2021
Environmental, Social and 
Governance (ESG) Report
Greenstone, Canada

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Table of Contents
Leadership Message	
4
Performance and Targets	
6
About this Report	
8
Reporting and Transparency	
8
Materiality Assessment	
9
About the Company	
10
Our Properties	
12
Commitment to Responsible Mining	
14
Implementing Leading Industry Frameworks 	
15	
and Standards
Our Approach to the UN Sustainable 	
18
Development Goals
Governance	
20
ESG Governance	
21
Corporate Governance	
22
Enterprise Risk Management	
24
Business Ethics	
25
Social	
26
Our People	
27
Health and Safety	
27
Acronyms
CDP 	
Carbon Disclosure Project 
ERM 	
Enterprise Risk Management  
ESG 	
environmental, social and governance	
ESTMA 	Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act  
GHG 	
greenhouse gas
GRI  	
Global Reporting Initiative 
ICMC 	 International Cyanide Management Code  
LTIFR 	 Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate
MRC 	
Management Risk Committee  
NGO 	
non-governmental organization 
RGMPs 	World Gold Council’s Responsible Gold 	 	
	
Mining Principles 
SASB 	 Sustainability Accounting Standards Board 
SDGs 	 United Nations Global Compact Sustainable 	
	
Development Goals  
SEIFR 	 Significant Environmental Incident 	
	
	
Frequency Rate 
TCFD 	 Task Force on Climate-related Financial 		
	
Disclosures  
TRIFR 	 Total Recordable Injury Frequency Rate
TSF 	
tailings storage facility 
TSM 	
Mining Association of Canada’s Towards 	
	
Sustainable Mining protocols
UNGC 	 United Nations Global Compact 
Emergency Response and Crisis Management	
31
COVID-19 Response	
32
Employment Practices	
33
Inclusion and Diversity	
35
Human Rights	
37
Working with Indigenous Communities	
38
Our Communities	
39
Community Engagement & Development	
40
Supporting our Communities and our Industry	 44
Environment	
46
Environment and Climate Change	
47
Incident Management	
49
Energy Management and GHG Emissions	
51
Water Management	
55
Waste Rock and Tailings Management	
57
Biodiversity	
59
Reclamation and Closure	
61
Cautionary Notes	
63
GRI and SASB Index Tables are available for 
download on our website at www.EquinoxGold.com.
Prepared by Management and approved for publication on May 3, 2022.

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Letter from Christian Milau, 
CEO and Director
Equinox Gold is a rapidly growing company, with eight 
new projects integrated into our portfolio over the last 
four years. As our company has grown, so has our team 
and ability to assess and track our ESG performance, 
identify areas for improvement and implement strategies 
to achieve our objective – to become an industry leader 
for responsible mining and sustainable development. 
Our primary reporting objective is transparency, so all 
stakeholders have a clear understanding of our targets, 
our performance and our efforts for continual 
improvement. A key focus during 2021 was 
standardizing data collection and incident reporting 
across our operations so we can accurately measure 
performance and identify opportunities for 
improvement. Those efforts are reflected in this report, 
which includes quantitative data on health and safety 
performance, energy consumption, GHG emissions and 
water usage. During 2021 we also reported for the first 
time to the Carbon Disclosure Project, published our 
first Tailings Management Overview Report and started 
reporting key ESG data quarterly on our website. 
Protecting the health and safety of our workforce is our 
greatest responsibility. While we surpassed our health 
and safety targets for 2021, our ultimate goal is to have 
no work-place injuries. A key health and safety initiative 
during 2021 was expansion of incident reporting and 
“near miss” reviews. By ensuring that all incidents are 
reported and reviewed, we can identify the cause and 
share the learnings and corrective actions across our 
operations to prevent recurrence. 
We also examined our workplace culture and reviewed 
our hiring practices to ensure we are creating an 
environment that is welcoming and that our practices 
support diversity and inclusion at all levels of the 
Company. In the fall of 2021 we joined the United Nations 
Global Compact Target Gender Equality Program, a 
12-month program that will help us define a long-term 
company-wide inclusion and diversity strategy and 
reinforce our culture of inclusivity and respect. 
Respect is one of our core principles and is the 
foundation of our approach to community 
relationships. Following our acquisition of Premier Gold 
in April, we have five new Indigenous partners at our 
Greenstone Project in Ontario, Canada. We 
acknowledge our responsibilities under those Long-
term Relationship Agreements and look forward to 
demonstrating our commitment to the long-term 
success of our Indigenous partners. We have also 
enjoyed reconnecting with our community partners at 
all of our mine sites as COVID-19 restrictions lifted, and 
look forward to continued collaboration on social and 
infrastructure projects that will bring long-term 
benefits and opportunities to those communities.
Another focus during 2021 was collecting the baseline 
data required to better understand our environmental 
impact. With this information in hand, we set and 
achieved short-term targets, reducing our GHG 
emissions by 5% and implementing programs to 
improve energy efficiency at our mine sites. We also 
progressed initiatives to increase our use of renewable 
energy sources, with the potential to introduce solar 
power at Castle Mountain and hydro or solar power at 
several of our Brazil sites. In addition, our mine sites 
undertook progressive reclamation activities and 
supported conservation projects to protect and 
increase biodiversity in the regions surrounding our 
mines. We will continue to expand our environment 
and climate strategy to minimize our environmental 
impact and ensure these initiatives are integrated into 
our plans at each stage of development.
As a signatory to the United Nations Global Compact, our 
policies and practices are guided by its principles for 
environmental protection, human rights, labour standards 
and ethical business practices. Likewise, as a member of 
both the World Gold Council and the Mining Association 
of Canada, we are implementing the standards and 
principles these organizations expect of their members. 
We are committed to continual improvement as we work 
toward our objective of demonstrating excellence in 
responsible mining. I look forward to reporting on our 
progress as we deliver on our ESG objectives. 
Christian Milau 
May 3, 2022

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Letter from Maryse Bélanger, 	
	
	
Chair of the ESG Committee
Equinox Gold was formed at the end of 2017 with the 
vision of creating a leading gold company that will 
responsibly and safely produce more than one million 
ounces of gold per year while creating value for all 
stakeholders. The Company’s leadership team is 
aligned to achieve excellence in responsible mining, 
demonstrating leadership for health and safety 
practices, environmental stewardship, and the 
economic and social opportunities we create for local 
communities and our Indigenous partners. 
Excellence is more than a mindset or an articulated 
commitment. It results from wide stakeholder 
engagement, the adoption and adherence to strong 
governance frameworks, and the implementation of 
protocols and systems to support our health and 
safety, environmental and social performance. 
During 2021 we reviewed and enhanced our 
governance framework and approved two significant 
policies that support our ESG objectives. Our new 
Social Responsibility & Human Rights Policy expresses 
our commitment to respecting the rights of all peoples 
and contributing to improved quality of life and 
sustainable development where we operate. Our 
commitment to Indigenous and human rights is also 
formalized in our Code of Conduct and Business Ethics 
and in our Greenstone Gold Mine’s Indigenous Relations 
Policy. In 2021, we also enacted our Environment and 
Climate Change Policy, outlining our commitments to 
environmental protection, the role we play in the global 
response to climate change, and our expectations of 
both our workforce and suppliers. We have a strong 
foundation of principles guiding our actions, ensuring 
that our ESG responsibilities and commitments are 
embedded into every decision we make as individuals 
and as a company. 
Demonstrating excellence in responsible mining is not 
just the right thing to do – it is fundamental to our 
business strategy and the long-term success of our 
company. As Chair of Equinox Gold’s Environment, 
Social and Governance Committee, I help to oversee 
the Company’s sustainability strategy and review the 
effectiveness of our policy implementation and ESG 
programs. The ESG Committee meets at least quarterly 
with management to review performance and discuss 
the Company’s ESG strategy and initiatives. 
We made great strides with our ESG programs in 2021. 
From an environmental perspective, we improved our 
performance by 58% compared to 2020, achieved 
short-term targets to reduce our energy and 
greenhouse gas footprint, and expanded our data 
collection metrics so that we can set a long-term 
reduction strategy and associated milestones. We 
achieved excellent health and safety performance, with 
no fatalities and nearly 20% better performance 
compared to 2020. I commend the Equinox Gold team 
for maintaining its focus on safe operations, despite 
increased challenges related to the COVID-19 
pandemic. 
This report outlines our ESG achievements during 2021 
and, more importantly, our commitment to continuous 
improvement. With mining projects in four countries, 
Equinox Gold can make meaningful social and 
economic contributions to the regions in which we 
operate. We have a responsibility to be a leader 
amongst our peers for responsible mineral 
development. 
I am proud of the progress we achieved during 2021 
and excited about the opportunities ahead.
Maryse Bélanger 
May 3, 2022 
Demonstrating excellence in 
responsible mining is not just 
the right thing to do – it is 
fundamental to our business 
strategy and the long-term 
success of our company.

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2021 Performance and Targets
2021 ESG Targets & Results
2021 Performance Highlights
Environment
New Environment & 
Climate Change Policy, 
beat 2021 environmental 
targets, improved 58% 
compared to 2020
Transparency
Published first ESG Report 
and first Tailings 
Management Overview 
Report, expanded GRI and 
SASB disclosure
Energy & GHG
Achieved 2021 short-term 
targets, reduced GHG 
emissions by 5%, submitted 
report to the Carbon 
Disclosure Project
Human Rights
New Social Responsibility & 
Human Rights Policy, 
independent human rights 
analysis of operations, field 
assessments at two sites
Safety
Beat 2021 safety targets, 
reduced LTIs, no fatalities, 
improved 19% compared 
to 2020
Communities
Installed water treatment 
plant for Aurizona village, 
numerous community health 
and community investment 
projects
Governance
Created an ESG Committee, 
created an Enterprise Risk 
Management Committee, 
average 95% approval vote 
for directors
Health
No production days lost due 
to COVID, supported 
community education and 
vaccination programs
Key Areas	
Targets	
Results
Health & Safety	
Achieve zero fatalities	
Achieved
	
Achieve a Total Recordable Injury Frequency Rate per million hours worked of 3.51	
Achieved 3.05
	
or less
Social	
Achieve zero business interruptions because of social conflicts at our operations	
Not achieved
Environment	
Achieve a Significant Environmental Incident Frequency Rate per million hours	
Achieved 0.68 	
	
	
worked of 1.60 or less
	
Develop and disclose corporate and site level greenhouse intensity and total 	
Achieved		
	
	
emission targets
	
Commence implementation of Towards Sustainable Mining protocols 	
Achieved
Governance	
Roll out Enterprise Risk Management system to sites	
Achieved
	
