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Social and environmental disclosure and the risk of inconsistencyWith social licence to operate becoming more prominent as a risk to mine development, better disclosure around environmental and social issues will help protect investment value

With social licence to operate becoming more prominent as a risk to mine development, better disclosure around environmental and social issues will help protect investment value

By Karola Tóth

April 09, 2019

Courtesy of Karola Tóth

In 2013, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) reviewed 50 National Instrument (NI) 43-101 technical reports. Of those, 80 per cent were non-compliant with requirements as indicated in Form 43-101F1 – for example, they included incomplete forms or not enough information – and 32 per cent of the technical reports on advanced properties did not adequately disclose information related to environmental permits or the social or community impacts.

Why is this significant? Risk.

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