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Teaming Up With Our Mining Partners

In addition to our own practices and actions, Triple Flag seeks to contribute to a responsible and sustainable mining ecosystem by partnering with our counterparties and sharing our experience and making connections within our networks to advance mutual ESG priorities.

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When possible, Triple Flag seeks to team up with our mining partners to invest in important local priorities and build skills and capacities needed to benefit from opportunities at the mine. Our focus to date has been on education and economic participation, as shown by our flagship partnerships with Royal Bafokeng Platinum in South Africa and Northparkes in Australia. In the future, these mutual ESG priorities could also include decarbonization, innovation and/or diversity and inclusion.

Triple Flag can provide further value to our mining partners by making connections between them and our networks to address emerging ESG issues and opportunities, and facilitate continuous learning and improvement. In this way, we aim to be a catalyst for continual improvement and transformative change within the mining sector.

In partnership with RBPlat, Triple Flag has committed to investing US$100,000 annually towards a bursary program that will support, over the life of the asset, more than 50 students through their entire post-secondary education. This will also provide these students with employment opportunities at the mine site upon completion of their program.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Triple Flag further funded a one-time US$225,000 distance learning initiative approved by the South African Department of Basic Education which RBPlat is implementing. The Virtual Classroom Distance Learning solution assists in delivering daily lessons to Grade 7 & 12 learners on personal smart devices. All software and hardware is integrated, enabling the teacher to control the technological aspects of the lesson from a single interface. This allows the Department of Basic education to create simple and easy-to-use facilities that are accessible to all students. This standardized approach ensures students are able to continue their studies, even when when they are unable to physically attend school. The infrastructure and technology is designed to be sustainable beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. This initiative directly benefits over 775 teachers and learners in six doorstop community schools each year.

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In Australia, Triple Flag has an agreement with Northparkes to invest A$50,000 annually for scholarships, community initiatives, and recreational sports programs in the communities surrounding the mine. These investments are aligned with priorities identified by these communities and awarded by a panel of community and company representatives following an application process.

Investing In Our Community

Our team is proud to support the work of a number of charitable organizations that support the health and well-being of communities and ecosystems. In each of 2020 and 2021, Triple Flag and its employees contributed more than $50,000 to local and global charities of importance to our Board, leadership, and staff.

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Since inception, Triple Flag has been a strong advocate for and supporter of Children’s Wish Foundation (now Make-A-Wish Canada), specifically the Trees of Joy initiative. Trees of Joy inspires teams to create a little holiday magic for children diagnosed with life-threatening illnesses. The funds raised help to grant the child their heartfelt wish. Aside from donating our own tree each year to a deserving child (and their family), Triple Flag has brought together numerous local mining companies, financial institutions and various vendors to take part in this great cause.

Triple Flag also makes annual contributions to organizations identified by its team.

Triple Flag supports Young Mining Professionals (“YMP”), a growing international association of mining professionals based in major mining centres across the world, that share the goal of advancing the global profile and leadership of the mining and exploration industry. In 2019, Triple Flag sponsored the YMP Scholarship Fund Charity Golf Tournament.

In addition, Triple Flag has agreed to donate US$1,500 per quarter to each Board member’s charity of choice on their behalf in lieu of receiving cash meeting fees. Recipients include the following organizations:

Women for Women International
University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
Daily Bread Food Bank
YMP Scholarship Fund Charity Golf Tournament
Canadian Mental Health Foundation
Big Life Foundation
Medecins sans frontiers
The Walrus
Toronto Sick Kids Hospital