Develop policies for Social Responsibility and Human Rights	
Achieved
Transparency &	
Improve ESG reporting and ratings	
Partially achieved
	
Release an ESG report and other supporting disclosures	
Achieved
Reporting

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Key Areas	
Targets	
Health & Safety	
No fatalities
	
Achieve a Total Recordable Injury Frequency Rate per million hours worked of 3.40 or less
	
Achieve across all operations Toward Sustainable Mining (TSM) Level A rating1 for a minimum 75%	
	
	
of the Safety and Health as well as Crisis Management protocol indicators
Social	
Develop corporate social management standards based on the TSM protocols and the Responsible 	
	
	
Gold Mining Principles 
	
Achieve across all operations Level A rating for the TSM Indigenous and Community Relationships 	
	
	
protocol indicators of Effective Community Engagement and Dialogue, and Response Mechanisms
Environment	
Achieve a Significant Environmental Incident Frequency Rate per million hours worked of 1.60 or less
	
Achieve across all operations TSM Level A rating for a minimum 75% of the environment-related protocol 	
	
indicators (Water Stewardship, Tailings Management, Climate Change, Biodiversity Conservation)
	
Develop a greenhouse gas emissions long-term reduction target and associated reduction milestones
Governance	
Develop a corporate human rights due diligence framework aligned with the United Nations Guiding 	
	
	
Principles on Business and Human Rights
Transparency &	
Publish ESG Report using Sustainability Accounting Standards Board and Global Reporting Initiative	
	
Reporting	
reporting frameworks
	
Publish Climate Change Report complying with Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures 	
	
	
and report to Carbon Disclosure Project
1.	
Towards Sustainable Mining Level A is considered good practice by the Mining Association of Canada. The Mining Association of Canada 
requires all companies in Canada to achieve a minimum of Level A across all protocols within three years of becoming a member as a 
condition of continued membership.
2022 Targets 
At the start of each year the Board Environment, 
Social and Governance (ESG) Committee reviews and 
approves the Company’s ESG targets, and then 
evaluates performance at the end of the year. These 
targets are set to guide Equinox Gold’s ESG strategy 
through the year and also form the basis for future 
improvement. 
For 2022, 14% of our corporate objectives and CEO 
compensation are linked to ESG performance, with 6% 
of the incentive plan linked to health and safety 
performance, 3% to environmental performance and 
5% to delivering on the Company’s ESG targets. In 
addition, a number of the Corporate Strategy 
objectives are ESG related.
2022 Corporate Objectives
Corporate Strategy
ESG
Development
Operations
Exploration

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This report outlines our commitments to responsible 
mining. It reflects our focus on strong ESG performance 
and our commitment to transparent disclosure so that 
all stakeholders are aware of our annual targets, 
performance and management approach regarding the 
material aspects of our business. It also reflects our 
progress as a company as we implement our ESG 
strategy and improve our performance. Just as our 
company has grown over the past four years, so has our 
team and our ability to assess and track our 
performance, identify gaps and implement strategies to 
achieve our objective – which is to become an industry 
leader for responsible mining and sustainable 
development. 
Environmental, social and 
governance principles and 
standards are incorporated   	 	
into every decision we make.
This report discusses progress achieved during the fiscal 
year ended December 31, 2021, to enhance and expand 
our ESG-related policies and initiatives. It summarizes 
key ESG initiatives undertaken during the year, reports 
on performance compared to our targets and discusses 
our ESG targets and objectives going forward as we 
strive to achieve excellence in responsible mining. 
In addition, we have expanded our disclosure to include 
data tables that summarize our performance against 
relevant Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and 
Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) 
metrics. These tables are available for review and 
download on our website at www.EquinoxGold.com. 
We will continue to expand our reporting initiatives 
each year to provide the information our stakeholders 
need to track our ESG performance and progress. 
We hope this report provides valuable insight into both 
the values and business strategy that guide our team 
on a day-to-day basis, and welcome your feedback on 
how we can improve our ESG performance and 
disclosure.
Reporting and Transparency
Equinox Gold’s approach to project development and 
operations is based on the philosophy that strong 
financial, health and safety, social and environmental 
performance are all equally important to our success. 
Responsible mining is our core focus, and sustainable 
practices are integral to the success of our business 
strategy. ESG principles and standards are incorporated 
into every decision we make. 
We report against relevant GRI and SASB metrics, and 
to ensure we are focusing our time and resources on 
the ESG issues most relevant to our business and our 
stakeholders, we conduct materiality assessments using 
an array of inputs. We update our materiality 
assessment regularly to understand whether our ESG 
strategy continues to reflect the relative importance 
our stakeholders place on the issues specific to our 
business, the communities in which we operate and the 
mining industry.
Materiality Assessment
During 2021, we conducted a data-driven process to 
identify the ESG issues most pertinent to our industry 
and to Equinox Gold. Working with Datamaran, a leader 
in dynamic materiality assessments, our initial analysis 
identified and ranked a list of 23 ESG topics by 
considering the reporting frameworks of SASB, GRI and 
TCFD, information published by a selection of peers, 
legislation and voluntary initiatives in the countries 
where Equinox Gold operates, and ESG topics 
discussed in traditional and social media. 
We also sent a survey to more than 3,500 direct 
stakeholders including Equinox Gold investors, 
directors, employees and contractors, community 
members and Indigenous peoples, suppliers and 
consultants, and government officials across the four 
countries where we operate and asked them to rank 
the relevance of these topics.
By plotting the feedback from our stakeholders along 
with the ranked list from the data-driven analysis, we were 
able to identify which topics were considered to be of 
high, medium or low relative importance to these groups. 
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The ESG topics that are most relevant to Equinox Gold 
and our stakeholders today are: occupational health 
and safety, public health, water management, mine 
waste and tailings management, human rights, inclusion 
and diversity, climate change and greenhouse gas 
emissions, business ethics and community relationships.
While this list provides guidance on where to focus 
greater time and resources from a reporting 
perspective, we continue to report on and address a 
much broader scope of issues to ensure we are 
providing information that allows for a comprehensive 
understanding of Equinox Gold’s ESG strategy and 
activities. 
Our management and reporting focus will evolve as our 
business grows to ensure we are adequately addressing 
the issues that matter most to our business and our 
stakeholders.  
Data Inputs for Our Materiality 
Assessment
•	 Reports from a selection of peers (14 companies) 
•	 Reports from mining companies in the countries 
where we operate (108)
•	 Traditional media (23,263 articles) 
•	 Social media (452,759,098 tweets) 
•	 Mining and metals voluntary initiatives (662 in last 
20 years) in the countries where we operate
•	 Mining and metals mandatory regulations (803 in 
last 20 years) in the countries where we operate
•	 Survey responses (n=751)
Materiality Matrix
Low           Medium           High
External Data Analysis       
Stakeholder Survey Response
0
0.25
0.50
0.75
1.00
0
0.25
0.50
0.75
1.0
Fair Employment         
Practices
Inclusion and Diversity
Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions
Air Emissions
Biodiversity
Legal and Regulatory 
Compliance
Supply Chain Sustainability
Community and 
Social Development
Environment and Social Impact 
Assessment and Management
Emergency 
and Crisis 
Management
Corporate Governance
Occupational 
Health and Safety
Public Health
Water 
Management
Mine Waste 
and Tailings
Human Rights
Stakeholder Engagement 
and Transparency
Waste Disposal, 
Reuse and Recycling
Enagement with 
Communities and 
Indigenous People
Reclamation and 
Mine Closure
Climate Change Risks 
and Opportunities
Business Ethics
HIGH IMPORTANCE
HIGH IMPORTANCE
Energy 
Management

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About the 
Company

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Equinox Gold is a growth-focused Canadian mining 
company delivering on our strategy of becoming the 
Premier Americas Gold Producer. We intend to be a 
leader in the mining industry with a reputation for 
excellence in community engagement, financial 
management, and responsible exploration, 
development and operations. 
We have grown quickly from a single-asset developer 
to a diversified, multi-asset producer with projects in 
Canada, the United States, Mexico and Brazil. We have 
achieved this growth by constructing three mines and 
completing a number of strategic acquisitions and 
mergers, acquiring the Mesquite Mine in 2018, Leagold 
Mining in 2020 and Premier Gold in 2021. Along with 
increased production and cash flow and a larger 
reserve and resource base, these acquisitions provided 
significant diversification, reducing both asset and 
geopolitical risk by spreading the Company’s 
production base across multiple mines in four 
countries. These acquisitions also provided the pipeline 
of development and expansion projects that will bring 
additional growth to the Company.
You can learn more about our operations and business 
strategy at www.EquinoxGold.com.
	
Vision and values
	
Our leadership team is aligned on the 	
	
	
Company’s vision to responsibly and safely 
produce more than one million ounces of gold per year 
while creating value for all stakeholders, including our 
employees, our community partners and our 
shareholders. We have also formalized a suite of values 
that define our culture and guide our actions.
Integrity
We do the right thing, act ethically and communicate 
transparently and honestly with all stakeholders.
Excellence
We uphold the highest standards, have a well-trained 
workforce and strive to continually improve.
Accountability
Everyone takes ownership and works safely. We set 
ambitious targets and keep our promises.
Teamwork
Our team is respectful and inclusive. We collaborate 
and encourage our team members to take action.

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Mesquite Mine
CALIFORNIA, USA
Mesquite is an open-pit, run-of-mine heap leach 
gold mine located in California, USA, with a long 
history of successful operations. Mesquite has 
produced nearly 5 Moz of gold since it commenced 
operations in 1985, with average annual 
production of approximately 130,000 oz. Mesquite 
produced 137,500 oz of gold in 2021 and is 
expected to produce ~125,000 oz of gold in 2022.
Greenstone Project (60%)
ONTARIO, CANADA
Greenstone will be a large-scale, low-cost, long-
life gold mine in one of the world’s best mining 
jurisdictions. The project is expected to produce 
more than 400,000 oz of gold annually for the 
first five years of its initial 14-year mine life, with 
60% attributable to Equinox Gold. Construction 
commenced in Q4 2021, with first gold pour 
targeted for H1 2024.
Castle Mountain
CALIFORNIA, USA
Castle Mountain is an open-pit heap leach gold 
mine located in California, USA that produced 
more than 1.3 Moz of gold from 1992 to 2004. 
With significant gold reserves and a Phase 2 
expansion plan, Castle Mountain is expected to be 
a long-life flagship asset. Equinox Gold completed 
construction and commenced production at Castle 
Mountain in Q4 2020, with the expectation of 
producing ~30,000 oz per year during Phase 1 
operations.
Expansion
In March 2021, Equinox Gold released the results 
of a feasibility study for the planned Phase 2 
expansion, which will increase production to well 
over 200,000 oz of gold per year and extend the 
total mine life to more than 20 years. Phase 2 
permitting commenced in Q1 2022.
  
