COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY

• Red Dog Mine Story Video
• Alaska Department of Natural Resource Powerpoint on "The Process and Requirements for Large-Scale Mine Permit Applications in Alaska"
• Alaska Department of Natural Resource Red Dog Mine discussion
• List of Red Dog Permits and Regulators
• Red Dog's ISO2001 Certification
• Teck Cominco's White Paper on Community Engagement at Red Dog

Under the TCAK/NANA Agreement, an independent committee consisting of local native hunters provides direction to the operation on environmental matters. This committee meets quarterly to review all subsistence issues with the mine staff. The Committee provides input on operational activities as they relate to caribou, fish, seals, whales and other important subsistence resources.

An Employment and Training Committee is also provided for under the Agreement. This Committee is mandated to develop initiatives that will help maximize the number of NANA shareholders working at the operation. Under their oversight, Red Dog has an ambitious on-the-job training program and extensive student development efforts. Over 12,000 hours of on-the-job training was provided in 2006 to shareholders. On the education side, 41 students were enrolled in the scholarship program in 2006.

Red Dog management routinely meets with various governments and stakeholders. Once a year, all 11 of the local villages are visited and an operational update is provided at a public meeting. Meetings with the two closest villages, Noatak and Kivalina, are held on a more frequent basis. A total of 33 meetings were conducted in 2006. In addition, Red Dog has engaged several statewide and national NGO groups to discuss such issues as fugitive dust and closure planning.