Xtra-Gold Resources Corp.
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2019, 2020)
Reporting Period: 2019
Environmental Metrics
Social Achievements
- Using local contractors promotes the local economy while avoiding illegal workings on our projects.
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- Recurring losses from operations, raising substantial doubt about the ability to continue as a going concern.
- Dependence on a limited number of projects.
- Potential challenges to title of projects.
- Complex laws and regulations governing operations.
- Potential environmental impacts during full-scale mining.
- Potential for legal claims.
- Fluctuations in currency exchange rates.
- Instability in global financial systems.
- High inflation rates in Ghana.
- Government of Ghana's rights to increase ownership interest in subsidiary.
- Dependence on key executives.
- Difficulty in engaging qualified personnel.
- Changes in political stability in West Africa.
- Competition in the mining industry.
- Marketability of minerals influenced by industry conditions.
- Difficulty for shareholders to enforce judgments against the company or its officers/directors.
Mitigation Strategies
- Negotiating and posting of a reclamation bond to quantify reclamation costs.
- Maintaining insurance policies to protect against certain risks.
- Implementing a quality-control program for sampling and analysis.
- Using local contractors to promote the local economy and avoid illegal workings.
- Investing excess cash in government-backed securities or bank-backed guaranteed investment certificates.
- Adjusting exploration expenditures if required.
- Defending lawsuits believed to be without merit.
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Reporting Standards
Frameworks Used: NI 43-101
Certifications: ISO 17025:2005
Third-party Assurance: RBSM LLP
Reporting Period: 2020
Environmental Metrics
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- Recurring losses from operations, raising substantial doubt about the ability to continue as a going concern.
- Dependence on a limited number of projects.
- Potential challenges to title of projects.
- Complex laws and regulations governing operations.
- Potential environmental impacts during full-scale mining.
- Lack of insurance for certain risks.
- Fluctuations in currency exchange rates.
- Instability in global financial systems.
- High inflation rates in Ghana.
- Government of Ghana's rights to increase ownership interest and pre-emption rights.
- Dependence on key executives.
- Difficulty in engaging qualified personnel.
- Changes in political stability in West Africa.
- Competition in the mining industry.
- Market fluctuations affecting marketability of minerals.
- Volatility in gold prices.
- Difficulty for shareholders to enforce judgments against the company or its officers/directors.
- Limited trading market for common shares (penny stock).
Mitigation Strategies
- Negotiating and posting reclamation bonds to quantify reclamation costs.
- Using local contractors for placer gold recovery operations to promote the local economy.
- Implementing protocols to minimize the impact of Covid-19.
- Share repurchases to reduce average shares outstanding.
- Increased marketing efforts to improve stock prices.
- Investing excess cash in government-backed securities or bank-backed guaranteed investment certificates.
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Reporting Standards
Frameworks Used: NI 43-101