Our Properties
During 2021 Equinox Gold had seven mines in 
production: Mesquite and Castle Mountain in 
California, Los Filos and Mercedes in Mexico, and 
Aurizona, Fazenda and RDM in Brazil. A fourth 
Brazil mine, Pilar, was sold on April 7, 2021. Santa 
Luz was in construction throughout 2021 and 
Greenstone commenced full-scale construction in 
Q4 2021. 
Our mines produced 602,100 ounces of gold in 
2021 and we expect to achieve our fourth 
consecutive year of production growth in 2022, 
with target production of 625,000 to 710,000 
ounces of gold. By advancing our pipeline of 
development and expansion projects, we expect to 
add more than 600,000 ounces of incremental 
production growth from our existing assets with 
the mission of producing more than one million 
ounces of gold annually.
With an experienced management team and 
Board, a strong treasury, cash flow from our 
producing mines and access to a corporate 
revolving credit facility, we are well positioned to 
execute on our growth objectives.
Throughout this report, health and safety data are 
included for all of our projects, including Pilar, 
Santa Luz and Greenstone. Environmental data are 
included for only the mines that produced gold in 
2021, which excludes Santa Luz and Greenstone. 
Employment data are reported as at December 31, 
2021, and as such do not include Pilar.
On December 17, 2021, we announced an 
agreement to sell our Mercedes mine. The sale 
closed on April 21, 2022. On March 30, 2022, we 
poured first gold at Santa Luz and it is ramping up 
to commercial production. As a result, at the date 
of this report we have six operating mines, one 
mine in commissioning, one project in construction 
and are advancing expansion plans at three mines.
Mercedes
SONORA, MEXICO
Mercedes is an underground gold and silver mine 
located in Sonora, Mexico. Equinox Gold acquired 
the mine on April 7, 2021 through its acquisition of 
Premier Gold, and on April 21, 2022 sold the mine 
to Bear Creek Mining.

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Los Filos Mine Complex
GUERRERO, MEXICO
The Los Filos Mine Complex in Guerrero State, 
Mexico currently comprises three open pits (Los Filos, 
Bermejal and Guadalupe) and two underground 
mines (Los Filos and Bermejal). Ore from all of the 
deposits is processed using heap leach recovery. Los 
Filos produced 145,000 oz of gold in 2021 and is 
expected to produce ~170,000 oz of gold in 2022.
Expansion
Equinox Gold is expanding production at Los Filos 
with development of the new Bermejal underground 
mine. The Company is also considering construction 
of a new carbon-in-leach plant to process higher-
grade ore, which could increase production to more 
than 300,000 oz of gold per year.
U N I T E D  STAT E S
C A N A DA
M E X I CO
B R A Z I L
CALIFORNIA
RDM Mine
MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL
RDM is a conventional open-pit 
mine with a carbon-in-leach plant, 
located in Minas Gerais State, 
Brazil. RDM produced 59,000 oz 
of gold in 2021 and is expected 
to produce ~75,000 oz of gold 
in 2022.
 
Santa Luz Mine
BAHIA, BRAZIL
Santa Luz construction was completed 
with no lost-time injuries. First gold was 
poured on March 30, 2022 and the mine is 
ramping up to commercial production. When 
operating at capacity, Santa Luz is expected 
to produce approximately 100,000 oz of 
gold annually, with expansion potential from 
underground development. During 2022, 
with a partial year of production, Santa Luz 
is expected to produce ~80,000 oz of gold. 
 
Fazenda Mine
BAHIA, BRAZIL
Fazenda has been in operation 
for more than 25 years within the 
Maria Preta mining district in Bahia 
State, Brazil. Fazenda is primarily 
an underground operation with ore 
processed in a carbon-in-leach plant. 
Fazenda produced 60,000 oz of gold 
in 2021 and is expected to produce 
~62,500 oz of gold in 2022.
Aurizona Mine
MARANHÃO, BRAZIL
Aurizona is an open-pit gold mine located in 
northeastern Brazil that achieved commercial 
production in Q3 2019. Aurizona produced   
135,000 oz of gold in 2021 and expected to 
produce ~125,000 oz of gold in 2022.
Expansion
In September 2021, Equinox Gold completed a 
positive pre-feasibility study for an expansion that 
would extend the mine life to 11 years and increase 
annual production by concurrently mining new 
underground and satellite open-pit deposits with the 
existing open-pit mine. During 2022 the Company 
will advance both a feasibility study and permitting 
for underground development.

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Commitment to 
Responsible Mining
During 2021, Equinox Gold formalized our ESG strategy 
to ensure our ESG commitments are embedded into all 
functions, operations and decision making. Our 
commitment is to implement best-in-class governance 
frameworks, demonstrate best practices in safety, 
environmental and social performance, and continually 
improve. That goal, established with full support from 
the Board and Management team, drives our ESG 
strategy and shapes our decision-making process.
While on-the-ground activities will evolve as our 
Company grows and matures, our primary ESG goals 
will remain the same: to protect the health and safety 
of our workforce and local communities, to minimize 
and mitigate our impact on the environment, to 
collaborate with our community partners and deliver 
tangible social and economic benefits, and to maintain 
governance frameworks and management processes 
that strengthen our business and protect our 
shareholders. The primary elements of our ESG 
strategy are outlined below.
	
 Environment
•	 Energy and greenhouse gas emissions: 
Contributing positively to the global fight 
against climate change with a long-term plan to 
prioritize renewable power sources and reduce 
emissions
•	 Water management: Protecting the quality of local 
water resources, minimizing the amount of water used 
to maintain operations and maximizing water reuse
•	 Mine waste and tailings facility management: 
Ensuring mine waste and tailings facilities are safely 
constructed, managed and monitored and that all 
facilities are routinely inspected and audited by a 
qualified third party
•	 Biodiversity: Promoting the protection and 
conservation of local biodiversity by preventing or 
mitigating our impact on habitat and species loss
•	 Reclamation and closure: Undertaking progressive 
site remediation and planning for responsible 
reclamation and closure when an area is no longer   
required for mining activities
	
 Social
•	 Health and safety: Achieving zero harm by 
ensuring our workforce has the knowledge, 
skills and resources they need to operate safely
•	 Human rights: Upholding our responsibility to 
respect the rights of workers and communities 
across our activities and to ensure we do not cause 
and are not complicit in human rights abuses
•	 Employment practices: Ensuring unbiased hiring 
practices and fair remuneration and benefits across 
all site locations, reflecting a reasonable living wage
•	 Inclusion and diversity: Creating workplaces that are 
respectful and inclusive, and that reflect the diversity 
of the regions in which we work
•	 Community engagement: Communicating regularly 
and transparently with local communities and 
Indigenous peoples, soliciting feedback and finding 
collaborative solutions to issues and concerns
•	 Community development: Hiring and procuring 
locally, contributing to both social and economic 
development to bring tangible, long-term benefits 
that endure beyond the life of mine
	
 Governance
•	 Corporate governance: Ensuring that our 
policies are reviewed regularly, are
appropriate for the size and stage of our business, 
reflect the key elements of effective corporate 
compliance and provide an effective framework to 
guide the conduct and behaviour of our Company 
and business partners
•	 Ethics: Ensuring that the actions of Equinox Gold’s 
directors, officers, workforce and suppliers reflect the 
Company’s values, uphold the Company’s policies 
and are in accordance with laws and regulations
•	 Risk management: Ensuring the processes are in 
place to monitor and mitigate potential risks to 
our business, shareholders, rights-holders and the 
environment

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Implementing Leading Industry 
Frameworks and Standards
Globally, there are many standards and guidelines 
designed to protect people and our planet, and we 
have adopted and strive to adhere to those below. 
Some are aimed at business broadly, while others are 
focused on the mining industry. We use these 
standards to guide and help us improve our 
performance. 
The Ten Principles of the 	
	
UN Global Compact
Human Rights
Principle 1: 	 Businesses should support and respect 	 	
	
the protection of internationally 	
	
	
proclaimed human rights; and
Principle 2: 	 make sure they are not complicit in 	
	
	
human rights abuses.
Labour
Principle 3: 	 Businesses should uphold freedom of 	
	
	
association and the effective recognition 		
	
of the right to collective bargaining;
Principle 4: 	 the elimination of all forms of forced and 	
	
compulsory labour;
Principle 5: 	 the effective abolition of child labour; and
Principle 6: 	 the elimination of discrimination in 	
	
	
respect of employment and occupation.
Environment
Principle 7: 	 Businesses should support a 	
	
	
	
precautionary approach to environmental 	
	
challenges;
Principle 8: 	 undertake initiatives to promote greater 		
	
environmental responsibility; and
Principle 9: 	 encourage the development and diffusion 	
	
of environmentally friendly technologies.
Anti-Corruption
Principle 10: Businesses should work against 		
	
	
corruption in all its forms, including 	
	
	
extortion and bribery.
United Nations Global 
Compact (UNGC) 
– Adopted by Equinox Gold        
in 2020
The UNGC is a call to companies 
to align their business with 
sustainability principles. The 
organization supports responsible business through 
guidance for strategy and operations anchored in ten 
principles focused on human rights, labour, 
environment and anti-corruption.
The UNGC encourages businesses to take strategic 
action to advance broader societal goals, such as the 17 
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 
While all 17 SDGs will guide our strategy, we have 
prioritized our focus on the SDGs most relevant to our 
business and stakeholders, as discussed in Our 
Approach to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. 
We will continue to review and add additional SDGs to 
our strategy as our business and capacity grows.

