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Environment
North American Palladium recognizes that environmental management and the protection of the environment are among the highest corporate priorities at all stages of our operations.
We are dedicated to:
- Recognizing environmental management as one of the highest corporate priorities, and integrating these considerations into all mine operations and closures.
- Monitoring environmental performance through vigorous testing
and identifying areas for improvement.
- Instilling the ethics of environmental awareness and responsibility through education and communication with employees, contractors and suppliers.
- Remaining current with permitting and licensing requirements, any changes to environmental regulations and evolving government guidelines.
- Working to minimize the effects of mining with the goal of restoring disturbed areas and ecosystems to wildlife/recreation Crown land use.
- Ensuring that each operation has a formal environmental management system.
- Providing adequate and appropriate resources to ensure environmental compliance.
- Identifying the potential for accidents, while maintaining emergency response plans in order to prevent and mitigate the environmental impacts that may be associated with them.
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