“We’re seeing more and more that mining operators are being asked to prove out their ESG performance, to have more sustainable practices globally,” Norris explained to The Northern Miner’s western editor, Henry Lazenby, at last month’s Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada’s annual convention in Toronto.
The initiative forms part of a $6.6-million investment by the province’s Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation Ministry in technology to streamline and secure the sharing of sensitive permitting and sustainability information. Norris says the new system has the potential for digital credentials to transform how information and data are shared across the mining supply chain.
Watch the full conversation below.