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World Gold Council’s Responsible Gold 
Mining Principles (RGMPs) 
– Adopted by Equinox Gold in 2020
The ten World Gold Council RGMPs articulate the key 
principles of responsible gold mining so that 
consumers, investors and the downstream gold supply 
chain know what to expect from mining companies. As 
a member of the World Gold Council, Equinox Gold has 
made a public commitment to align with the principles, 
develop internal systems, report publicly on the status 
of our progress and obtain external assurance of our 
conformance.
Our Environment and Climate Change Policy, Health 
and Safety Policy, Code of Conduct and Business 
Ethics, Diversity Policy, and recently approved Social 
Responsibility and Human Rights Policy all outline the 
Company’s commitments in alignment with the RGMPs. 
In 2021, Equinox Gold started a gap analysis for the 
RGMPs and is in the process of defining a three-year 
action plan to achieve compliance with the principles 
by 2024. To assist with implementation of the RGMPs, a 
management system is being developed in 2022 to 
ensure operations have a clear plan to establish the 
processes and criteria needed to achieve compliance. 
Also in 2022, our Enterprise Risk Management 
processes will integrate the RGMPs, including risk 
assessments and the development of consequence/
impact assessment criteria.
World Gold Council — Responsible 
Gold Mining Principles 
Governance 
1.	 Ethical conduct: We will conduct our business with 
integrity, including absolute opposition to corruption. 
2.	 Understanding our impacts: We will engage with our 
stakeholders and implement management systems 
to ensure we understand and manage our impacts, 
realize opportunities and provide redress where 
needed. 
3.	 Supply chain: We will require that our suppliers 
conduct their businesses ethically and responsibly as 
a condition of doing business with us.
Social 
4.	Safety and health: We will protect and promote the 
safety and occupational health of our workforce 
(employees and contractors) above all other 
priorities, and will empower them to speak up if they 
encounter unsafe working conditions. 
5.	 Human rights and conflict: We will respect the 
human rights of our workforce, affected communities 
and all those people with whom we interact.
6.	 Labour rights: We will ensure that our workplaces are 
places where employees and contractors are treated 
with respect and are free from discrimination or 
abusive labour practices. 
7.	 Working with communities: We aim to contribute to 
the socio-economic advancement of communities 
associated with our operations and to treat them 
with dignity and respect.
Environment 
8.	 Environmental stewardship: We will ensure that 
environmental responsibility is at the core of how we 
work. 
9.	 Biodiversity, land use and mine closure: We will work 
to ensure that fragile ecosystems, critical habitats 
and endangered species are protected from damage 
and we will plan for responsible mine closure. 
10.	Water, energy and climate change: We will improve 
the efficiency of our use of water and energy, 
recognizing that the impacts of climate change and 
water constraints may increasingly become a threat 
to the locations where we work and a risk to our 
licence to operate.

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Mining Association of 
Canada’s Towards 
Sustainable Mining (TSM) 
Protocols – Adopted by Equinox 
Gold in 2020
The TSM protocols are designed to 
help mining companies manage key 
Mining Association of Canada – 
Towards Sustainable Mining 
Protocols 
•	 Biodiversity conservation management 
•	 Climate change 
•	 Crisis management 
•	 Indigenous and community relationships
•	 Prevention of child and forced labour 
•	 Safety and health 
•	 Tailings management 
•	 Water stewardship 
International Cyanide Management 
Code for the Manufacture, Transport, 
and Use of Cyanide in the Production 	
of Gold (Cyanide Code) – Adopted by 
Equinox Gold in 2020
The Cyanide Code focuses exclusively on the safe 
management of cyanide and cyanidation mill tailings 
and leach solutions. It is a voluntary industry program 
for gold and silver mining companies, developed under 
the guidance of the United Nations Environmental 
Program and the International Council on Metals and 
the Environment.
Three of our sites are certified in accordance with the 
Cyanide Code: Mesquite, Los Filos and Fazenda. We 
expect to certify Castle Mountain, RDM and Aurizona 
by early 2023. Greenstone and Santa Luz are expected 
to be certified within three years of achieving 
commercial production, as required by the International 
Cyanide Management Institute.
environmental and social risks in order to meet 
society’s needs for minerals, metals and energy 
products in the most socially, economically and 
environmentally responsible way. Under the TSM 
protocols, which include mandatory site-level 
assessments, eight critical aspects of social and 
environmental performance are evaluated, 
independently validated and publicly reported against 
30 distinct performance indicators. The TSM protocols 
have been adopted as an industry standard in 
numerous jurisdictions, including by the Brazilian 
Mining Association (IBRAM). 
In 2021, we completed self-assessments against the 
eight TSM protocols across our operations. In 2022, our 
goal is to achieve Level A rating in 75% of the TSM 
indicators at all operations. By the end of 2022 all of 
our mines will have defined action plans to achieve at 
least Level A for all indicators, and we plan to complete 
self assessments by the end of 2022 to gauge 
performance against our target.

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After completing our materiality assessment and 
reviewing feedback from our stakeholder survey, we have 
identified four priority SDGs that are most relevant to our 
business and stakeholders. Focusing our ESG actions 
and strategic investments on these SDGs helps us to 
identify the actions and programs that will contribute the 
most to sustainable improvements in the regions in 
which we work, and also the activities required to 
mitigate potential adverse impacts. In 2022, we will 
create strategies to address the following four SDGs.   
SDG3 – Good Health 	
	
and Wellbeing  
Equinox Gold is committed to promoting 
the health and wellbeing of our workforce 
and our local communities. We have therefore:  
•	 Established a rigorous health and safety culture  
•	 Carefully considered quality of life in our workforce 
lodgings
•	 Implemented health monitoring for our workforce  
•	 Implemented proactive COVID-19 safety protocols 
and supported COVID-19 education campaigns and 
vaccination programs in host communities
•	 Established thorough systems to identify and 
monitor potential risks from our operations to air, 
water and land, and established effective incident 
management protocols
Beyond our own operations, health and wellbeing is a 
focus for our community investments. We make 
significant investments in local health care and 
regularly partner with local government and other 
organizations for health promotion and road safety 
campaigns. During the COVID-19 pandemic we ensured 
our sites implemented protocols to reduce the risk of 
infection in our workforce and local communities by 
routinely testing our workforce, even if they did not 
show symptoms, to identify potential carriers before 
they inadvertently passed the virus to others. We also 
invested in community health by donating essential 
medical equipment, supplies and funds for medical 
services and health care facilities, and working with 
local health authorities to run COVID-19 prevention 
Our Approach to the UN 
Sustainable Development 
Goals (SDGs) 
campaigns and promote vaccination programs. Across 
the Company, we regularly carry out health education 
programs for the workforce and local communities 
across a range of preventable illnesses. 
More information on how we work to reduce adverse 
impacts and enhance our contributions to good health 
and wellbeing is provided in Health and Safety, in 
Community Engagement and Development and in 
Environment and Climate Change. In addition, our 
Environment and Climate Change Policy summarizes 
our commitments to environmental management and 
our Health and Safety Policy summarizes our 
commitments to excellence in health and safety 
management.  
SDG6 – Clean Water 	
	
and Sanitation 
We invest significant resources to ensure 
we do not have a negative impact on
water quality or availability in the regions in which we 
operate. Our sites comply with all required effluent 
discharge and prescribed water quality standards, 
although most of our sites are zero-discharge, which 
means water impacted by operations is either stored 
on site for later use or evaporated. All of our operations 
monitor water sources in the region to ensure water 
quality is within permitted limits.  
Beyond responsibly managing our own operations, we 
have also supported community water infrastructure. In 
2021, Equinox Gold made significant investments to 
improve water quality for the village near our Aurizona 
mine in Brazil, repairing and extending the water 
distribution network, in partnership with the 
municipality, and installing a new water treatment plant 
that will more effectively serve the community’s water 
needs. At our Los Filos mine in Mexico, we have 
established a water quality community monitoring 
program and are working with one community to 
upgrade their distribution system. 
Water is an important resource for mining and a critical 
resource for local communities, agriculture and the 
ecosystems surrounding our mines. As a member of

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the Mining Association of Canada, we are implementing 
the Towards Sustainable Mining Water Stewardship 
protocol at all of our mine sites. 
Our Environment and Climate Change Policy commits 
our operations to understanding and addressing 
water-related risks and impacts at the local catchment 
level. More information on how we work to reduce 
adverse impacts and enhance contributions to clean 
water and sanitation is provided in Water Management.   
SDG8 – Decent Work 	
	
and Economic Growth 
Equinox Gold is committed to promoting 
economic growth and opportunities in the
communities surrounding our operations and to providing 
meaningful work to our employees and contractors. To 
contribute to this SDG target, Equinox Gold: 
•	 Hires locally as much as possible, providing quality 
direct employment to local communities and 
catalysing indirect and induced employment through 
support business opportunities 
•	 Drives economic development with local 
procurement, and actively distributes information 
about opportunities and requirements to encourage 
engagement with local businesses  
•	 Participates in the Young Apprentice Program in 
Brazil 
•	 Runs training programs at all of our sites so 
community members can obtain the skills required to 
work with our Company 
We are proud that at all of our sites, the majority of 
workers come from the local communities and regions 
where we work. Our Social Responsibility and Human 
Rights Policy commits our sites, business partners and 
suppliers to creating opportunities for local 
procurement, employment and skills development, as 
well as local economic development. More details on 
our efforts to provide meaningful work and promote 
economic growth can be found in Community 
Engagement & Development. 
SDG15 – Life on Land 
Equinox Gold is committed to preventing 
or mitigating the impact of mining 
activities on habitat and species loss and 
promoting conservation of local biodiversity. Beyond 
adherence to all local and federal regulations, we follow 
additional voluntary standards and have created 
management systems to prevent or mitigate any 
adverse impact to the regions in which we operate. 
Special consideration is given to fragile ecosystems, 
local threatened species and critical habitats.  
We are committed to progressive site remediation where 
possible, including replanting with native species. At Los 
Filos, progressive reclamation has included the use of 
biodegradable materials as erosion and water 
management controls on reclaimed waste rock piles. At all 
of our sites we have created nurseries with locally sourced 
native plants that can be transplanted as we reclaim 
certain areas, and have established seed banks that will be 
used to reseed disturbed land when operations cease.  
We promote conservation of local biodiversity and seek 
to partner with local communities, NGOs, government or 
academia to achieve positive biodiversity outcomes in 
the areas in which we operate. At Castle Mountain, we 
partnered with the Searchlight Township to transplant 
Joshua trees throughout the community, an initiative 
that protects the Joshua trees and also expands green 
spaces in the community. At Mercedes, our efforts have 
focused on the protection of threatened bat species, 
while in Brazil, we purchase extensive areas of 
undisturbed land and protect these areas from 
development, hunting and poaching.   
Our Environment and Climate Change Policy commits our 
operations to preventing and mitigating negative impacts 
to biodiversity through effective land management 
processes, performing progressive reclamation during 
operations and regularly updating closure plans to take 
into consideration the interests of host communities. More 
details on how we manage our impacts on biodiversity 
and the ecosystems surrounding our operations, as well as 
our approach to reclamation and closure, are available in 
Biodiversity and Reclamation and Closure.

