At Regis, we value water as an important resource that is shared between our surrounding ecosystems, communities, and agricultural enterprises.
To appropriately manage and optimise water usage, we have adopted a life-of-mine approach across all of our existing and proposed mining operations.
Our management approach aligns with the Water Stewardship Framework from the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM). This helps to ensure transparent and consistent monitoring, auditing, and reporting of the water usage across our operations. The ICMM framework offers detailed guidance on sustainable water management and encourages equity and transparency in decision-making. This gives local stakeholders the opportunity to participate in how we manage water as a shared resource. None of our projects are located within a region of high or extremely high baseline water stress as defined by the World Resources Institute’s Water Risk Atlas Tool, Aqueduct.
We gauge the effectiveness of our water management practices through minimising our reliance on borefield water sources. Our commitment to reducing borefield water usage has led us to prioritise alternatives such as maximising the utilisation of mine dewatering and recycling water from tailings storage facilities. This strategic shift enables us to replace high-quality water with lower-quality water in our mill feed processes.