"Towards Sustainable Mining in Argentina: Initiatives on Mine Closure and Mining Waste"

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2 Lic. Luciana Maia Villalba Dirección Nacional de Producción Minera, Ambiente y Desarrollo Comunitario Subsecretaría de Sustentabilidad Minera "Towards Sustainable Mining in Argentina: Initiatives on Mine Closure and Mining Waste"

3 NATIONAL DEPARTMENT of MINING PRODUCTION, ENVIRONMENT and COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Subsecretariat of Mining Sustentability Juan Manuel Biset National Department of Mining Infrastructure Pedro Palmés National Department of Mining Production, Environment and Community Development Carolina Del Valle Department of Community Development Department of Mining Environmental Management

4 Our National Department Initiatives First Federal Mining Agreement New Federal Mining Agreement signed in 2017: - Main themes Social and community aspects Productive development Mining environmental management Economic and tributaries aspects Legal and institutional matters New Federal Mining Agreement (NFMA) Chapter III Mining Environmental Management (17 items) Item 10 : Mining waste, waste rock, and contaminated sites management

5 Our National Department Initiatives 1. Mining Waste regulation 2. Contaminated and abandoned sites Assessment 3. GEAMIN Environmental Remediations Within the framework of the reform of Law No (Hazardous Waste), which will provide for the exclusion of those wastes that have specific regulations, we are preparing a draft bill that defines Mining waste, management mechanisms and final disposal according to their characteristics. With the support of the British Embassy, we initiated an assessment project with further information consolidation of mining contaminated sites at the national level. Categorization and Prioritization, through the participation of the provinces, the Ministry of Environment and the SEGEMAR (Geological Services of Argentina). Environmental Management Program for Sustainable Production in the Productive Sector: Program II Environmental Mining Management (IDB Loan 1865 / OC-AR) - Former Metal Huasi Foundry - Abra Pampa - Sulfateras Calingasta - Ex Geotechnical Foundry - San Antonio Oeste

6 Our National Department Initiatives 4. Draft Bill Mine Closure Regime New Federal Mining Agreement: Chapter III Item 12 : Closure of Mining Activities Regime "The Parties agree to establish a closure regime for mining activities that, complementing the provisions of Title XIII of the National Mining Code, regulates in detail and in accordance with the best applicable standards, this stage of mining development. " 1) It must provide for its application in a contemporary manner with all the development of the mining cycle, closure and post-closure 2) It must contemplate the definition of technical, environmental and social aspects of closure plans; 3) It should provide for the establishment of tools and financial guarantees in order to ensure compliance with the closing activities and evaluate the efficiency of post-closure measures.

7 Work Process Process that involves strictly all interested parties and relies on strong technical support Oct. '16 Technical meetings SEMIN -COFEMIN Nov. 16 Technicalfocused meetings SEMINCOFEMIN Dec. 16 Technical Cooperation Agreement SEMIN CIRDI Mine Closure Regime General Guidelines Document Best Practices Guidelines Document ( work in progress ) Apr. 17 First CIRDI workshop Nov. 17 * Second CIRDI workshop * COFEMIN CIRDI Dec. 17 Start of consultations and circulation of documents Mar. 18 COFEMIN Draft bill presentation

8 From the «Guidelines» to the «Regulation» AXES Institutional Technical Environmental Social Financial DEVELOPMENT Conceptual development of the subject Considerations to regulate specifically on the matter Best national and international practices in place PROPOSED MINE CLOSURE DRAFT BILL

9 Consultation rounds

10 MINE CLOSURE Best practices and policy guidelines CIRDI Technical Cooperation Agreement The Canadian International Resources and Development Institute is a coalition of: University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, Polytechnique Montréal, and global partners Established in 2013 with funding from Global Affairs Canada Supports country governments that seek to strengthen their capacity to benefit from their natural resources Governance focus Technical excellence Leading practice advice, training and applied research

11 MINE CLOSURE - CIRDI Technical Cooperation Agreement 1 Workshop on Mine Closure Policy and International Best Practices, April Workshop on Mine Closure Social and Community Aspects, November 2017

12 CIRDI COFEMIN (Argentina Mining Federal Council) presentation on Mine Closure Policy and International Best Practices, Córdoba November, 2017

13 Practical Case: MINERA ALUMBRERA Catamarca Province Closing operations in July 2018 Cooperation CIRDI Catamarca Province: 1 week of training on mine closure financial, technical, and social aspects April 9th 13th, 2018

14 Mining Waste Initiative: Regulation of mining waste (derived from extraction activities, benefit, and processing of rocks and minerals) Goals: 1) To have a specific mining waste regulation. (Currently they are subjected to Art. 249 "disposal of waste whatever their nature" and are correctly - included in the E.I.A. Report) 2) To allow, given the opportunity provided by the future hazardous waste regulation, for a differentiated regime that prevents any legal gaps or misinterpretations that could lead to their inclusion as hazardous waste.

15 Regulation Proposal for Mine Waste 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) Generic guidelines for specific management within the EIA report Competent authority defined by the provinces Definition of mining waste (with inputs from the provinces) Highlight on valorization and dynamism Definition of mining facilities (waste rock dumps, tailings, leaching heaps, etc.) Sanctions: Title XIII, Second Section MC

16 Private sector also moving towards sustainable mining in Argentina: Cámara Argentina de Empresarios Mineros (CAEM), the national mining association in Argentina adopted the Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) initiative by the end of TSM: a corporate social responsibility program developed by the Mining Association of Canada (MAC) to improve environmental and social practices in the mining industry. Argentina is the first Latin American jurisdiction to adopt the initiative. Set of tools and indicators to drive continuous performance improvement around 6 Protocols: Aboriginal and Community Outreach, Crisis Management Planning, Safety and Health, Biodiversity Conservation Management, Tailings Management and Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Management.

17 MUCHAS GRACIAS! Luciana Maia Villalba

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