corporate responsibility Resolute is committed to achieving the highest performance in Occupational Health and Safety to create and maintain a safe and healthy environment at the workplace.  At every site, the health and safety of personnel and local communities are of fundamental concern to Resolute. The Company seeks to conduct operations in an efficient and effective manner whilst providing: Health and Safety Golden Pride Mine - Tanzania Ravenswood Mine - Australia No employee is expected to carry out work they reasonably consider to be unsafe. Implementation of the National Occupational Safety Association (N.O.S.A.-RSA) safety system at each site to achieve the objectives of the Company’s Safety and Health Management Plan and ongoing management of the system is ensuring that all industry standards are consistently met. This system actively strives to attain the Health and Safety  The Golden Pride mine continued to build on the high level of safety awareness it has established in its work culture and achieved a new site record of 467 days without a lost time injury. The Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR) dropped to zero in March 2004 as the mine surpassed 2 million man-hours without a lost time  The focus of the new management team at Ravenswood is to improve communication and involvement with the employees and continually raise safety awareness. Although, there have been no Lost Time Injuries since Resolute took control of the Ravenswood mine on 1 March 2004, the Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate remains above the industry standard. •ahealthy and safe workplace • information on the hazards of the workplace and training on how to work safely • consultation at all staff levels on health and safety matters • experience gained from other operations within the Resolute Group, and where possible, other mining companies, thereby ensuring all sites utilise the most up-to-date and effective techniques • site specific circumstances, including such factors as available infrastructure and the experience of the staff • updates to benefit from innovations, new technology and operating experience • Completion of the initial workforce occupational health surveillance medical examinations • Site review of safety procedures and re-writing into consistent format • Development of new site safety procedures •T raining of personnel to Train the Trainer and Workplace Assessor standards to Australian accreditation • HIV / AIDS counsellor training by Tanzanian national trainer injury. This is an excellent achievement and is testament to the implemented programmes delivering desired outcomes.  Safety management on site concentrated on: Standards set by Resolute. Each site plan incorporates: Baseline site safety audits on Health and Safety Management Systems are performed at regular intervals by independent consultants. Internal audits are regularly undertaken to ensure progress in implementation of these systems. A comprehensive audit of the existing safety management systems has been carried out. Based on the audit results a safety management improvement plan has been developed and will be fully implemented in the coming year. The profile of health and safety draws emphasis well into the care and maintenance phase of the operations. Health educational outreach programmes, including Self-Health Education (SHE) programmes, organised for local communities also continue to be maintained. At 30 June the Obotan mine had worked a record 658 days without lost time injury resulting in a Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR) of zero and remaining well below the Australian Mining Industry Average benchmark. Obotan Mine - Ghana 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 00 01 02 03 04 Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR) Australian Industry Standard (open cut metalliferous) Resolute 28 RESOLUTE MINING LIMITED 2004 ANNUAL REPORT