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Some reading regarding :

Project of Exploitation of iron ore from Mbalam (CamIron SA)

http://www.sundanceresources.com.au/IRM/Company/ShowPage.aspx?CategoryId=190&CPID=2630&EID=87169642

(translation from google of an extract of the above document..)

Environmental Annual Report 2012

"Provide a better future for future generations " (from CamIron SA )

INTRODUCTION 6
2 . PROJECT Mbalam 7
3 . DECLARATION BY THE CEO ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 8
4 . ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND COMMITMENTS Sundance 9
5. ENVIRONMENTAL APPROVALS 10
6 . TEAM HSECS 11
7 . MANAGEMENT SYSTEM HSECS 12
7.1 Standards and Procedures 13
7.2 Environmental and Social Management 13
7.2.1 Subject ESMP 13
7.2.2 Structure of the ESMP 14
7.3 Registers 14
8 . PROGRAMS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 2012 15
8.1 Sanctuary Mefou 16
8.2 Honey Project 17
8.3 Water Well Mbalam 18
8.4 Support to the Association Kud'A Tube 18
8.5 Survey and socio -economic analysis of the area Mbalam 19
8.6 UFA 10-034 ( Forest Offset Cam Iron) 20
9 . SOCIAL SERVICE AND DONATIONS 2012 21
10 . OBJECTIVES AND TARGETS 22 ESIA
11 . MONITORING OF ENVIRONMENTAL DATA 23
11.1 Meteorology 24
11.2 Surface Water 25
11.3 Groundwater 27
11.4 Air Quality 27
11.5 Noise and Vibration 28
11.6 Waste Management 28
11.7 Greenhouse gas emissions 29
11.8 Clearing and rehabilitation 30
11.9 Facilities classified 31
11.10 Permits and Authorizations 31
11.11 32 environmental audit
11.12 Hinterland 33
11.13 Meetings with communities 34
11.14 Indigenous Peoples 34
12 . DISCUSSIONS WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND MEETINGS 35
13. TRAINING , EDUCATION , AWARENESS AND CAPACITY 35
14. SUMMARY OF THE ECONOMIC ASPECT 36
15 . SUMMARY OF THE STATE HEALTH AND SAFETY 37
16. SUMMARY OF EMPLOYMENT 38
17. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION 40
18 . ANNEXES 41
APPENDIX A: Standards and Procedures 41
APPENDIX B: Objectives and Targets of the ESIA 42
APPENDIX C: Meteorological Data 65
APPENDIX D : Monitoring of Water Quality 67
APPENDIX E : Policies HSECS Sundance and Cam Iron 69
18.1.1 Sundance Health Policy 69
18.1.2 Sundance Security Policy 70
18.1.3 Sundance Environmental Policy 71
18.1.4 Sundance Policy Security 72
18.1.5 Sundance Policy Security 73

