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Stakeholder engagement

The Group's stakeholder engagement strategy aims to MAINTAIN GOOD WORKING RELATIONS, MANAGES SOCIAL RISK AND DEVELOPS SOLUTIONS TO SOCIAL CHALLENGES faced by its stakeholders. Tharisa’s stakeholder engagement framework will be further developed for the new jurisdictions that it is entering as those operations are established.


Shareholders
Shareholders

  • Interim and integrated annual reporting
  • Quarterly production updates
  • Annual general meeting (AGM)
Means of engagement
  • SENS/RNS announcements
  • Annual report
  • Company website
  • Face to face and online meetings
  • Social media
Strategic pillar impacted
1
3
5
Employees
Employees
  • Regular employee engagement forum meetings at the Tharisa Mine
  • Tharisa newsletters and posters Tharisa induction and ongoing
  • skills development training
Means of engagement
  • Company website
  • Daily supervisor/manager interaction
  • Ongoing safety training on the Tharisa Mine
  • Tharisa wellness programmes and campaigns
  • Social media campaigns/Tharisa Hub
Strategic pillar impacted
1
2
6
Labour union
Labour
unions
  • Union recognition and negotiations at Tharisa Minerals
  • Monthly liaison with shop stewards
Means of engagement
  • Regular contact with union leadership
  • Tharisa Mine labour forum meets monthly
Strategic pillar impacted
2
6
Communities
Communities
  • AET, leadership and bursaries
  • Community forums
  • Local upliftment and wellness programmes and projects
Means of engagement
  • Regular meetings with various community leadership structures
  • CSI programmes
  • Career-sharing information for pupils
Strategic pillar impacted
2
6
Customers
Customers
  • Regular customer meetings
  • Electronic and telephonic communication
Means of engagement
  • Customer site visits
  • Commodity conferences
Strategic pillar impacted
1
2
3
4
Government
Government
  • Monthly, quarterly and integrated annual reports to the South African and Zimbabwean authorities
Means of engagement
  • Regular engagement with local and provincial government and municipalities
  • Scheduled and unannounced site visits by regulators
Strategic pillar impacted
1
2
6
Suppliers
Suppliers
  • Procurement policies, tender process
  • Verbal and electronic communication
Means of engagement
  • Contract terms negotiated and agreed
  • Standard contract terms for suppliers of goods
Strategic pillar impacted
1
2
3
4
6
State owned entities
State-owned
entities
  • Regular face-to-face meetings
  • Electronic communication
Means of engagement
  • Interaction
Strategic pillar impacted
1
2
6
Financiers
Financiers
  • Reporting on a monthly, bi-annual and annual basis
  • Presentations and meetings with management Tharisa Mine site visits by debt providers
Means of engagement
  • Telephonic and electronic communication, particularly on working capital facilities
  • Annual review of working capital facilities
Strategic pillar impacted
1
2
3
4
5
Financiers
Analysts
  • Roadshows and analyst briefings
  • Interim and annual reporting
  • Annual report
  • Quarterly production reports
Means of engagement
  • Company website and social media
  • SENS/RNS announcements
  • Site visits
  • Social media channels
Strategic pillar impacted
1
3
4
5
Impact on all stakeholders
impact on stakeholders
Expand and roll out
Expand and roll out the business sustainably
1
Further optimise
Further optimise existing operations
2
Continue to invest
Continue to invest in innovative thinking
3
Global and diversified
Become a global and diversified business
4
investment of choice
Be the investment of choice in our chosen sector
5
enrich the lives
Responsibly enrich the lives of all our stakeholders
6