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Governance

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Our ESG leadership structure demonstrates the 
importance we place on embedding ESG priorities 
throughout the organization. Strong governance of 
ESG issues flows from the highest level of the 
organization, creating clear accountabilities across 
multiple reporting lines. 
The Board of Director’s ESG Committee oversees the 
Company’s ESG strategy and performance, engages 
with management and reports back to the Board on 
key issues. The Company has formed an ESG Working 
Group, including the CEO and other C-Suite executives, 
the President, and VPs of relevant areas, as shown 
below, which is collectively responsible for overseeing 
ESG matters. From this group come the ESG-related 
strategies for various parts of the business, along with 
accountability for ESG performance. Just as the 
Company has a culture of shared responsibility for 
safety, we want ESG to be embedded into each 
department’s strategies and objectives.  
ESG Governance
Board of Directors
VP External Affairs and 
Social Responsibility
CEO
President
VP Investor 
Relations
COO
CFO
General 
Counsel
VP Human 
Resources
VP Risk and 
Internal Audit
VP Accounting 
and External 
Reporting
SVPs Country Operations
Site General Managers
Site Department Managers
ESG WORKING GROUP
Equinox Gold’s success as 
a company, in both the 
public markets and the 
communities in which we 
operate, is based on sound 
corporate governance and 
ethical business practices.
VP Health, Safety           
and Environment
ESG Committee

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Equinox Gold’s success as a company, in both the 
public markets and the communities in which we 
operate, is based on sound corporate governance and 
ethical business practices. We understand that having 
strong governance strengthens performance and 
reduces risk. The Company’s policies are intended to 
reflect our values and provide a common framework 
that guides conduct and behaviour across our 
operations. All of our employees, consultants and 
representatives are expected to act responsibly and in 
accordance with laws and regulations.
The following corporate governance documents are 
currently in place at Equinox Gold and are available for 
review on the Corporate Governance section of our 
website:
•	 Advance Notice Policy
•	 Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption
•	 Code of Conduct and Business Ethics
•	 Communications and Corporate Disclosure Policy
•	 Diversity Policy
•	 Environment and Climate Change Policy
•	 Executive Compensation Recovery Policy
•	 Health and Safety Policy
•	 Insider Trading and Use of Inside Information Policy
•	 Majority Voting Policy
•	 Say-on-Pay Advisory Vote Policy
•	 Share Ownership Policy
•	 Social Responsibility and Human Rights Policy
•	 Whistleblower Policy
Equinox Gold has committed to at least annual reviews 
of our corporate governance policies to ensure they 
appropriately reflect any changes to our business and 
applicable regulations. 
Corporate Governance
Board Governance
Equinox Gold carefully considers director nominations 
to ensure our Board has the skills and expertise 
required to oversee our activities and advise on 
corporate strategy. We also ensure the majority of our 
directors are independent to avoid potential conflicts 
of interest. Currently two of the individuals on our 
nine-person Board of Directors (22%) are women, and 
we have committed to have at least 30% female 
representation on our Board by the Company’s 2023 
annual meeting of shareholders. 
The Board has developed and approved a written 
Board mandate as well as position descriptions for the 
Chair of the Board, the chairs of the Board’s 
committees, the Lead Director, and the Company’s 
CEO so that the individuals understand their 
responsibilities and what is required to adequately fulfill 
their roles. Directors are encouraged to communicate 
with management, auditors and technical consultants 
to keep themselves current with industry trends and 
developments and changes in legislation. They are also 
encouraged to attend related industry seminars and to 
visit the Company’s operations.
The following table sets out the skills and areas of 
expertise possessed by each of the current directors, 
together with key demographic information about the 
current Board and their committee memberships.
Equinox Gold’s Board has three oversight committees:
The Audit Committee serves as an independent and 
objective party to ensure the Board is fulfilling its 
financial oversight responsibilities by reviewing: the 
financial reports and other financial information 
provided by the Company to regulatory authorities and 
shareholders, the Company’s systems of internal 
controls regarding finance and accounting, and the 
fairness of transactions between the Company and 
related parties. The committee also oversees internal 
audit, the Company’s auditing, accounting and financial 
reporting processes, and the Company’s enterprise risk 
management framework.

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The Compensation and Nomination Committee 
ensures the Board has the appropriate skill set to 
oversee the Company’s activities, that executive 
compensation is appropriate for the Company’s size, 
financial situation and stage of development, and that 
the Board is fulfilling its governance oversight 
responsibilities. It also reviews annual corporate and 
senior executive goals and objectives.
The Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) 
Committee oversees the Company’s policies, 
standards, accountabilities and programs for ESG-
related matters, including environment, health, safety, 
community engagement and development, ethical 
behaviour, human rights and employment practices to 
ensure the Company is applying best practices and 
meeting our ESG objectives and obligations.
Each Committee has a written charter describing its 
purpose, organization, powers and responsibilities. The 
Committee charters are reviewed annually to ensure 
they remain appropriate for the Company and are 
consistent with market best practices and applicable 
laws. All Committee charters are available in the 
Corporate Governance section of our website. 
Accounting and tax	
3	
3 
	
3	
3	
3  
 
3 
3 
7 
Capital markets and finance 	
3 
3 
 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
8
Corporate governance	
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
9
Executive management / senior officer experience	
3 
3 
3 
 
3 
 
3 
3 
3 
7
Human resources and compensation 	
3 
3 
3 
 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
8
International business	
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
9
Mining industry and operations	
3 
3 
3 
3 
 
 
3 
3 
3 
7
Corporate social responsibility	
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
9
Health, safety, environment and/or risk management	
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
9
Government relations / regulatory	
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
9
Strategic planning and M&A	
3 
3 
3 
3 
 
 
3 
3 
3 
7
Age	
70	
67	
60	
37	
73	
77	
50	
64	
50	 Avg. 61 yrs
Gender	
Male	
3 
3 
 
3 
3 
3 
 
3 
3 
7 (78%)
    	
Female 	
	
	
3 
 
 
 
3 
 
 
2 (22%)
Independent	
3 
3 
3 
 
3 
3 
3 
3 
 
7 (78%)
Audit Committee 	
	
Chair	
	
	
3 
3
Compensation and Nomination Committee	
	
	
3 
 
3 
 
Chair
Environment, Social and Governance Committee	
	
	
Chair	
3 
 
3 
 
3
Skills and Expertise of Equinox Gold’s Board of Directors
Committee
Beaty 
(Chair)
Boggio 
(Lead)
Bélanger
Bellemare
Campbell
Experience and Expertise
Board 
Composition
Clark
Eyre
Koval
Milau
Total
(of 9)

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Compensation
Equinox Gold’s compensation philosophy is to 
incentivize and reward management and employees to 
deliver on well-defined goals that are intended to 
increase long-term value for all the Company’s 
stakeholders. All of Equinox Gold’s direct employees 
are eligible to participate in performance-related 
incentive compensation programs. At the beginning of 
each year, the Company sets corporate objectives that 
flow into the objectives for the mine site and each team 
member, who are then compensated based on a 
combination of corporate, site and/or personal 
performance.
Executive compensation is linked to ESG performance 
to ensure the Company’s leadership team and site 
managers stay focused on safety, environmental 
protection and social performance. The corporate 
incentive plan for 2021 demonstrated an increased 
focus on ESG, with 8% of the incentive plan linked to 
health and safety performance and 10% to 
environmental performance and ESG disclosure. 
In 2022, 6% of the incentive plan is linked to health and 
safety performance, 3% to environmental performance 
and 5% to delivering on the Company’s ESG targets. In 
addition, a number of the Corporate Strategy 
objectives are ESG related. 
As defined in Equinox Gold’s Say-on-Pay Advisory Vote 
Policy, the Board solicits shareholder feedback on the 
Company’s approach to executive compensation. 
Say-on-Pay is intended to enhance accountability for 
the Board’s compensation decisions by giving 
shareholders a formal opportunity to provide their 
views on the Board’s approach to executive 
compensation.
The Board takes the voting results into account when 
considering future compensation policies, procedures 
and decisions and in determining if there is a need to 
modify any aspect of the Board’s engagement with 
shareholders.
Enterprise Risk 
Management 
In 2020, Equinox Gold established an Internal Audit 
and Risk department and a formal Enterprise Risk 
Management process and charter. The Enterprise Risk 
Management process serves to identify risks that may 
have a significant impact on our ability to meet our 
objectives, assess the likelihood of the risks occurring 
and potential magnitude of consequence, and 
proactively manage those risks by determining 
response strategies and monitoring progress.  
The Company’s Management Risk Committee reports 
to the Board through the Audit Committee. On behalf 
of the Management Risk Committee, the Internal Audit 
and Risk department completed extensive interviews 
with corporate and site senior management teams to 
create a risk inventory and identify ways to mitigate 
enterprise-wide risks, and also adopted a formal risk 
management reporting methodology.  
2021 Performance 
In 2021, the Management Risk Committee reviewed the 
most significant risks at each operation, region and 
corporate office and established a process for sites to 
quarterly report to the Management Risk Committee 
and the Risk team. We also reviewed our existing policies 
and compliance programs to ensure they adequately 
serve the Company and address business risks. 
What’s Next 
In 2022, the Management Risk Committee plans to 
align consequence/impact assessment criteria with the 
RGMPs and identify and perform risk assessments as 
they pertain to the RGMPs. We also aim to further 
embed the Enterprise Risk Management process into 
our operations by performing process-level risk 
assessments in certain areas of focus, and to 
incorporate risk reporting into monthly and quarterly 
operational reporting.

