RESPONSIBLE AND SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS PRACTICES ARE CORE TO THE BUSINESS STRATEGY OF THE GROUP AND INTEGRATED INTO EVERY ASPECT OF THE OPERATION

Performance

> Environment Performance Indicator

	Comment	2011	2010	2009
Unit energy consumption	Expansion of the Company's operations (Soledad-Dipolos, Saucito, Noche Buena)	0.138	0.124	0.188
Unit fresh water consumption	See above	0.101	0.095	0.029
Unit greenhouse gas emission	See above	0.013	0.011	0.017
Lost days by an environmental accident	Environmental incidents refer to tailings dam leakages, cyanide contamination, fires within mines and facilities and spillage of hazardous materials	-	-	-
Investment in environmental efforts	*2010	US$3.0m	US$2.6m	-

*Indicator introduced