Horizonte Minerals PLC 2022 Sustainability Report

Horizonte Minerals PLC 2022 Sustainability Report

 

Horizonte Minerals Plc (AIM:HZM)(TSX:HZM) ("Horizonte" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has published its 2022 Sustainability Report. This report, which is the Company's fourth consecutive standalone annual sustainability report has been prepared in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative Standards (GRI) 'Core' option and is accompanied by a wider set of disclosures on Horizonte's sustainability performance. These disclosure standards and frameworks, including the United Nations Global Compact, Sustainability Accounting Standards Board Metals and Mining Sustainability Accounting Standard, and the Mining Local Procurement Reporting Mechanism, provide insight into how Horizonte is making the transition from developer to producer in a sustainable manner and demonstrates the Company's commitment to transparent business conduct and its work to manage any potential social and environmental impacts

 

Jeremy Martin, CEO of Horizonte, commented:

 

"It gives me great pleasure to introduce our Sustainability Report for 2022. Embedding sustainability in our operational practices means tackling the major environmental, social and governance challenges that companies like ours are currently facing in the mining and metals sector - including decarbonization and the continuing need to minimise our own environmental footprint.

 

"As countries around the world move towards climate-smart economies, there is growing recognition of the importance of the natural environment within global society. As we develop the Araguaia nickel operation, we are meeting the challenge of managing these precious shared resources, including water, biodiversity, land and air, whilst producing the minerals that are vital to this low-carbon transformation.

 

"Horizonte is committed to creating lasting value for future generations. We are building a business that is designed to create value for all stakeholders for many years to come."

 

2022 Sustainability highlights include:

 

A Great Place to Work

 
  • Zero fatalities and zero lost time injuries
  •  
  • 100% COVID workforce vaccination
  •  
  • Zero human rights complaints
  •  
  • Inclusion and Diversity policy
  •  

Proud Partners

 
  • Strategic partnerships established for local employment and supplier capacity development
  •  
  • Stewardship initiatives to minimise impact and protect biodiversity
  •  

Acting with Integrity

 
  • Board review of governance architecture
  •  
  • Inauguration of Board-level Sustainability Committee
  •  

Achieving Growth Goals

 
  • Supplier Code of Conduct
  •  
  • Araguaia Critical Habitat Assessment to complement Biodiversity Action Plan
  •  

Operational Excellence

 
  • 10-year energy supply secured from primarily renewable sources
  •  
  • High gender diversity with 30% female employees
  •  
  • 99% of Brazil workforce are Brazilian in line with our local content objectives
  •  
  • Over 50% of our procurement spend was with Brazilian companies, enhancing local value retention
  •  

For further information, visitwww.horizonteminerals.comor contact:

 
        
 Horizonte Minerals plc
Jeremy Martin (CEO)
Simon Retter (CFO)
Patrick Chambers (Head of IR)
 info@horizonteminerals.com
+44 (0) 203 356 2901
 Peel Hunt LLP (Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker)
Ross Allister
David McKeown
+44 (0)20 7418 8900
 BMO (Joint Broker)
Thomas Rider
Pascal Lussier Duquette
Andrew Cameron
+44 (0) 20 7236 1010
 Tavistock (Financial PR)
Emily Moss
Cath Drummond
+44 (0) 20 7920 3150
 

ABOUT Horizonte Minerals

 

Horizonte Minerals plc (AIM & TSX: HZM) is developing two 100%-owned, Tier 1 projects in Pará state, Brazil, the Araguaia Nickel Project and the Vermelho Nickel-Cobalt Project. Both projects are large scale, high-grade, low-cost, low-carbon and scalable. Araguaia is under construction with first metal scheduled for early 2024, when fully ramped up with Line 1 and Line 2, is forecast to produce 29,000 tonnes of nickel per year. Vermelho is at feasibility study stage and is expected to produce 24,000 tonnes of nickel and 1,250 tonnes of cobalt to supply the EV battery market. Horizonte's combined production profile of over 60,000 tonnes of nickel per year positions the Company as a globally significant nickel producer. Horizonte's top three shareholders are La Mancha Investments S.à r.l., Glencore plc and Orion Resource Partners LLP.

 

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

 

Except for statements of historical fact relating to the Company, certain information contained in this press release constitutes "forward-looking information" under Canadian securities legislation. Forward-looking information includes, but is not limited to, the ability of the Company to complete any planned acquisition of equipment, statements with respect to the potential of the Company's current or future property mineral projects; the ability of the Company to complete a positive feasibility study regarding the second RKEF line at Araguaia on time, or at all, the ability of the Company to complete a positive feasibility study regarding the Vermelho Project on time, or at all, the success of exploration and mining activities; cost and timing of future exploration, production and development; the costs and timing for delivery of the equipment to be purchased, the estimation of mineral resources and reserves and the ability of the Company to achieve its goals in respect of growing its mineral resources; the realization of mineral resource and reserve estimates and achieving production in accordance with the Company's potential production profile or at all. Generally, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or statements that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will be taken", "occur" or "be achieved". Forward-looking information is based on the reasonable assumptions, estimates, analysis and opinions of management made in light of its experience and its perception of trends, current conditions and expected developments, as well as other factors that management believes to be relevant and reasonable in the circumstances at the date that such statements are made, and are inherently subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information, including but not limited to risks related to: the inability of the Company to complete any planned acquisition of equipment on time or at all, the ability of the Company to complete a positive feasibility study regarding the implementation of a second RKEF line at Araguaia on the timeline contemplated or at all, the ability of the Company to complete a positive feasibility study regarding the Vermelho Project on the timeline contemplated or at all, exploration and mining risks, competition from competitors with greater capital; the Company's lack of experience with respect to development-stage mining operations; fluctuations in metal prices; uninsured risks; environmental and other regulatory requirements; exploration, mining and other licences; the Company's future payment obligations; potential disputes with respect to the Company's title to, and the area of, its mining concessions; the Company's dependence on its ability to obtain sufficient financing in the future; the Company's dependence on its relationships with third parties; the Company's joint ventures; the potential of currency fluctuations and political or economic instability in countries in which the Company operates; currency exchange fluctuations; the Company's ability to manage its growth effectively; the trading market for the ordinary shares of the Company; uncertainty with respect to the Company's plans to continue to develop its operations and new projects; the Company's dependence on key personnel; possible conflicts of interest of directors and officers of the Company, and various risks associated with the legal and regulatory framework within which the Company operates, together with the risks identified and disclosed in the Company's disclosure record available on the Company's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com, including without limitation, the annual information form of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2022, and the Araguaia and Vermelho Technical Reports available on the Company's website https://horizonteminerals.com/. Although management of the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements.

