Equator Principles (EPIII) and IFC Performance Standards Training Courses
Following successful courses delivered in London (hosted by Parsons Brinkerhoff on 21 Sept) and Toronto (hosted by TD Bank on 29 Oct), Prizma was commissioned by a confidential client to deliver a...
View ArticleVisiting Yuri Gagarin’s Bust – Postcard from Kyrgyzstan
As the negotiations around the Kumtor Gold Mine are continuing with more audits and inspections, I had a chance to stop for a picture at one of the more famous tourist sites in the Barskoon valley: a...
View ArticleEco Oro – formerly Greystar – Angostura gold under IFC CAO Review
In April 2011, I posted a blog entitled IFC-owned Greystar/Angostura gold development in trouble and wondered if IFC’s Ombudsman/Advisory Ombudsman (CAO) office (or others) would be asked to review...
View ArticlePostcard from Burkina Faso by Bill Kennedy
In the early 1990s, on a trip to Moscow for the European Bank, I was given a personal tour of the Kremlin’s gold chamber where the most precious gold crowns, scepters and church utensils were...
View ArticleLucara Diamond Publishes 2013 Sustainability Report
Recently, Lucara Diamond Corp, a new diamond producer, published its second sustainability report. It highlights the sustainability performance of Lucara’s flagship and producing operation, the Karowe...
View ArticleGold Reserve ICSID Arbitration Update
On July 23, 2014, Gold Reserve Inc. announced that the arbitral tribunal in the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) case has declared the proceedings closed. Gold Reserve...
View ArticleHow about Canadian Equator Banks and Transparency?
Having read Olaf Weber’s publication titled, “Equator Principles Reporting: Do Financial Institutions meet their Goals?” as well as Mehrdad’s review and comments on it (Equator Banks get poor Marks on...
View ArticlePrizma to Support Lucara Diamond with G4 Sustainability Reporting
Prizma was recently re-engaged to assist Lucara Diamond Corp., a new diamond producer, with its sustainability reporting process. Lucara’s two key assets are the Karowe mine in Botswana and the Mothae...
View ArticleMining among Top 5 Sectors Publishing GRI Reports
Over 4,300 organizations have already published their sustainability reports covering the 2014 reporting period (and the count continues). The mining sector continues to be among the Top 5 sectors...
View ArticleCompleted Assurance Engagement for Lundin Mining
Prizma recently completed an independent third party assurance engagement for Lundin Mining, a mid-tier base metals producer with operating assets in Europe, USA and Chile, relating to the...
View ArticleAssisting Lucara Diamond with 2015 GRI reporting
Prizma has been re-engaged to assist Lucara Diamond Corp. (Lucara), PDAC’s 2016 Environmental and Social Responsibility Award winner, with its GRI-G4 based sustainability reporting efforts for the...
View ArticleVenezuela MOU paving way for largest gold mine?
Last week (Feb 2016), I had the opportunity to travel to Caracas and witness a new chapter in the development of Gold Reserve Inc's Brisas Gold Project: the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding...
View ArticleVenezuela’s President hosts Gold Reserve’s Team at Miraflores Palace
As Gold Reserve Inc.’s progresses the development of the join Brisas-Cristinas project, the company’s most senior officers, and environmental and social consultants - including yours truly - involved...
View ArticleLucara Diamond and Lundin Mining in Corporate Knights’ Top 40 List
While contributing to an Independent Monitoring Group review of a gold mining development in Burkina Faso (an inspiring meeting with a women association is depicted above), I was pleased to read that...
View ArticleContributing to Lundin Group’s Inaugural Sustainability Summit
Prizma’s Mehrdad Nazari was an invited contributor to the first Lundin Group Sustainability Summit. This event was organized and hosted by the Lundin Foundation in mid-September 2016 in Vancouver....
View ArticleLundin Gold Publishes Inaugural 2015-2016 Sustainability Report
Congratulations to Lundin Gold, a pre-production gold mining company pursuing the high grade, underground Fruta del Norte (FDN) project in Ecuador, for publishing its first sustainability report:...
View ArticleHow about Canadian Equator Banks and Transparency?
Having read Olaf Weber’s publication titled, “Equator Principles Reporting: Do Financial Institutions meet their Goals?” as well as Mehrdad’s review and comments on it (Equator Banks get poor Marks on...
View ArticlePrizma to Support Lucara Diamond with G4 Sustainability Reporting
Prizma was re-engaged to assist Lucara Diamond Corp., a new diamond producer, with its sustainability reporting process. Lucara’s two key assets are the Karowe mine in Botswana and the Mothae project...
View ArticleMining among Top 5 Sectors Publishing GRI Reports
Over 4,300 organizations have already published their sustainability reports covering the 2014 reporting period (and the count continues). The mining sector continues to be among the Top 5 sectors...
View ArticleCompleted Assurance Engagement for Lundin Mining
Prizma recently completed an independent third party assurance engagement for Lundin Mining, a mid-tier base metals producer with operating assets in Europe, USA and Chile, relating to the...
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