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Gold Reserve participates in short course on Equator Principles
Gold Reserve participates in short course on Equator Principles.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nSPOKANE, WA, April 16 /CNW/ - Gold Reserve Inc. (TSX: GRZ - AMEX: GRZ)\ntoday announced that Don Proebstel, PhD, VP of Environmental Affairs and\nSustainability will assist in conducting a series of workshops sponsored by\nPrizma LLC entitled: Equator Principles and IFC Performance Standards -\nImpacts on Mining Projects and Finance. This event will be held April 18th in\nVancouver, Canada, with future presentations scheduled in Toronto and London.\n\n\nDr. Proebstel will highlight the Gold Reserve Brisas Project in Venezuela\nas a model for the application of the newly revised social and environmental\nbenchmarks defined by Equator Principles and IFC Performance Standards to\nmodern mining projects. It will include strategies developed to maintain Gold\nReserve's commitments to social and environmental sustainability, focusing on\nareas such as: community engagement and development, biodiversity offsets and\nindigenous peoples concerns. The workshops will emphasize various approaches\nto enhance corporate predictability, transparency, and accountability.\n\n\nDr. Proebstel joined Gold Reserve in 2006. Previously, he worked on the\nBrisas International Environmental and Social Impact Assessment while employed\nat AATA International, Fort Collins, Colorado. Doug Belanger, President,\nstated, "We are very fortunate to have engaged Don to oversee environmental\nsustainability matters for the Brisas project and are proud to support his\nparticipation in these workshops. Don has extensive international experience\nin environmental and social matters and is firmly committed to positioning\nGold Reserve at the forefront of the social and environmental benchmarks\ndefined by Equator Principles and IFC Performance Standards."\n\n\nMore information on the short course is available at:\nwww.prizmasolutions.com.\n\n\nGold Reserve Inc. is a Canadian company developing the Brisas gold copper\nproject is Southeastern Venezuela. Brisas has NI-43-101 reserves of\n485 million tonnes of ore grading 0.67 grams per tonne gold and 0.13% copper\ncontaining 10.4 million ounces of gold and 1.3 billion pounds of copper (using\na revenue cutoff grade of US $3.04 per tonne and a gold price of US $400 and a\ncopper price of US $1.15 per pound). The Company expects to finance the\nconstruction of Brisas with a combination of debt and equity...