Land

The southern coastal operation comprises one dry and two wet in-field screening plants, which upgrade the product taken to the treatment plant. As it is an alluvial recovery operation rather than a typical diamond mine, various innovative approaches are employed to recover the diamonds, including vacuum extractors and conveyors.

Inaugurated in 2014, Sendelingsdrif is the second-largest diamond deposit in the Orange River area after Daberas.

Land-based and coastal recovery operations production

PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW

It is critical that operations recovering diamonds onshore adhere to best practice standards that address business, social and environmental risks.

The following certification standards are all verified by third parties to demonstrate that land-based and coastal recovery operations production comply with strict and robust requirements that assess social and environmental issues, and the implementation of human rights due diligence frameworks.

• Best Practice Principles
• Ensuring that diamonds from DTC have met the highest professional, ethical and technical standards.
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Each year, emerging or evolving risks are considered, and appropriate standards are added to the BPP requirements to address these for annual verification.

• RESPONSIBLE JEWELLERY COUNCIL
• Addressing issues including human rights, labour rights, environmental impact, mining operations and product disclosure
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ISO 14001 is the international standard that specifies the requirements for an effective environmental management system. It provides a framework that an organisation can follow and subsequently be certified against. Being certified against this standard means an organisation has effectively demonstrated that they are running their organisation in an environmentally, and economically, sustainable manner.

ISO 45001:2018 is an international standard that sets out the requirements for occupational health and safety management. It provides guidance that an organisation can follow to develop their own health and safety framework and subsequently be certified against. Being certified against this standard means an organisation has effectively demonstrated that they have created the safest working conditions possible, has identified hazards and put in place controls to manage them, and has helped reduce workplace accidents and illnesses.

Social Way Implementation Overview

Social Way 3.0 was launched in January 2020. In October 2021 it was announced that the life of the land-based and coastal recovery operations would be extended by up to 20 years. Previously the operations’ Social Performance team had been focused on closure planning in accordance with a closure review action plan aligned with the Social Way 3.0.

As a result of their extended life, the land-based and coastal recovery operations adopted Social Way 3.0 in full in early 2022.

The following foundational requirements are compulsory for all operations:

• 1. Governance
• 2. Review & Planning
• 3A. Stakeholder Engagement
• 3B. Incident & Grievance Management
• 3C. Social & Human Rights Risk & Impact Analysis

Certain risk-based requirements are also compulsory for all operations:

• 4A. Socio-Economic Development
• 4B. Contractor Social Management
• 4C. Community Health and Safety
• 4D. Emergency Preparedness & Response
• 4E. Voluntary Principles on Security & Human Rights

Of the context-specific requirements, the following have been screened in as applicable at the land-based and coastal recovery operations:

• 4G. Site-Induced Migration
• 4H. Cultural Heritage
• 4J. Conflict Management

At the end of 2023 the land-based and coastal recovery operations assessed against all thirteen applicable requirements of Social Way 3.0 and the results of the assessment were incorporated into the site’s 2024 transition plan.

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