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Business Ethics
Equinox Gold’s stakeholders expect us to behave in an 
ethical manner across all of our operations. 
Our Code of Conduct and Business Ethics sets the 
standards for business conduct and ethics that guide 
our actions. The Code of Conduct and Business Ethics 
has been adopted to assist all directors, officers and 
employees of the Company and our subsidiaries, as 
well as any third party working or acting on the 
Company’s behalf, in making decisions regarding the 
expectations of the Company. 
The Company’s Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption 
Policy sets out our expectations for compliance with 
anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws in the countries in 
which we do business, and should be read together 
with the Code of Conduct and Business Ethics. All of 
Equinox Gold’s directors, officers, employees, 
contractors and third parties with whom we do 
business must comply with applicable laws when 
acting on behalf of Equinox Gold, and we encourage 
these individuals to report any known or suspected 
breach of this policy or the Code of Conduct and 
Business Ethics.
These policies are only effective if people are 
empowered to report suspected or experienced 
infractions, or any behaviour that is not aligned with 
the Company’s values. Equinox Gold’s Whistleblower 
Policy explains how to report concerns anonymously,   
if desired, online, by phone or by email (equinoxgold@
integritycounts.ca) through an independent service 
provided by IntegrityCounts. The Whistleblower Policy 
protects those who are raising legitimate concerns 
about the Company’s operations and prohibits 
discrimination, harassment and/or retaliation against 
any person who reports complaints or provides 
assistance during investigations into unlawful or 
unethical behaviour. All accounting concerns raised are 
considered by Equinox Gold’s Audit Committee, and 
investigations may be conducted internally or by 
external advisers. As well, the Audit Committee takes 
appropriate action for any confirmed misconduct.  
2021 Performance
During 2021, every member of our workforce was 
required to complete Code of Conduct and Business 
Ethics training and sign an acknowledgment of the 
Code. The online training and test was completed by 
directors, management, employees and contractors.
During the year, Equinox Gold received 44 submissions 
through our whistleblower channels. More than 80% 
were related to employment practices and labour 
issues, which would have been more appropriately 
directed to management at the relevant mine site. We 
have therefore worked to increase awareness of, and 
trust in, the mechanisms available to our team 
members to raise and resolve labour issues at the site 
level, and to confirm that processes are in place to 
ensure satisfactory resolution is achieved. When 
looking at the issues raised, we also identified some 
training gaps related to grievance investigations that 
we will address during 2022 with our site staff. The 
other submissions have been reviewed and addressed 
in accordance with our internal processes and 
procedures. 
While our objective is to create a culture where all 
concerns can be addressed through open discussion, 
we also understand that for various reasons some 
people will prefer to voice their concerns through our 
anonymous system at the corporate level. All concerns 
reported through the Whistleblower Hotline are treated 
with the same respect and degree of importance, 
regardless of their nature.
What’s Next 
We will continue to provide robust Code of Conduct 
and Business Ethics training for the entire workforce 
annually. We will also enhance internal awareness, 
feedback mechanisms and training to ensure all 
members of our team have access to conflict resolution 
support as well as the whistleblower process.

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Social

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Equinox Gold’s top priority is the safety of our 
workforce and our local communities. We strive to 
create a safe working environment and to build strong 
teams that are diverse, respectful and collaborative. We 
know that strong teams lead to better business results, 
and that investing in our people serves all our 
stakeholders. We protect our workforce and local 
communities by implementing best practices and 
international standards for health, safety and 
emergency preparedness, and encourage our team 
members to strive for continuous improvement and 
excellence. Through monitoring and analysis we 
identify potential risks and then implement the 
necessary preventive measures. This risk-based 
approach helps prioritize our focus and resources so 
we can mitigate potential incidents before they occur.   
Protecting the health and safety   
of our workforce is our greatest 
responsibility.
Our People
Health & Safety 
Equinox Gold recognizes its responsibility to create a 
safe and healthy working environment for its workforce 
and is committed to achieving excellence in all aspects 
of health and safety. This includes ensuring our workers 
have the knowledge, skills and resources to operate 
safely. Our approach to preventing incidents and 
accidents includes compliance with applicable laws and 
regulations, implementation of health and safety 
management systems that support best practices, 
rigorous risk assessments and implementation of 
mitigation plans. We have a culture of shared 
responsibility, where everyone is responsible for their 
own safety and also the safety of their co-workers.  
To achieve a culture of zero harm, every day at our 
mine sites starts with a safety ‘tool box’ meeting to 
discuss the tasks at hand, identify potential risks and 
promote personal responsibility. This includes 
empowering our workforce to refuse unsafe work. 
When hazards are identified, we have the systems in 
place to determine the appropriate corrective actions 
and ensure the corrections are implemented. We 
provide the training and tools required for our 
workforce to safely perform their tasks, and require our 
workforce to participate in ongoing programs that 
promote safety and wellbeing. Our contractors follow 
the same rules and procedures as employees. This 
ensures we have consistent reporting of key metrics 
and standardized processes for all workers on our sites. 
Health and safety is everyone’s responsibility. 
The health and safety of our employees, contractors, 
suppliers and visitors is a critical measure of success 
for Equinox Gold, so much so that 8% of the corporate 
component of executive compensation in 2021 was tied 
to health and safety performance.  
In early 2020, Equinox Gold was invited to join the 
Mining Safety Roundtable, a group of Canadian mining 
companies working together to reduce injuries and 
safety incidents in the sector. The Mining Safety 
Roundtable is a collaborative group of senior health and 
safety leaders from some of the world’s major mining 
companies. The group is committed to eliminating

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fatalities and work-related injuries by sharing strategies 
and best practices that address industry hazards and 
risks. New members must be nominated and 
demonstrate a commitment to safety. A key element of 
that commitment, and an ongoing condition of 
membership, is candidly sharing information with the 
group so members can learn from each other’s 
experiences. We have adopted this strategy at our mine 
sites as well. When near-miss incidents occur or 
potential hazards are identified, we share the learnings 
and corrective actions among all of our operations so 
each team can benefit from that knowledge.    
Mesquite Achieves 5 Years Without 
a Lost-time Incident  
In 2021, the Mesquite team celebrated the milestone of 
working five full years with no lost-time incidents. This 
safety achievement is the result of extraordinary 
teamwork and a true safety culture. Team members look 
out for each other so that everybody gets home safe at 
the end of their shift. During 2021, Mesquite’s Continuous 
Improvement Initiative provided refresher training for 
the Speak Up, Listen Up program, reinforcing that a 
reminder to “put on your safety glasses” is not a 
criticism, it’s an act of kindness.   
The Continuous Improvement Initiative includes people 
from all departments, the ‘boots on the ground’ people 
who are most familiar with daily tasks, and daily risks. In 
addition, the Incident Reporting Program ensures all 
incidents and near misses are reported and the learnings 
are shared between departments, so the entire team is 
aware, vigilant and improving.  
Field level risk assessments are another critical 
component of the safety strategy. Before commencing a 
new activity the team considers the task at hand, assesses 
the field of work, identifies potential hazards and creates 
a safe work plan. By working together to build the plan, 
the team is aware of all potential risks and can watch out 
for each other while working safely themselves. 
Technology enhancements have also improved safety. 
The new haul trucks are equipped with Driver Safety 
System technology that detects fatigue and distraction 
and instantly notifies both the driver and the operating 
supervisor. This technology resulted in fewer near-miss 
incidents during 2021 and revealed a number of learning 
opportunities that have been shared amongst all 
Equinox Gold sites. 
2021 Performance 
Equinox Gold set the ambitious 2021 target of 
improving its Total Recordable Injury Frequency Rate 
(TRIFR) by 27% compared to our 2020 target. We 
surpassed that new target, achieving a TRIFR reduction 
to 3.05 per million hours worked, 13% better than our 
2021 target of 3.51 and 19% better than our 2020 
performance of 3.76. TRIFR is a key measure of 
employee safety, calculating the number of fatalities, 
lost-time injuries, substitute work (restricted duties), 
and any injuries requiring treatment by a medical 
professional per million hours worked (excluding first 
aid incidents). 
Similarly, we surpassed our 2021 Lost Time Injury 
Frequency Rate (LTIFR) target, which measures the 
number of work days missed because of an injury per 
million hours worked. Our LTIFR of 0.68 was 7% better 
than our 2021 target of 0.73 and slightly better than 
our 2020 performance of 0.69. 
Equinox Gold is proud of these achievements but 
recognizes that the behaviours that made these 
achievements possible must be replicated daily, and we 
must strive for continuous improvement. Training is 
critical to our ability to improve. In 2021, we provided a 
total of 115,371 hours of health and safety training across 
our sites, comprising 41,478 hours for employees (13.3 
hours per person) and 73,893 hours for our contractors 
(17.7 hours per person). Contractors currently comprise 
approximately 57% of our workforce.

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2021 Health & Safety Key Performance Indicators
Consolidated TRIFR, LTIFR and Near Miss Incidents: 2021 Trend 
High Potential Near 
Miss Incident
Near Miss Incident
TRIFR
LTIFR
FAI: First Aid Injury
MTI: Medical Treatment Injury
RDI: Restricted Duties Injury
LTI: Lost Time Injury
AIFR: All Injury Frequency Rate
	
Key Performance Indicators   	
Target
 Location	
FAI	
MTI	
RDI	
LTI	
AIFR	
TRIFR	
LTIFR	
NMI	
HPNMI	
NMIFR	 FATALITY	
AIFR	
TRIFR	
LTIFR	 	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
RATE
 Mesquite	
12	
2	
0	
0	
16.90	
2.41	
0.00	
16	
0	
19.31	
0	
13.25	
3.78	
0	
 Castle Mountain	
10	
2	
0	
0	
62.69	
10.45	
0.00	
0	
0	
0	
0	
9.7	
4.85	
0	
 Los Filos	
67	
11	
2	
5	
14.53	
3.08	
0.85	
28	
20	
8.21	
0	
17.01	
3.54	
0.43	
 Mercedes	
0	
2	
2	
2	
4.24	
4.24	
1.41	
0	
0	
0	
0	
10.84	
3.61	
2.16	
 Aurizona	
12	
3	
2	
2	
6.56	
2.42	
0.69	
13	
0	
4.49	
0	
10.48	
1.41	
0.65	
 Fazenda	
8	
3	
1	
2	
6.32	
2.71	
0.90	
0	
0	
0	
0	
4.43	
3.24	
1.37	
 Pilar	
1	
0	
1	
1	
8.39	
5.59	
2.80	
0	
1	
2.8	
0	
7.06	
3.53	
2.27	
 RDM	
8	
2	
4	
1	
6.13	
2.86	
0.41	
2	
1	
1.23	
0	
3.71	
2.96	
1.26	
 Santa Luz	
22	
2	
4	
0	
11.64	
2.49	
0.00	
5	
2	
2.91	
0	
0	
0	
0
 Greenstone	
1	
2	
0	
0	
10.09	
6.73	
0.00	
2	
0	
6.73	
0	
0	
0	
0	
	
