Mining Magazine June 2018 | Page 119

CANADA up demand for responsibly-sourced gold from jewellers , electronics manufacturers and even fund managers who have long been driving and promoting socially conscious and responsible agendas . With Emergent , and other supply-chain participants , we have developed an ecosystem to essentially guarantee that production flowing through it is 100 % responsible gold . Now , we and Emergent , hope to populate this ecosystem with as many supply chain participants as possible ” says Tony Cina , Senior Vice President , Business Administration , Yamana Gold . “ This is an industrywide solution . It is not exclusive to Yamana . If a participant contributes to responsibly-produced gold , then we encourage their participation .”

“ Through this ecosystem , we will continue to mine gold ethically and responsibly with the benefit of more efficiently ensuring that all of our gold is conflict-free ”

– Tony Cina , Senior Vice President , Business Administration , CPA , CA , ICD . D www . miningglobal . com 119