• Operating companies must ensure the • For Indigenous Peoples, international meaningful engagement, participation and law recognizes their inherent right to consent of affected communities, including self-determination and to Free, Prior and the right of communities to say no to tailings Informed Consent (FPIC). [...] • Operating companies must provide • Consent processes must be designed and communities with a transparent risk conducted with affected communities, respect analysis identifying and evaluating the cultural norms and languages, and must be free geographic and inhabited areas that could of external manipulation, coercion or extortion. [...] MiningWatch Canada • miningwatch.ca/safety-first Earthworks • earthworks.org/safety-first London Mining Network Photo: Júlia Pontés 17 Guidelines for Responsible Mine Tailings Management Safety First • If site conditions and risks are well understood, • Slopes of tailings dams and embankments a Factor of Safety (FoS) of at least 1.5 must be must be 1V:5H or less, and must never be applied in stati. [...] • Operating companies must provide detailed evaluations of the dam foundation, as well • Departures from the initial design must as of the physical and chemical properties of be justified, documented, and evaluated Ensure a detailed evaluation of the tailings material. [...] Accountability for risk, minimizing • The board of directors must be held • The board must have at least one member the consequences of failure, accountable for the safety of tailings facilities with expertise in tailings disposal facility 17 preventing failure, and the (or lack thereof ).
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