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The e3 Plus Award is granted in recognition of the recipient's high level of environmental and social responsibility and its compliance with best practices recommended by the Prospectors and Developers Association (PDAC) in their e3 Plus guidelines: "A Framework for Responsible Exploration". The guidelines, which are available in the form of an online toolkit, are an initiative of the PDAC designed to assist exploration companies to continuously improve their social, environmental and health and safety performance and to comprehensively integrate these three aspects into all their exploration activities.
The recent approach that Aurizon took with the Joanna project and the stakeholders was in accordance with the e3 Plus framework. Aurizon met with more than 35 groups of stakeholders, as well as the nearby residents of the Joanna Project with the aim of integrating their concerns into the pre feasibility study.
Aurizon recently announced the results of a positive pre-feasibility study on the Joanna property which is located 20 kilometres east of Rouyn-Noranda, in north-western
"We are delighted and honoured to receive this award." said
About Aurizon
Aurizon is a gold producer with a growth strategy focused on developing its existing projects in the Abitibi region of north-western
For further information: AURIZON MINES LTD., David P. Hall, President and C.E.O., Telephone (604) 687-6600, Toll Free: 1-888-411-GOLD, Fax: (604) 687-3932, Web Site: www.aurizon.com, Email: [email protected]; or Renmark Financial Communications Inc., 2080 Rene-Levesque Blvd. West, Montreal, QC, H3H 1R6; Barry Mire: [email protected]; Maurice Dagenais: [email protected]; Media: Valerie Lacasse: [email protected], Tel: (514) 939-3989, Fax: (514) 939-3717
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