## ENVIRONMENT 

MRL’s robust environment management systems ensure legislative compliance at current and future project sites is maintained along with managing broader impacts on the environment. The Group is committed to implementing and maintaining its systems in accordance with environmental best practice. MRL strives to continually improve its environmental performance through research and development, innovation and adaptive management. To measure its environmental performance, MRL engages its key stakeholders from Government, the community and other specific interest organisations. 

During the year, MRL partnered with Curtin University to sponsor a biodiversity research program which uses predictive modelling to study flora and vegetation. The program collects data from the Yilgarn region of Western Australia, and studies the relationship of this data with regional environmental factors such as topography, aspect, altitude, soil and climate. This research is the first of its kind in the Yilgarn region and will enable data to be extrapolated further afield to benefit all future botanical studies and provide MRL with an understanding of the attributes required by various plant species to assist with mine rehabilitation planning. 

