from internal and external
stakeholders.
- Aura Data Journey to improve
governance and business process systems including implementing
Industrial and Financial Systems Application Enterprise Resource
Planning management software that, alongside the DEEP system, will
contribute to managing data related to greenhouse gases and
preparing our GHG emissions inventories.
- Establishing a decarbonization plan
with the goal of reducing GHG emissions by 5% from 2020 levels by
2023.
Rodrigo Barbosa, CEO of Aura, commented: “In
2022, we continued on our path of sustainable and responsible
growth, reinforcing our socio-environmental initiatives and
achieving significant production and economic-financial performance
results. This reflects the maturity of our strategic planning, the
decentralized and modern decision-making model, and the
consolidation of our Aura 360 Culture. While there is still more
progress to be made, I am extremely proud of the accomplishments we
have achieved towards our goal of becoming one of the most
respected and admired companies in the industry.”
About Aura 360° Mining
Aura is focused on mining in complete terms –
thinking holistically about how its business impacts and benefits
every one of our stakeholders: our company, our shareholders, our
employees, and the countries and communities we serve. We call this
360° Mining.
Aura is a mid-tier gold and copper production
company focused on the development and operation of gold and base
metal projects in the Americas. The Company’s producing assets
include the San Andres gold mine in Honduras, the EPP gold mine in
Brazil and the Aranzazu copper-gold-silver mine in Mexico. In
addition, the Company has the Tolda Fria gold project in Colombia
and five projects in Brazil, of which four gold projects: Almas,
which is under final phase of construction; Borborema and Matupá,
which are in development; and São Francisco, which is on care and
maintenance. The Company also owns the Serra da Estrela copper
project in Brazil, Carajás region, under exploration stage.
For further information, please visit Aura’s
website at www.auraminerals.com or contact:
Rodrigo Barbosa
President
& CEO305-239-9332
Forward-Looking Information
This press release contains “forward-looking
information” and “forward-looking statements”, as defined in
applicable securities laws (collectively, “forward-looking
statements”), which include, without limitation, the
Company’s commitments in the 2021 Report, including the
participation rate for women in the Company’s recruitment and
hiring processes and the Company’s decarbonization plan and goals
for GHG emissions reductions.
Known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
factors, many of which are beyond the Company’s ability to predict
or control, could cause actual results to differ materially from
those contained in the forward-looking statements if such risks,
uncertainties or factors materialize. In addition, the results from
the Study are also based on assumptions, including assumptions from
the Technical Report, which may include assumptions on indicated
mineral resources, measured mineral resources, probable mineral
reserves and/or proven mineral reserves, which could also cause
actual results to differ materially from those contained in the
forward-looking statements if such assumptions prove wrong.
Specific reference is made to the most recent Annual Information
Form on file with certain Canadian provincial securities regulatory
authorities and the Technical Report for a discussion of some of
the factors underlying forward-looking statements, which include,
without limitation the ability of the Company to achieve its
longer-term outlook and the anticipated timing and results thereof,
the ability to lower costs and increase production, the ability of
the Company to successfully achieve business objectives, copper and
gold or certain other commodity price volatility, changes in debt
and equity markets, the uncertainties involved in interpreting
geological data, increases in costs, environmental compliance and
changes in environmental legislation and regulation, interest rate
and exchange rate fluctuations, general economic conditions and
other risks involved in the mineral exploration and development
industry. Readers are cautioned that the foregoing list of factors
is not exhaustive of the factors that may affect the
forward-looking statements.
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