tables
Table 1: Plans for Environmental and Social Management 14
Table 2 : Registers for managing data HSECS Sundance Cam Iron & Iron Congo 14
Table 3: Programs for Sustainable Development began in 2012 in Cameroon Cam Iron and Sundance 15
Table 4: Objectives and Targets partnership program with the Sanctuary Gorilla Mefou / AAA 16
Table 5: Objectives and Targets program partnership with Guiding Hope for honey production project 17
Table 6: Objectives and Targets program wells village water Mbalam 18
Table 7: Objectives and Targets partnership program with a Kud'A Tube Conservation Association
18 sea turtles
Table 8: Objectives and Targets Harvesting Project Socio -economic data in the area Mbalam - Lele 19
Table 9: Objectives and Targets of the proposed acquisition of a timber for the Offset Program and
Conservation Cam Iron 20
Table 10: Interventions and Social Donations in 2012 in Cameroon Cam Iron and Sundance 21
Table 11: Performance Targets for E & S compliance with legal and other requirements and Monitoring Plan for
Project Mbalam , as presented in the ESIA . 23
Table 12: Annual rainfall in 24 Mbalam
Table 13 : Sampling points for water and dust for the Project Mbalam
(in situ and laboratory tests ) 25
Table 14 : Consumption of groundwater Camps Mbalam 27
Table 15 : Emissions of carbonic gas ( equivalent ) for the Project Mbalam calculated and reported
for 2012 and a comparison with results reported for 2011 29
Table 16 : Total area cleared and disturbed for the Project Mbalam in hectares (ha) 30
Table 17 : Facilities classified site Mbalam ( internal data ) 31
Table 18 : Extract from the Register of Licence 2012 Project Mbalam 31
Table 19 : Direct economic value generated and distributed 36
Table 20 : Registered in 2012 Cam Iron and Congo Iron 37 Incident
Table 21 : Management Standards and Essential Standards System Management HSECS 41
Table 22 : Procedures and Related Documentation HSECS
Table 23 : Objectives of the ESIA , Targets , Results for 2012 and Proposed Targets for 2013 42
Table 24 : Meteorological data for the mine site Mbalam 65
Table 25: Meteorological data for the village of Port Ebodjé -Zone 66
Table 26 : Meteorological data for the city of Kribi - 1998-2011 - Governmental Meteorological Station 67
Table 27 : Results of in situ monitoring of water quality ( averages from April 2008 to August 2012 , n = 4-10 )
the sampling points in the project areas Mbalam 67
Table 28 : Criteria for water quality and analytical results for samples collected in areas
Project Mbalam of April 2008 to August 2012 , n = 4-10 (concentrations in mg / L) 68


figures
Figure 1: Social and Environmental Program for the Project Mbalam 7
Figure 2: Coverage of the Report of the Environmental and Social Research Project Operations
Iron Ore Mbalam and Environmental Compliance Certificate 10
Figure 3: Organization HSECS Sundance and Cam Iron 11
Figure 4: Team HSECS 2012 - Sundance, Cam Iron and Iron Congo 11
Figure 5: System Management HSECS Sundance 12
Figure 6: Structure for the Sundance Documentary HSECS Management 13
Figure 7: Total monthly rainfall at the mine site Mbalam in 2012 compared with
regional averages in the long term , including the port of Kribi 24
Figure 8 : Sampling Points for water in the area of ??mining sites Project
Mbalam / Nabeba , Cameroon and Congo 26
Figure 9: disturbed Aires (tracks, drilling platforms and infrastructure) for the Project Mbalam (March 2013) 30
Figure 10: SST 37 pilot indicators
Figure 11: Distribution of nationalities among employees and subcontractors Sundance .
Comparison between 1 August 2011 and 1 August 2012 38
Figure 12: Proportion of women employed by Sundance depending on the type of work and
comparison between 1 August 2011 and 1 August 2012 39
Figure 13: Distribution of nationalities among employees of Cam Iron July 31, 2012 39



1 . INTRODUCTION
This Annual Environmental Report 2012 is the first made ??by the company
Sundance Resources Limited (Sundance or the Company) for the Project Operations
Iron Ore Mbalam ( the Project) . It was prepared by the Department of Health ,
Safety, Environment and Security Communities or HSECS (Health , Safety,
Environment , Community and Security) Sundance and Cam Iron .
The Company is engaged in the Environmental Impact Assessment and Social
(ESIA) submitted to the Ministry of the Environment and approved in Cameroon
2010, respectively , to account for its environmental programs
and social , their results and their performance in a Report
Annual environmental publicly available.
Recommendations on the reporting of the GRI Sustainability "
Global Reporting Initiative "( GRI 2010-2011 , Version 3.1 ) were used as
guide for the preparation of the first Environmental Report ( and social)
Year. However , all sections and content suggested by the GRI were
irrelevant due to the still preliminary status of the Project and its system
management .
Construction had not yet started in 2012 and only
reduced exploration activity took place. Social interventions and
environment have therefore focused on :
• Compliance with legal and other obligations
• Maintaining relationships and communication with stakeholders and
communities
• The development of a framework for the implementation of a system
Management, including procedures and documentation
• The maintenance and development of initiatives to meet the objectives
• The maintenance and development of programs for sustainable development
proposed in the ESIA .
A summary of these activities is provided in this report .



