Equinox Gold Publishes Water Stewardship Report
Equinox Gold Publishes Water Stewardship
Report
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - July 28, 2023) -
Equinox Gold Corp.
(TSX: EQX)
(NYSE American: EQX) ("Equinox Gold" or the "Company") is pleased to announce publication of its
inaugural Water Stewardship Report, which is aligned with water reporting practices recommended by
the International Council on Mining and Metals ("ICMM").
Greg Smith, President & CEO of Equinox Gold, commented: "Equinox Gold is committed to addressing
water stewardship as a core component of our sustainability efforts and ESG strategy. This Water
Stewardship Report shares our current actions and approach to water stewardship and is an important
step in laying the groundwork for the development of our comprehensive Company-wide water
stewardship strategy."
Equinox Gold's Water Stewardship Report summarizes the Company's strategy to minimize our use of
fresh water, limit potential impacts on fresh water sources, maximize water reuse, protect the water
interests of both our operations and local stakeholders, and implement leading industry water
stewardship standards. Equinox Gold has adopted a range of water stewardship principles including the
World Gold Council's Responsible Mining Principles and the Mining Association of Canada's Towards
Sustainable Mining ("TSM") protocols. The Company is also aligning its approach with the ICMM's
Water Stewardship Framework and water accounting guidance. These industry frameworks provide the
foundation for our water management strategy and the guidance to embed effective water management
practices into the decision-making processes at our operations.
This inaugural Water Stewardship Report represents an important component of our 2023 ESG
commitments and will serve as the baseline for our water stewardship reporting in subsequent years.
Additional targets for 2023 include achieving a Level A rating across all operations for 100% of the
indicators of the TSM Water Stewardship protocol and continuing to improve our water use efficiency
per ounce of gold produced. We are also developing a comprehensive Company-wide water
stewardship strategy that aligns with our climate action and environmental policies and strategies.
More information about the Company's water accounting metrics and 2022 performance, water
stewardship actions underway at each mine site and our approach to water management is summarized
in the Water Stewardship Report, which is available for download at
www.EquinoxGold.com
.
About Equinox Gold
Equinox Gold is a growth-focused Canadian mining company with seven operating gold mines,
construction underway at a new project, and a path to achieve more than one million ounces of annual
gold production from a pipeline of development and expansion projects. Equinox Gold's common shares
are listed on the TSX and the NYSE American under the trading symbol EQX. Further information about
Equinox Gold's portfolio of assets and long-term growth strategy is available at
www.equinoxgold.com
or
by email at
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Equinox Gold Contacts
Greg Smith, President & CEO
Rhylin Bailie, Vice President Investor Relations
Tel: +1 604-558-0560
Email:
Cautionary Notes
This news release contains certain forward-looking information and forward-looking statements within
the meaning of applicable securities legislation and may include future-oriented financial information.
Forward-looking statements and forward-looking information in this news release relate to, among
other things: the Company's ability to develop and implement a comprehensive water stewardship
strategy, including minimizing use of fresh water and mitigating impacts on fresh water sources; the
Company's ability to meet its ESG commitments, including achieving a Level A rating across all
operations for 100% of the indicators of the Towards Sustainable Mining Water Stewardship protocol;
and the Company's plans to increase annual production by successfully advancing its development
and expansion projects. Forward-looking statements or information generally identified by the use of
the words "will", "commitment", "strive", "strategy", "targets", "continuing", "developing", "potential"
and similar expressions and phrases or statements that certain actions, events or results "could",
"would" or "should", or the negative connotation of such terms, are intended to identify forward-looking
statements and information. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such
forward-looking statements and information are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on
forward-looking statements since the Company can give no assurance that such expectations will
prove to be correct. The Company has based these forward-looking statements and information on
the Company's current expectations and projections about future events and these assumptions
include: the Company's ability to reduce its water use and improve sustainability practices; the
Company's ability to implement its water stewardship initiatives; the Company's ability to increase its
annual gold production by successfully advancing the development and expansion projects
contemplated for its Greenstone Project, Aurizona Mine, Castle Mountain Mine and Los Filos Mine;
the Company's ability to reduce its environmental footprint and improve sustainability practices; the
Company's ability to mitigate the negative impact of climate change on its operations; the availability
of funds for the Company's projects and future cash requirements; and the Company's ability to
comply with environmental, health and safety laws. While the Company considers these assumptions
to be reasonable based on information currently available, they may prove to be incorrect.
Accordingly, readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on the forward-looking statements or
information contained in this news release.
The Company cautions that forward-looking statements and information involve known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results and developments to differ
materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements and information
contained in this news release and the Company has made assumptions and estimates based on or
related to many of these factors. Such factors include, without limitation: changes in the expected
impacts of climate change; changes in laws, regulations and government practices, including laws
and regulations relating to the environment; legal restrictions relating to mining; fluctuations in gold
prices; fluctuations in prices for energy inputs, labour, materials, supplies and services, including
environmentally friendly alternatives; fluctuations in currency markets; operational risks and hazards
inherent with the business of mining (including environmental accidents and hazards, industrial
accidents, equipment breakdown, unusual or unexpected geological or structural formations, cave-
ins, flooding and severe weather); inadequate insurance, or inability to obtain insurance to cover these
risks and hazards; employee relations; relationships with, and claims by, local communities and
Indigenous partners; the Company's ability to obtain all necessary permits, licenses and regulatory
approvals in a timely manner or at all; and those factors identified in the section titled "Risks and
Uncertainties" in Equinox Gold's MD&A dated February 21, 2023, and in the section titled "Risks
Related to the Business" in Equinox Gold's most recently filed Annual Information Form dated
February 23, 2023, both of which relate to the year ended December 31, 2022 and are available on
SEDAR at
www.sedar.com
and on EDGAR at
www.sec.gov/edgar
. Forward-looking statements and
information are designed to help readers understand management's views as of that time with respect
to future events and speak only as of the date they are made. Except as required by applicable law,
Equinox Gold assumes no obligation to update or to publicly announce the results of any change to
any forward-looking statement or information contained or incorporated by reference to reflect actual
results, future events or developments, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting
the forward-looking statements and information. If Equinox Gold updates any one or more forward-
looking statements, no inference should be drawn that Equinox Gold will make additional updates with
respect to those or other forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements and information
contained in this news release are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement.
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