Audit Committee
The Audit Committee has two primary objectives. The first is to advise the Board in its oversight responsibilities regarding: the quality and integrity of the company’s financial reports and information; compliance with legal and regulatory requirements; the effectiveness of the company’s internal controls for finance, accounting, internal audit, ethics and legal and regulatory compliance; the performance of the company’s auditing, accounting and financial reporting functions; the company’s cyber security program; the fairness of related party agreements and arrangements between the company and related parties; and the independent auditors’ performance, qualifications and independence. The second primary objective of the Audit Committee is to prepare the reports required to be included in the management information circular in accordance with applicable laws or the rules of applicable securities regulatory authorities.
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Corporate Governance Committee
The Corporate Governance Committee is responsible for, among other things: evaluating the company's governance practices; developing its response to the company's Statement of Corporate Governance and recommending changes to the company's governance structures or processes as it may from time to time consider necessary or desirable; reviewing on an annual basis the charters of the Board and of each committee of the Board and recommending any changes; assessing annually the effectiveness of the Board as a whole and recommending any changes; reviewing on a periodic basis the composition of the Board to ensure that there remain an appropriate number of independent directors; and participating in the recruitment and recommendation of new nominees for appointment or election to the Board.
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Compensation Committee
The Compensation Committee is responsible for, among other things: recommending to the Board policies relating to compensation of the company's executive officers; recommending to the Board the amount and composition of annual compensation to be paid to the company's executive officers; matters relating to pension, Option, RSU, PSU and other incentive plans for the benefit of executive officers; administering equity plans; reviewing and fixing the amount and composition of annual compensation to be paid to members of the Board and committees; and reviewing and assessing the design and competitiveness of the company's compensation and benefits programs generally.
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Health, Safety, Environment and Sustainable Development (HSESD) Committee
The HSESD Committee is responsible for, among other things: monitoring and reviewing sustainable development, health, safety and environmental policies, principles, practices and processes; monitoring and reviewing the management of tailings and designating one or more accountable executive officers for such purpose (who shall act in accordance with relevant guidelines set out by the Mining Association of Canada or other applicable industry associations or regulations); monitoring and reviewing the management of the company's diversity and inclusion initiatives; monitoring and reviewing climate change related risks and opportunities and the company's plans to address climate change; overseeing sustainable development, health, safety and environmental performance; and monitoring and reviewing current and future regulatory issues relating to sustainable development, health, safety and the environment.
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Technical Committee
The Technical Committee is responsible for, among other things: monitoring and reviewing the company's operational practices and processes; monitoring and reviewing the company's practices with respect to the estimates of mineral reserves and mineral resources; monitoring and reviewing the risks associated with the company's operations; and providing guidance to management of the company with respect to operational practices and processes.
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