2 . PROJECT Mbalam
The Integrated Project Mbalam - Nabeba is located in Central Africa
and include an iron ore mine in Cameroon and
Another Congo, serviced by a 510 km rail network
through Cameroon east to west to a water port
deep on the west coast of Cameroon and a line of 71 km
connecting to Mbalam Nabeba . The Project will generate Hematite High
Content ( HHT) also called DSO ( Direct Shipping Ore ) for
at least 10 years until depletion . The project
then move to the operation of the itabirite ore less
content and underlying high-grade resource , for
additional period of 25 years .
The Sundance Company was founded in 2007 with the company
Cameroon Cam Iron SA holds two exploration licenses
on promising concessions Mbarga Hills who
the subject of a magnetic survey by the Office of Research
Geological and Mining ( BGRM ) French in the 1960s .
Since then, extensive exploration work conducted at
Cameroon has identified sufficient reserves for a project
economically viable. This program was authorized by a
ESIA for exploration only , received in 2008 , while
full ESIA was approved in June 2010.
In 2010, exploration began in Congo
on two exploration permits adjacent to Mount Nabemba ,
held by Congolese society Congo Iron SA . the Project
Built allow continuous production of 35 million
tonnes of High Grade Hematite per year , which will be quality
higher due to mixing types of ore
complementary. The ESIA Congolese received approval
Environmental in August 2012.
Project agreements with the governments of Cameroon and
Congolese and arrangements in engineering were
finalized at the end of 2012.
It is important to note that 2012 was also the year of
development of an environmental management system ,
and social (or HSECS ) . This was based on the ESIA
Cameroon and Congo , the new Vision and Values
Company policy and Sundance , and followed the
ISO14001 recommendations and OHSES 18001 , as the
ESIA .
In the years preceding 2012, the compliance
legal and other was the main priority of the department
HSECS , which rose from 2 in 2008 to 10 at the end
2012, including seven local permanent employees based in Cameroon
and Congo.
Since late 2010, several development programs
sustainable , including programs for the conservation of
biodiversity and community development , as
commitments made in the ESIA Cameroon , were
implemented or developed for implementation in
Cameroon . A similar process began in the Congo
Following the approval of the ESIA in the third quarter of 2012.
Environmental and social policy commits Sundance
Project to the principles of sustainable development and
strengthening the capacity to realize the vision of the Company
to "provide a better future for future generations."


3 . DECLARATION BY THE CEO ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Sundance Resources Limited , together with its subsidiaries
Cam Iron SA and Congo Iron SA is committed to ensuring that our
organization provide lasting benefits into account
ethical, social , economic and environmental aspects
in all our activities .
Health and safety are our top priority , we remain
mindful of our environmental responsibilities and we
that we continue to support the poorest communities
affected by the development of the Project Operating Ore
Iron - Mbalam Nabeba in Cameroon and the Republic of
Congo.
We have spent the last six years in the exploration phase ,
phase culminated with the completion of a feasibility study
final for Phase 1 in 2011 , confirming the technical soundness
and economic project .
As we now move to the development phase
- Which ultimately involve the construction of major infrastructure
such as a new deep-water port , a railway and
mines - we keep in mind our commitment to
sustainable development and ethical behavior , which is
heart of what we stand for as a company.
The past year has been particularly important because all
environmental approvals are now in place
Cameroon and Republic of Congo.
In August 2012, the Congolese Ministry of Sustainable Development ,
of Forest Economy and Environment ( MDDEFE ) has
awarded the Certificate of Environmental Compliance and meaning
its acceptance of the Environmental Impact Assessment and Social and
Management Plans submitted to it .
This certificate has the complete set of permissions
Environmental necessary to advance the project
to the construction phase , including the Certificate of Compliance
Environmental received from the Ministry of Cameroon
Environment and Nature Protection (MINEP ) in May 2010
and the Declaration of Public Utility (DUP ) of the Ministry of Lands
( MINDAF ) for rail corridor confirmed at the end
2011.
A high priority of the past year has been the development
an integrated environmental management system based on
ISO 14001 , to ensure that compliance with
legal or other obligations to be respected and that a system
effective is in place to enable the continuous improvement of
our environmental and social performance.
Environmental compliance on both mine sites was
maintained and confirmed by the delegates of the Ministry after
annual audit conducted in order to verify our performance
with respect to environmental management plans approved
in the ESIA .
The terms of the Convention Mbalam negotiated the end of 2012
with the Cameroonian government respected the commitments
made by the Company in the ESIA and have expanded to include the
support for Development Association and South regions
And is to formalize the proposal of the Company to hire and manage
a forest concession of 164,000 ha ( UFA 10-034 ) for
conservation of biodiversity and sustainable use by
local populations.

