IGO SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2022— 51 Traditional Owners and Communities Making a Difference is our reason for being – our purpose. We believe we are successful when we work in partnership with our host communities and Traditional Owners to achieve long-term social, environmental and economic outcomes. IGO acknowledges the Traditional Owners on whose lands we live and work. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. IGO recognises and acknowledges their connection to Country and their role in caring for and maintaining Country over thousands of years. Traditional Owner support, engagement and trust are central to the sustainability of our business and we greatly value our relationship with the Traditional Owners on whose lands we operate. We seek respectful relationships through agreement making and strive to be a valued partner where we have an existing operation or exploration presence. IGO operates not only through fair and respectful agreements with Traditional Owners, but through principled action and living our values. We do this by listening and respecting culture and being honest, open and caring. IGO works with the right people for Country and supporting communities impacted by our activities. We provide Aboriginal employment pathways, training opportunities, and encourage business partnerships to support personal empowerment and create opportunities for Aboriginal people. At IGO, we engage with two broad groups within the community: the general public and the people and organisations which form our host communities. Our host communities are those people most directly affected by our business activities near our operational areas (i.e., our mines, development projects and our active exploration areas). We are committed to building and strengthening these relationships, which requires consistent work, collaboration, trust, respect and authenticity. We do this by actively engaging with all our stakeholders and consider the impacts of our business activities at every stage to co-create shared value projects and build a reputation of caring and doing what we say we will do. Working with Traditional Owners Protecting Cultural Heritage The identification and preservation of Aboriginal heritage is fundamental to IGO’s approach to operating sustainably and fulfilling our commitment to developing and maintaining strong relations with Traditional Owners on whose Country we operate. IGO’s numerous heritage protection agreements with Traditional Owners have common features that provide a clear articulation of IGO’s intended activities and statements of commitment. These include significant controls preventing access to, and disturbance of, places of importance and cultural significance to Traditional Owners. IGO manages its on-ground impact through obligations contained within these heritage protection agreements combined with its protocols and procedures. This combination of obligations, protocols and procedures always require cultural heritage consultation with Traditional Owners before ground disturbing activities or clearances can occur. In FY22, IGO undertook numerous heritage surveys across the whole of the Fraser Range exploration project area, covering an area of 34,200ha with the valued assistance of the Ngadju, Untiri Pulka and Upurli Upurli Nguratja Traditional Owners. At a Glance contributed to Ngadju Native Title Aboriginal Corporation (NNTAC) in royalty payments since the commencement of the Nova Mining Agreement in 2014 Total area of land subject to cultural heritage surveys to date 649 $686k Total number of cultural heritage sites or places identified and managed on IGO managed tenure invested in corporate giving in FY22, compared to $904k1 in FY21 $19.5M volunteered by IGO people donating their time to charitable causes 314 hrs 1,048,447ha 1. FY21 included a one-off payment to the Norseman and Esperance communities for COVID-19 relief programs. Marina (IGO Exploration Geologist) on a heritage survey with the Martu people, including representatives from the Western Desert Lands Aboriginal Corporation (Jamukurnu-Yapalikunu/ WDLAC) Actively working with communities
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