Responsibility

Verde Potash Plc is committed to the protection of the health and safety and well being of our employees, contractors and stakeholders at all stages of our activities including exploration, development, operation and decommissioning. We strongly believe in the principle of “Safe Production” whereby no job is so important that we cannot take time to do it safely. We believe in developing a safety culture based on teamwork and safety leadership. We will continuously strive to prevent injury and illness.

To effectively meet this commitment, Verde Potash and its subsidiaries will:

• Ensure that all directors, officers, employees and contractors are trained to understand their health and safety responsibilities and are motivated to adhere to the Company’s policies and procedures;
• Comply with applicable health and safety laws and regulations at all times, at all locations, and at all stages of exploration, development, operations, and decommissioning;
• Commit to identify and eliminate or control workplace hazards to protect ourselves and others;
• Establish and maintain standards, procedures and management controls to ensure appropriate health and safety considerations are integrated into all aspects of the business in order to minimize occupational risks;
• Ensure that leadership will be held accountable for creating and maintaining the safety culture of our operations and projects. Leadership will demonstrate personal commitment to safety and obtain the personal commitment of all employees and contractors to safety through training, identifying and eliminating hazards to protect ourselves and our co-workers. Inherent in that accountability will be the commitment of the senior management to provide the resources and foster a culture that results in success;
• Set health and safety performance objectives and targets;
• Identify potential emergency situations, maintain, and regularly test emergency response plans;
• Conduct regular audits to determine compliance with this Policy and focus future health and safety improvement activities;
• Conduct regular audits to assess conformance to this policy and implement corrective action plans aimed at improving health and safety standards and practices;
• Create an environment that will involve all employees in the development and implementation of procedures and standards that will improve their health and safety. It is the duty of each employee or contractor to comply with this policy and cooperate with management to ensure a safe workplace.