TORONTO, ONTARIO, Oct 18, 2010 (Marketwire via COMTEX News Network)
-- HudBay Minerals Inc. ("HudBay", the "company") (TSX:HBM) today
announced the release of its 2009 Corporate Social Reasonability report,
which is available on the home page of the company's website and in the
"Sustainability" section at http://www.hudbayminerals.com/assets/pdf/SustainabilityReports/10_15_10%20CSR%20Report_FINAL.pdf.
The
2009 CSR report is the sixth HudBay has published in accordance with
the guiding principles of Toward Sustainable Mining (TSM) and the second
published in accordance with Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G3
guidelines. Using these guidelines, HudBay prepared a B level report,
which was third-party checked for the first time in the company's
history.
"This year for the first time we engaged Deloitte & Touche
LLP to assist us in determining our level of readiness for undergoing
external verification on our CSR information and to check our
GRI application level of self declaration," said David Garofalo,
HudBay's president and chief executive officer. "To that end, we met the
commitment we made last year to continuously improve our CSR
reporting."
HudBay's efforts in achieving GRI's requirements are
noted in the report in a GRI Content Index along with page numbers for
more information. The report also includes the location of sections on
HudBay's Management Approach, and the TSM indicators.
HudBay Minerals Inc.: Strength to Build the Future
HudBay
Minerals Inc. (TSX:HBM) is a Canadian integrated mining company with
assets in North and Central America principally focused on the
discovery, production and marketing of metals. The company's objective
is to maximize shareholder value through efficient operations, organic
growth and accretive acquisitions, while maintaining its financial
strength. A member
of the S&P/TSX Composite Index and the S&P/TSX Global Mining
Index, HudBay is committed to high standards of corporate governance and
sustainability.
(HBM-G)
SOURCE: HudBay Minerals Inc.
HudBay Minerals Inc.
John Vincic, Vice President,
Investor Relations and Corporate Communications
(416) 362 0615
john.vincic@hudbayminerals.com
www.hudbayminerals.com
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