Environmental Policy
The Company's primary requirement for the experts during execution of drilling and geologic prospecting work is to strictly adhere to all the rules established by the legislation, relating to drilling and coring work and the environmental protection requirements. On the territory permitted to the Company, jointly with geologic prospecting work, environmental protection measures are also taken.
One of the most responsible components of our adopted policy - reducing the negative impact on the environment during the activities and rehabilitation of damaged environment.
The Company is committed to:
• Ensuring the safety of subsoil, atmosphere, soil, forests, water, and other objects of nature and the environment from the harmful effects
of the work related to subsoil use.
• Ensuring the protection of natural, historical and cultural monuments.
• Restoring and improving the lands disturbed due to subsoil use, making them suitable for household use or re-establishing their safety.
• Ensuring the safety of implementation of work related to subsoil use.
• Making periodic measurements of qualitative and quantitative parameters of air emissions of materials, every three months.
• Performing monitoring of soil pollution due to the use of machine oils and lubricants, to avoid possible soil contamination.
• Performing drilling work by modern drilling rigs, which will ensure minimal dust formation.
Carrying out restoration of topsoil after the open pit exploitation, after technical reclamation. The Company is making continuous monitoring of application of measures for the study of biodiversity, water and land mass and for harm reduction.
Health and Safety Policy
We greatly value the health and safety of our employees, and we do everything possible to prevent the occurrence of possible injuries during work. Safety and health of employees during work activities is the system of protection of life and health of employees, which includes legal, socio-economic, sanitary and hygienic, preventive medical, rehabilitative and other measures. The organization carries out a number of planned works aimed at improving working conditions and reducing work-related injuries:
• Conducting initial training on safety rules with all the staff they employ.
• Providing employees of all professions with instructions for safe execution of works.
• Providing the staff with appropriate clothing, footwear, and personal protective means: helmet, glasses, lamp, gloves, first aid kit and accessories.
• Allowing driving mountain vehicles and machinery to those who have undergone special training and have a driver's license to operate those vehicles or machinery.
• Providing the necessary first-aid equipment.
The Company employees are obliged to know their health and safety responsibilities and to strictly follow the instructions.
