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22 SUNDANCE RESOURCES LIMITED ANNUAL REPORT 2014
Certificate was received in August 2012 following the
approval of the ESIA by the Congolese Government and
subsequently renewed in August 2014 by the Congolese
Minister of Tourism and Environment for three additional years,
expiring in 2017.
During the year the Cameroon Ministry of Environment,
Nature Protection and Sustainable Development (MINEPDED)
representatives visited site to audit Sundance against our
Environmental and Social Impact Assessment deliverables
and management plans. At the conclusion of the site visit,
MINEPDED indicated that the Company had demonstrated
positive Environmental and Social behaviors during the
current project development stage and as a result the
Cameroon ESIA Certificate of Environmental Conformity was
validated by the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable
Development (MINEPDD) for an additional year.
The Cameroon and Congo Governments continue to take an
active interest in our operations on-site. We welcome their
COMMUNITY AND SUSTAINABILITY
Sundance continues to place priority on maintaining its commitment to being
environmentally responsible and working with the local communities most impacted by
our operations, particularly as we enter the development phase. This is why we strive
to continue to incorporate sustainable development criteria into all of our development
planning and processes from an early stage.
Our efforts focus on the deliverables we committed to in our
Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (“ESIA”) studies
and to meeting our established performance standards and
relevant national and international standards, such as Equator
Principles III, IFC Performance Standards, OECD Common
Framework, and the World Bank Group Environmental, Health
and Safety Guidelines.
Commensurate with past performance, Sundance had no
reported environmental non-conformances in Cameroon or
the Republic of Congo in the past 12 months.
The Company’s second Annual Environmental Report (2013)
was completed in July 2014 and was submitted to the
Ministry of Environment of Cameroon and the Ministry of
Environment for the Republic of Congo. They are available for
viewing on the Sundance website.
Congo Iron SA received an extension of its Certificate of
Environmental Conformity for the Nabeba Project. The