Health And Safety (January 26, 2009)

The 2007 winner of the Safe Day Everyday Gold Award (formerly the Annual Safety Award) for the highest number of days worked without a lost workday incident is De Beers Canada Inc. for a second year in a row.DeBeers reported 375,455 lost workday incident free hours (37,546 days) in its exploration division, up from 257,235 hours in 2006. The Exploration Division of De Beers Canada is proud of its integrated Safety, Health & Environment Management System, which is ISO 14001 certified, and E3 and OHSAS (Occupation Health & Safety Advisory Services) 18001 compliant.DeBeers performs external compliance audits on the majority of its operations annually. In late 2008, De Beers Canada attained a record of three years of exploration activity without a lost workday incident.

The company will be recognized for its superb safety record at both Mineral Exploration Roundup 2009 and PDAC Convention 2009.

The Safe Day Everyday Award was presented to 65 companies for operating without a lost workday incident throughout 2007, up from 61 in 2006, but down from 71 in 2005. There were 27 repeat winners of the award in 2007, a significant increase from 17 repeat winners in 2006. Eight organizations have reported operating without a lost workday from 2005 through 2007.