Corporate Responsibility
VANE Minerals plc has projects in a number of different geographic areas and has a commitment to uphold the highest standards of corporate responsibility wherever it operates. The primary aspects of the VANE corporate responsibility programme are:
Environmental – On active projects such as gold mining in Mexico, or copper and uranium drilling in the United States, we constantly observe operations to ensure that all activity sits well within environmental safety parameters. Despite the copper and uranium operations undertaken by VANE having a relatively small footprint in their implementation, environmental impact levels are constantly monitored. We have also taken steps to ensure that all parts of the portfolio are carefully assessed on a case by case basis with regard to development in the context of each locality.
VANE believes very strongly that one of the key elements to reducing hydrocarbon emissions worldwide is through the development of nuclear power. With a low carbon footprint in extraction, processing and usage, VANE is proud to be participating in the supply of uranium to an evolving global energy community.
Health and Safety – Our workforce is one of our key assets and we demand that VANE work crews abide by the highest levels of health and safety best practice. We periodically review safety at all sites and in the second half of 2011 conducted a full analysis of the Mexico operations, from which we made a number of improvements to day to day operations. We also constantly monitor radioactivity levels at our uranium operations at the project base, core sheds and at any location where extraction material is present. All monitoring tests have so far reported levels of radioactivity well within the standards set for such activities.
Community – Whether through direct employment, supply purchase, land use or the environment, VANE takes its responsibility to the communities it is part of very seriously. Directly; through on-site training, we help to improve the skill set of our employees under the guidance of some of the leading uranium and copper-gold experts in the mining industry. In a wider programme, we liaise with individuals regularly, face to face, by always having a presence wherever we work, as well as holding more formal community programmes. Our work with community leaders, regional and federal governments aims to give maximum transparency to all our operations and objectives. We hope to be long term partners to our communities and develop with them.
Summary- VANE was co-founded by senior members of leading resources companies who believe that there is one level of corporate reasonability for all companies, no matter what the size.