Mineral Exploration

S umm e r 20 17 21 requires an integrated approach to documenting and reporting all stakeholder encounters. Getting the engagement processes correct requires forward planning and integrating procedures into all aspects of the exploration phase. Documenting encounters can take the form of a stakeholder database, meeting minutes, site visit reports, and memos or briefs. According to Eleanor Gill, a social impact specialist at engineering consultant HATCH, proper documentation will drive social performance by promoting deliberate planning, focus and transparency. Gill boils this notion down to a simple equation: social performance + documentation = value creation. Without proper documentation about social performance, a prospective or new owner will not be aware of or able to leverage previous work. An integrated documentation process will help to safeguard an exploration company's link in the social chain of custody. Social performance does not simply happen; it must be mandated, have goals, objectives and targets, and be integrated into all stages of a project's development and execution. There are three components that work together to ensure that the social chain of custody is measured in real terms: • Document each engagement meeting, phone call, text or email, and validate these records with all parties where possible. • Preserve the knowledge through reporting, audits, photos or meeting minutes. • Make sure documentation is collected and passed along from each exploration company to the next, from the exploration team, through construction, to the mining team. Following the equation social performance + proper documentation = value creation will ensure a strong engagement process in perpetuity. Maintaining the social chain of custody entails an investment in time to create a record of social engagement. However, it can be a determining factor in creating a successful project that is able to advance quickly because many of the social details have been documented and remedied along the way – and this time savings could prove invaluable for a project in the future. Actlabs.indd 1 2017-05-01 Based in Whitehorse, we serve the Yukon, N.W.T., Northern B.C. and Alaska. We are pleased to offer service in our newly modified Grand Caravan - the only Grand Caravan in Canada with a 900-horsepower engine. This is a superb working aircraft that gets large loads off short-airstrips. Our fleet also includes a twin-engine Piper Navajo, a standard Cessna Caravan, a Cessna 185 and two deHavilland Beavers, one on floats, one on wheels. 867-332-8468 | email: tintinaair@hotmail.com www.tintinaair.com

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