They also establish a number of safeguards
banking on funds for financing the
rehabilitation of all sites at any stage . our
goal is to meet the needs of the present without compromising
the ability of future generations to meet their own
needs.
We understand that this is not only important for
obtain all necessary governmental approvals
development of the Project, but it is equally important
obtain and maintain the support of people living and
working in the area of ??impact and influence of the Project to
protect our license to operate .
Representatives of Cam Iron and Congo Iron , 80%
are Cameroonians and Congolese continue to work
closely with local communities and more villages
affected by our activities. Together, we hope to provide
programs demonstrates our unwavering commitment
to sustainable development , minimizing our footprint
Environmental and revealing to us as a company
responsible citizen .
To date, the Company invested a total of $ 6.5 million
U.S. to environmental and social programs.
We offer support and employment to the extent
possible for local communities , academic scholarships
or internships for students , support for local initiatives
health and education, road construction
and schools at various local celebrations , national and
international , and continued funding for programs
preservation of wildlife.
This inaugural report has been prepared in accordance with the framework
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and is an example of
how we , as a first mover in a region
emerging mining , play an important role in implementing
high standards of mining in this region
the future.
I wish to sincerely thank all of our employees
and contractors for his efforts and persistence to make a
difference as we work together to achieve
our sustainable development goals , and I look forward to
communicate our progress in the future.


4 . ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF SUNDANCE
AND COMMITMENTS

The Sundance Company is committed to
the environment and to work with local communities and
This is why we strive to continue
to incorporate sustainability criteria in all
our development processes and planning. our
efforts are focused on the results for which we
are engaged in our impact assessment and compliance
established performance standards and national standards
and relevant international standards .
Sundance has developed an environmental policy based
on environmental and social values ??and has
implement the standards, plans and procedures related to
to demonstrate its commitment to the environment and
local communities in which it works . this
commitment to sustainable development is achieved
through the implementation of a program
manner which takes account of environmental issues,
economic, technical and social .
Sundance has made extensive studies , including
the identification of risk and the major impacts and controls
effective in relation to the project - Mbalam Nabeba ,
that involved consultations with the authorities of
appropriate regulations and local communities,
to identify and reduce any environmental problem or
Social associated with the Project. The ESIA includes considerations
environmental effects of the proposed project , including
the potential effects of each component /
phases and each of these environmental and social impacts
potential is also discussed . Mitigation measures have
been incorporated into the Project design and framework
documentation through management plans that are
technically and economically viable.
Project - Mbalam Nabeba is a long-term operation
and Sundance and its affiliates work to promote and build
solid foundations with their host communities
introduce the project and align their programs with
development , basic needs and
their ambitions.
Sundance recognizes its responsibilities to a large
number of stakeholders , particularly those located
in the vicinity of the project and is committed to maximizing
Project benefits for all its stakeholders.
Establishing collaborative relationships mutually
beneficial relationships with all partners to ensure Sundance
the long-term success of the project and is therefore considered
as essential.

Also refer to section 5. ENVIRONMENTAL APPROVALS
and P.32/33 ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT and WILDLIFE