 Total	
141	
29	
16	
13	
10.48	
3.05	
0.68	
66	
24	
4.74	
0	
8.15	
3.51	
0.73	
	
TRIFR: Total Recordable Injury Frequency Rate
LTIFR: Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate
NMI: Near Miss Incident	
HPNMI: High Potential Near Miss Incident
NMIFR: Near Miss Incident Frequency Rate
*All rates in the table are per million hours worked.
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
Jul
Aug
Sep
Nov
Oct
Dec
0
0
1.2
3
2.4
6
3.6
9
4.8
12
6
15
Total Recoverable Injury and Lost Time Injury 
Frequency Rates (per milion hours worked)
Number of Near Miss Incidents

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Equinox Gold Safety Awards: 
Celebrating Excellence in Health 
and Safety 
The Chairman’s Safety Award is presented annually to 
Equinox Gold’s safest mine or project to reinforce the 
importance of our safety culture, and to provide 
positive competition between sites. The inaugural 
award was presented to Castle Mountain for its 2020 
achievement of completing construction and 
commissioning with zero Total Recordable Injuries. The 
health and safety accomplishments at Castle Mountain 
Mine were also recognized by the United States 
Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health 
Administration (MSHA), which awarded the mine with a 
certificate of achievement in safety for 20,848 work 
hours in 2020 without one lost-time injury.
The 2021 recipient of the Chairman’s Safety Award is 
Mesquite Mine for achieving the lowest TRIFR (2.41) per 
million hours worked.
The first COO Most Improved Safety Award, which is 
given to the site with the most improved safety record, 
has been presented to Aurizona Mine for achieving a 
28% reduction in its TRIFR compared to its 2020 
performance. 
We have also created the CEO Safety Leader Award to 
acknowledge individuals who have gone over and 
above normal duties and have displayed exemplary 
safety leadership. While there were worthy nominations 
from every site, the 2021 CEO Safety Leader Award has 
been presented to Elinio dos Santos Gomes of 
Aurizona Mine for his innovation in developing and 
implementing a device that allows the team to safely 
carry and dispense barbed wire for fencing. Second 
place went to Cesar Muñoz García for his leadership. 
Cesar has been with Los Filos Mine for 16 years, is a 
member of the Emergency Response Team and is an 
active member of the Safety and Hygiene Committee. 
Third place went to Djailson Lima de Oliveira of Santa 
Luz Mine for his leadership and for developing 
equipment blocking tools to ensure his team of 
mechanics are protected while working on equipment.
Other health and safety initiatives during 2021 included: 
•	 Reviewing and implementing the Equinox Gold 
Health and Safety Management Standards. During 
2021 we reviewed and updated our Health and Safety 
Management Standards to incorporate international 
best-practice standards and frameworks, including 
the TSM Health and Safety and Crisis Management 
protocols and the health and safety requirements 
of the RGMPs. These revised standards comprise 
the basis for the site-based Health and Safety 
Management Systems that are applied at all Equinox 
Gold operations and projects. Implementation 
commenced in 2021.  
•	 Holding incident and high-potential near miss 
review meetings. Creating a culture of safety starts 
from the top and these monthly meetings convene 
the CEO, COO, Country SVPs, site General Managers, 
and Health and Safety management from both 
the corporate and site teams. Together this group 
studies the causal factors of significant incidents and 
gauges the quality of the subsequent investigations 
and corrective actions that are intended to prevent 
recurrence.   
What’s Next 
We are proud of the substantive improvements to our 
safety results, but our objective of achieving zero harm 
requires continuous improvement and daily vigilance. In 
2022, we will continue to implement the Equinox Gold 
Health and Safety Management Standards, including 
reviewing and improving the Health and Safety Risks 
approach with site management. In addition, we are 
developing lead indicators that will be used to track 
performance and are implementing a software system 
to better track incidents, investigations, mitigations and 
the status of corrective actions. These actions will 
result in all of our sites achieving a minimum Level A 
rating for the TSM Health and Safety protocol. 
Our 2022 health and safety targets are based on 
improvements compared to 2021 targets, with the 
objective of achieving a TRIFR of 3.40 or less and a 
LTIFR of 0.65 or less in 2022.

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Emergency Response 
and Crisis Management 
Crisis Management Planning and 
Preparedness 
While we go to great lengths to avoid incidents and 
hope never to put our plans into practice, every 
company must prepare to manage crises. Robust 
planning includes ensuring all sites have procedures in 
place, training is completed and simulation exercises 
are carried out so that all team members understand 
their roles in the event of a crisis.  We follow the 
internationally recognized Incident Command System 
to make sure external responders (police, fire brigade 
or ambulance) are able to follow and understand the 
structure of command in the event they are required to 
assist in managing a crisis.  
To complement this system, our sites have Mine 
Emergency Response Teams that are well equipped 
and trained to deal with site level emergencies. The 
emergency response teams hold quarterly drills to 
practice their response to a range of potential crises, 
including fire, flood, environmental issues, social unrest 
and medical emergencies. 
We also have a corporate-level crisis management 
team whose role is to support the site teams during a 
crisis and protect shareholder interests by mitigating 
potential impacts to the company’s business and 
reputation. 
What’s Next 
In 2022 we will continue to work with our site teams to 
enhance and test our Crisis Management Plan and will 
conduct simulation exercises for both site and 
corporate personnel. 
Crisis Simulation 
During 2021, Equinox Gold held crisis simulation 
training at Mesquite. The intention of this training 
exercise was to test communication between the 
Emergency Response Team (based on site), the 
Incident Command Team (based on site) and the Crisis 
Management Team (corporate). Site management and 
corporate representatives planned a mock event that 
tested the process to manage and mitigate the 
incident, and the communications required to inform 
regulators, community members and other 
stakeholders, including mock social media posts.  
Our management plan uses the Incident Command 
System, which is an internationally recognized 
management process used by first responders. It 
enables external agencies to seamlessly understand 
and participate and, if required, take command of a 
situation.  
The team considered each step required to resolve this 
simulated issue, including:  
•	 Assessing the impacted area 
•	 Containing the incident and planning mitigating 
actions 
•	 Notifying the team leads 
•	 Notifying the COO, who would inform the corporate 
crisis management team 
•	 Notifying regulators 
•	 Identifying and notifying stakeholders that may be 
affected 
•	 Documenting all action taken  
•	 Ongoing dialogue and monitoring until the situation 
is resolved 
•	 Ensuring the company was the trusted source of 
information by providing updates at regular intervals 
While the Emergency Response Team regularly trains 
and hones their skills with site-based exercises, this was 
the first crisis response exercise for the teams involved. 
The objective was to ensure the site-based teams 
understood their roles. We are planning to train other 
sites as well as corporate teams during the first half of 
2022. While we hope never to use the Crisis 
Management Plan for a real event, we must always be 
prepared to act quickly and effectively.

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COVID-19 Response 
Equinox Gold recognizes our responsibility to protect 
the health and economic wellbeing of both our 
workforce and local communities. Since the beginning 
of the pandemic, Equinox Gold has worked with the 
global consultancy Critical Care International, experts 
in healthcare and epidemiology, to guide us through 
the decisions necessary to best protect our people, our 
communities and our business. Our objective has been 
to keep our workforce and community partners as safe 
as possible while respecting their privacy and rights, 
and also their source of income.
Over the last two years we have worked in 
collaboration with our employees, contractors, host 
communities and governments, including local health 
authorities, to develop strategies that would limit the 
spread and the impact of the COVID-19 virus. We 
implemented proactive “test, trace, isolate” protocols, 
testing our workforce at regular intervals with the 
objective of identifying carriers early, before they show 
symptoms, so they could isolate and reduce the risk to 
others. These preventive measures have allowed us to 
continue safely operating our mines to protect the 
economic wellbeing of our workforce, communities and 
suppliers, while also protecting their health by 
minimizing the risk of exposure. No production days 
were lost due to COVID-19 illness at any of our sites in 
2020 or 2021 thanks to the vigilance of our workforce 
and the partnerships we have formed with local health 
authorities and communities. 
We have responded to local needs where possible, 
donating ambulances, medical equipment and test kits, 
supporting local labs, and in some instances covering 
the cost of health care professionals. We have worked 
with local health authorities on education campaigns 
and to host and support vaccination clinics, and have 
strongly encouraged vaccination for all of our 
employees and contractors. We have also supported 
the mental health of our workforce, providing 
counselling for financial and stress-related concerns 
and allowing the flexibility to work remotely where 
possible so that our team can balance the demands of 
both work and family obligations.  
While all of our sites and offices have experienced 
cases of COVID-19, most cases have been 
asymptomatic or mild, and we have been able to 
manage these cases to allow for business continuity 
while not putting our workforce at risk. All individuals 
who test positive, regardless of whether they show any 
symptoms, are asked to immediately self-isolate and 
can only return to work once they have completed the 
government-recommended isolation period.  
What’s Next 
While at the time of this report many governments are 
easing restrictions, Equinox Gold is maintaining its 
COVID-19 precautionary measures. We continue to 
enforce operational and safety procedures in 
accordance with guidelines outlined by the World 
Health Organization, the US Centre for Disease Control, 
consulting health professionals, and the local, state and 
federal governments at each of our sites. In 2022, our 
sites will ensure they have the necessary personal 
protective equipment, test kits, medicines and medical 
supplies to provide support to our workforce and 
communities as required.

