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SUNDANCE RESOURCES LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT 2013
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Water testing at the gate of the Mbalam camp
Sustainability, Environment
and Community
Sundance is committed to caring for the
environment and working with local communities,
which is why we strive to continue to incorporate
sustainable development criteria into all of our
development planning and processes. Our efforts
are focusing in on the deliverables committed to in
our Environmental and Social Assessment (ESA)
studies and meeting our established performance
standards and relevant national and international
standards. Commensurate with past performance,
Sundance has had no reported environmental
non-conformances in Cameroon or the Republic
of Congo in the past 12 months.
The Company’s inaugural Annual Environmental
Report was completed for public release as per
the Cameroon and Congolese ESAs in August
2013. English and French versions covering the
integrated Mbalam-Nabeba Project were
submitted to the Ministry of Environment of
Cameroon and Congo and have been uploaded
onto the Sundance company website
Congo Iron received a Certificate of Environmental
Conformity for the Nabeba Project in August 2012
following the approval of the ESA by the inter-
ministerial committee.
The certificate was renewed in June 2013 by the
Congo Minister of Tourism and Environment for
one additional year.
The Cameroon ESA Certificate of Conformity expired
on 25 June 2013 and the renewal process is currently
in progress. This includes the Cameroon Ministry
of Environment reviewing the Annual Environmental
Report, visiting the mine site and the Company may
be asked to take additional action items prior to the
Ministry reissuing the Certificate. The Company has
no reason to believe a renewal will not be granted
and this is expected prior to the end of the 2013
calendar year.
Cam Iron and Congo Iron have continued to
support and build their partnerships with the World
Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Tri-National Dja-Odzala-
Minkebe (TRIDOM) which aim to reduce the rate of
forest degradation and loss of biodiversity through
increased local, regional and national natural
resource management capacity.
To assist with this objective, recurring anti-
poaching patrols were supported by the Company
and conducted by WWF to raise awareness on
the protection of Great Apes, Elephants and other
protected animal species. Additional wildlife
monitoring and surveillance was also actioned by
the recent introduction of remote sensor cameras
in selected project areas.
