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Polyus publishes a special report on safety of tailings storage facilities

7 June 2019
Polyus publishes a special report on safety of tailings storage facilities

PJSC Polyus has today released a special report on the safety of the Company’s tailings storage facilities.

The report is a response to a request by a group of investors in the mining sector led by the Church of England Pensions Board and Swedish Council on Ethics for the AP Funds and backed by the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).

Pavel Grachev, Chief Executive Officer of PJSC Polyus, commented:

“Polyus is committed to transparency and full disclosure to investors. We welcome the request for additional information about our tailings storage facilities management. Our report underlines that this is an integral component of Polyus’ comprehensive health and safety management strategy. We systematically review the safety of our tailings facilities, carefully assess risks and introduce new solutions to ensure we achieve continuous improvement in this area.”

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