 

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact rns@lseg.com or visit www.rns.com.

 

SOURCE: Horizonte Minerals PLC

 

View source version on accesswire.com:
https://www.accesswire.com/756942/Horizonte-Minerals-PLC-2022-Sustainability-Report

News Provided by ACCESSWIRE via QuoteMedia

HZM:CC
The Conversation (0)
Horizonte Minerals PLC Announces Result of AGM

Horizonte Minerals PLC Announces Result of AGM

 

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

 

Horizonte Minerals Plc (AIM:HZM)(TSX:HZM) ("Horizonte" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that at the Company's Annual General Meeting held today at Rex House, 4-12 Regent Street, London, SW1Y 4RG, all resolutions were voted on by way of a poll and were duly passed

News Provided by ACCESSWIRE via QuoteMedia

Keep reading...Show less
Angkor Resources Meets Ministry To Expand Boundary Of Oil & Gas Block VIII, Cambodia

Angkor Resources Meets Ministry To Expand Boundary Of Oil & Gas Block VIII, Cambodia

 

(TheNewswire)

 
      
  Angkor Resources Corp. 
             
 

GRANDE PRAIRIE, ALBERTA TheNewswire - July 29, 2025 - Angkor Resources Corp. (TSXV: ANK,OTC:ANKOF) ("ANGKOR" OR "THE COMPANY") announces its subsidiary, EnerCam Resources Co. Ltd. (Cambodia) ("EnerCam") met with officials from the Ministry of Mines and Energy ("MME") and the General Department of Petroleum ("GDP") to request an additional 220 square kilometers as part of Block VIII to include a potential sub-basin for exploration of oil and gas.

News Provided by TheNewsWire via QuoteMedia

Keep reading...Show less
Vertex Minerals Limited  Capital Raising Update

Vertex Minerals Limited Capital Raising Update

Perth, Australia (ABN Newswire) - Vertex Minerals Limited (ASX:VTX,OTC:VTXXF) (OTCMKTS:VTXXF) confirms that on 28 July 2025 it received A$3.9 million (before costs) through the issuance of new ordinary Shares as part of the A$11 million capital raising ("Capital Raising") announced by the Company on 12 May 2025 and approved at the General Meeting which took place on 21 July 2025.

The Capital Raising had also included the earlier issuance of A$3.5 million in Convertible Loans, bringing total proceeds received to date from the financing initiative to approximately A$7.5 million.

With respect to the A$3.9 million secured on 28 July 2025, 18,377,562 fully paid ordinary shares were issued by the Company ("Shares") at A$0.21 per Share.

At the commencement of the Capital Raising, associates of the Company's cornerstone investor and largest shareholder with 17% of the shares on issue (Gleneden Nominees Pty Ltd) committed to subscribe for A$3.6 million of Shares. Timing for receipt of these funds has now been revised to on or before 15 September 2025, as is provided for in an agreement entered on 27 July 2025 between the Company and Gleneden Nominees Pty Ltd.

The Company has also retained its ability to place the remaining A$3.6 million to other interested investors (on the same terms as the Capital Raising).

Receipt of the A$3.9 million, along with the $3.5 million Convertible Loan component of the Capital Raising, has provided the Company with financial liquidity for the near-term restart of the high-grade Hill End Gold Project, at a time of an historically strong A$ gold price.

 

About Vertex Minerals Limited:  

Vertex Minerals Limited (ASX:VTX,OTC:VTXXF) is an Australian based gold exploration company developing its advanced Hargraves and Hill End gold projects located in the highly prospective Eastern Lachlan Fold Belt of Central West NSW. Other Company assets include the Pride of Elvire gold project and Taylors Rock gold/nickel/lithium project both located in the Eastern Goldfields of WA. The focus of Vertex Minerals is to advance the commercial production of gold from its NSW projects embracing an ethical and environmentally sustainable approach.

 

 

Source:
Vertex Minerals Limited

News Provided by ABN Newswire via QuoteMedia

Keep reading...Show less
Scoping Study Highlights Potential of Tennant Creek Project

Scoping Study Highlights Potential of Tennant Creek Project

CuFe Limited (CUF:AU) has announced Scoping Study Highlights Potential of Tennant Creek Project

Download the PDF here.

Latest Press Releases

Related News

×