What is “Responsible” Mining? (John Thompson, PhD)​

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SELECT EPISODE LINKS: Wikipedia’s Responsible Mining page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respons... 

First documented use of the term “responsible”: City Miner, Volume 4, 1979:https://voices.revealdigital.org/?a=d... 

SRK Consulting, "Responsible Mining: Jargon Fountain or a Material Shift in ESG Performance Drivers?": https://www.srk.com/en/publications/r... 

A Measure of the SLO for Infrastructure and Extractive Projects: https://www.researchgate.net/publicat... 

CSIRO: Building trust is key to mining's 'social licence': https://www.csiro.au/en/news/news-rel... 

Dr. John Thompson (https://minesense.com/goverance-team/...), 

Board Member, MinseSense (https://minesense.com/our-company/); 

Director and past-Chair, Canadian Mining Innovation Council (https://www.cim.org/library/canada-mi... 

Current Chair, Geoscience BC (http://www.geosciencebc.com/) 

Social License to Operate (https://socialicense.com/definition.html) → presents a moment in time; ‘responsible’ mining requires consistent improvement & the recognition of its place within larger systems Investment community trending towards sustainable minerals (https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insig...) 

RESPONSIBLE MINING FRAMEWORKS AND STANDARDS: Responsible Mining: Case Studies in Managing Social & Environmental Risks in the Developed World: http://www.academia.edu/22699611/Resp... 

Responsible Mining Key Principles for Industry Integrity, Earthscan from Routledge: https://www.routledge.com/Responsible.... 

Responsible mining? Challenges, perspectives and approaches, German Environment Agency: https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/sites/... 

Responsible Mining Index: https://2020.responsibleminingindex.o... 

Responsible Mining Foundation: https://www.responsibleminingfoundati... 

Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance: https://responsiblemining.net/ 

Alliance for Responsible Mining: https://www.responsiblemines.org/en/w... 

World Gold Council: https://www.gold.org/