Antamina’s social responsibility philosophy is put into practice in all its operations, and it is based on the following principles:

	Act responsibly from the start; from the onset of exploration, the culture, values, environment and traditions of the local communities are respected.
	Recognize “the population’s right to know” and promote the means to facilitate access to and dissemination of information related to operations and their environmental impact.
	Develop a consultation process with members of the community and stakeholders to involve them in areas that affect their development, and discussions that are linked to the mining operation. Constant consultation helps to create an atmosphere of confidence and to build relationships based on credibility.
	Inspire confidence by means of appropriate behavior and maintenance of good communication and by trying to fulfill every commitment or promise made to the community.
	Promote participation by communities and stakeholders in a project of shared development, while creating a more positive attitude toward operations. We should have external agents such as local communities, NGOs, regional and national authorities and social institutions participating in the management of community development projects.
	Avoid paternalism and dependency; instead, Antamina promotes a process of strategic planning with communities, respecting the autonomy of their organizations and opening a path toward their own development. This means that the strategies should consider plans that go further than the useful life of the mine and that the programs of community development can continue autonomously after the mine closes.