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Our ability to attract and retain top talent is anchored 
in our ability to provide a workplace that is positive and 
inspiring. We make significant efforts to be an 
employer of choice, offering fair pay and benefits and 
fostering a culture that is welcoming and inclusive. 
Teamwork is one of our core values, and we encourage 
our team members to collaborate and then take action 
to achieve the Company’s objectives. 
Our talent management strategy is based on the 
principles of diversity, inclusion and equal opportunity. 
We want our workforce to reflect the ethnic and 
gender diversity of the regions in which we operate. 
We hire locally as much as possible and provide 
education and training opportunities so that 
community members can obtain the skills necessary to 
join our team and advance within the Company.   
At December 31, 2021, at all of our operating mines with 
the exception of Mesquite, more than 80% of direct 
employees lived in the state where the mine is located. 
While the majority of Mesquite’s employees are local, 
its numbers are not reflective of its local hiring 
practices because some of the closest communities to 
the mine site are in neighbouring states. At the 
municipal level, on average 63% of direct employees at 
our operations live in the site’s local municipalities.  
We also have training programs in place to support 
professional development. Employees and contractors 
at our operations and projects are provided with or 
encouraged to participate in regular training programs 
specific to their role as well as opportunities to learn 
new skills.   
Employment Practices 
All of Equinox Gold’s direct employees are eligible to 
participate in performance-related incentive 
compensation programs. Each site aligns its 
performance objectives with corporate objectives on 
an annual basis, and each employee is eligible to 
receive a bonus based on individual and collective 
performance metrics.
Employment Numbers
100%
EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION 
IN PERFORMANCE
RELATED INCENTIVES
75%
OF WORKFORCE 
UNIONIZED 
81%
DIRECT EMPLOYEES 
FROM WITHIN STATE 
OR PROVINCE
99.7%
WORKFORCE FROM 
WITHIN COUNTRY OF 
OPERATIONS
Local* Employment by Site
*Local is considered state/province level.
Mesquite
Castle 
Mountain
Los Filos
Mercedes
Aurizona
Fazenda 
RDM 
Santa Luz
Greenstone
0%
40%
20%
60%
80%
100%
Local Employees           Non-local Employees

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With more than 7,000 people in our workforce across 
the four countries where we do business, we strive to 
ensure our operations are free from discrimination or 
abusive practices and that all employees and 
contractors are treated with respect. We prohibit child 
labour and all forms of modern slavery, including forced 
labour and human trafficking. We are working to 
identify and remove barriers to advancement, and to 
develop feedback mechanisms so our workforce can 
express their concerns and we can address any 
workplace or employment issues.  
We respect the rights of all workers, including freedom 
of association and collective bargaining, and strive to 
have collaborative relationships with the unions that 
represent our workforce. In 2021, approximately 75% of 
Equinox Gold employees were unionized, with 
approximately 74% of our employees in Mexico and 
close to 100% of our employees in Brazil covered by 
collective agreements. In Mexico, collective agreements 
are reviewed every two years, while in Brazil they are 
reviewed annually. Our workforce in the USA and in 
Canada are not currently unionized.  
During 2021, employees from one of the two union 
sections at our Los Filos Mine in Mexico blocked access 
to the mine, resulting in a suspension of operations for 
32 days. It was not a legal strike and the workers did 
not follow the regulations outlined in their union 
agreement to make a claim. The workers were 
demanding a bonus payment greater than the annual 
bonus outlined in their union agreement, which is 
calculated by a predefined formula agreed to by the 
union and the Company. The Company maintained 
open dialogue with the union leaders and the group of 
protesting workers. Resolution was achieved when the 
workers accepted the bonus as defined in their union 
agreement, and the mine resumed operations.  
Young Apprentice Program Helps 
Inspire Women in Brazil to Pursue 
Mining Careers
While the mining industry is still predominantly male, 
women are starting to join the industry in all different 
capacities. Equinox Gold’s Aurizona Mine has been 
actively recruiting women and is starting to see the 
results of these efforts.
In 2021, 20% of Aurizona’s workforce was women. This 
is twice the 10% average in Brazil’s mining workforce, 
according to a survey released in April 2021 by the 
Brazilian Mining Institute (IBRAM).
Part of Aurizona’s success in diversifying its workforce 
has been realized through Equinox Gold’s Young 
Apprentice Program. The program is a partnership with 
the Brazil government’s National Industrial Learning 
Service program, which is designed to encourage and 
develop youth across all industries by creating 
opportunities for their first formal work experience. 
The Young Apprentice Program is employed at all of 
Equinox Gold’s Brazil sites. At Aurizona, most 
apprentices in the last few years have been young 
women (75% in 2021), and in 2021 two elected to 
accept employment offers after their apprenticeships 
and were hired as full-time employees.

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Equinox Gold’s objective is to create a diverse and 
inclusive culture that solicits multiple perspectives, free 
of conscious or unconscious bias and discrimination. 
We believe a workforce with diverse backgrounds and 
experiences promotes innovation, improved 
performance and more effective decision making. Yet 
mining has historically been a male-dominated industry. 
According to a World Bank study completed in 2019, 
women represent only 8% to 17% of the global mining 
workforce.  
We strive to have a highly talented 
workforce with ethnic and gender 
diversity that reflects the regions 
and communities in which we 
operate.
One of our key objectives during 2021 was to review 
our hiring practices to ensure our systems promote 
diversity and inclusion at all levels. We also assessed 
our workforce to understand current diversity levels, 
and to identify barriers that could hinder the 
advancement and fair treatment of women in our 
workplaces.  
In 2021, 10% of our total workforce, 14% of our 
operations’ direct employees and 35% of the team at 
our Vancouver corporate headquarters were women. 
The percentage of female employees at each of our 
sites varies significantly, from 5% at Mercedes to 37% at 
Greenstone. We will continue to review hiring practices 
and training programs at all of our mine sites with the 
intention of increasing the participation of women at 
our operations.
Our commitment to inclusion and diversity starts with 
our Board of Directors and extends to senior 
management at our corporate office and all of our 
sites. Our Diversity Policy details the expectation 
placed on the leaders of our Company to ensure that 
succession planning incorporates inclusion and 
diversity efforts, and that when searches are conducted 
Inclusion and Diversity 
at both the executive and Board level, outside support 
is engaged when necessary to support diverse and 
inclusive processes. 
Currently two of the individuals on our nine-person 
Board of Directors (22%) are women. In 2021, we set 
the target of achieving at least 30% representation of 
women on the Board by our 2023 annual meeting of 
shareholders. 
Percentage of Employees by Gender by Site
1. 	As at December 31, 2021. Pilar employment data are 
not included as the mine was sold on April 7, 2021.  
Mesquite
Castle 
Mountain
Los Filos
Mercedes
Aurizona
Fazenda 
RDM 
Santa Luz
Greenstone
Corporate 
Office
0%
40%
20%
60%
80%
100%
Male	
Female	
Other / Declined 	 	
	
	
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What’s Next 
In the fall of 2021, Equinox Gold, together with other 
members of the United Nations Global Compact 
Canada Network, joined the United Nations Global 
Compact Target Gender Equality Program, an 
accelerator program that includes facilitated 
performance analysis, capacity-building workshops, 
peer-to-peer learning and multi-stakeholder dialogue. 
This 12-month process concludes in 2022 and will help 
us define a long-term company-wide inclusion and 
diversity strategy that will improve our ability to recruit 
and retain the best talent, help to create a diverse 
workforce and reinforce our culture of inclusivity and 
respect. 
From Intern to Leadership Role for 
Local Engineer at RDM  
A key tenet of responsible 
mining is community 
development: providing social 
and economic opportunities 
for community members that 
can endure beyond the life of 
the mine.
Daise Anne Damasceno’s story 
demonstrates how hiring 
locally and offering 
professional development 
opportunities can lead to a 
rewarding career, and is also a 
wonderful example of inclusion
and gender equity. Daise Anne’s family is from the 
villages of Riacho dos Machados and Grão Mogol in Minas 
Gerais State near Equinox Gold’s RDM Mine. In 2012, Daise 
Anne was a civil engineer intern at RDM working on 
construction of the tailings storage facility. She stayed for 
four years through her studies, and after graduation was 
employed as part of the tailing facilities inspection team. 
She gained first-hand knowledge in earthworks and 
construction of the tailings dam and also installation of 
the geomembrane liner in the facility’s reservoir.
While at RDM Daise Anne met her future husband, who 
was working as a geologist at the mine. They moved to 
northern Brazil in 2016 to explore other opportunities 
but returned years later to Minas Gerais.
In 2020, Daise Anne was a stay-at-home mother but was 
ready to go back to work. Knowing of her experience 
and knowledge of RDM, the mine site recruited her to 
rejoin the team. Daise Anne is now the resident engineer 
responsible for day-to-day operations of the tailings 
storage facility as well as coordinating the annual design 
and construction of each expansion phase of the tailings 
storage facility and water reservoir. She is an integral 
member of the RDM management team and represents 
what is possible for local students who aspire to work in 
the mining industry.
Women in Our Workplace
22%
BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
35%
CORPORATE
HEADQUARTERS
14%
DIRECT 
EMPLOYEES
10%
TOTAL 
WORKFORCE

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Human Rights
Human rights are the basic rights to which all people 
are entitled, regardless of race, gender, sexual 
orientation, marital status, national or social origin, 
religion or other status. We understand human rights 
as those defined in the United Nations Declaration on 
Human Rights, and we are guided by the United 
Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human 
Rights, and the Voluntary Principles on Security and 
Human Rights. 
We have a responsibility to identify human rights and 
corruption risks associated with our activities and in 
our supply chain, adopt adequate due diligence 
measures and maintain fair and accessible grievance 
mechanisms for issues to be addressed. We respect 
internationally recognized human rights both in the 
workplace and in the communities affected by our mining 
activities and are committed to assigning adequate 
resources, using appropriate management systems and 
conducting regular audits to identify risks to the people 
and communities in which we operate. 
We also respect the rights of Indigenous and traditional 
peoples and strive to work together with Indigenous 
communities to ensure that our business provides 
benefits to all. More information about our commitment 
to working collaboratively with Indigenous peoples is 
available in Working with Indigenous Communities. 
Equinox Gold has formalized our commitments to 
Indigenous and human rights in our Code of Conduct and 
Business Ethics, Social Responsibility and Human Rights 
Policy, and our Greenstone Gold Mine’s Indigenous 
Relations Policy. We are committed to taking adequate 
measures to ensure we do not cause, and are not 
complicit in, human rights abuses either directly or 
through our business relationships.  
Our approach to human rights focuses on identifying 
areas where our activities could have a potential adverse 
impact, so that we can avoid or mitigate those risks, and 
also identifying areas where we can have the most 
positive contribution. Through this assessment, the areas 
most relevant to our activities are the following: 
•	 Labour and working conditions 
•	 Community environmental health, including access to 
clean water 
•	 Community health and safety 
•	 Community cultural, social and economic rights 
•	 Indigenous peoples’ rights 
•	 Land rights and security
•	 Ethical business practices 
2021 Performance 
In 2021, we conducted an introductory training course on 
human rights to ensure our executives and operational 
leaders understand the responsibility we hold to respect 
human rights, and also the most common risks that mining 
activities could pose on rights-holders such as our 
workforce, host communities and Indigenous peoples.  
An external consultant completed a desk-top risk 
assessment across all of our operations and also did 
one-week-long visits at each of Los Filos and Aurizona. 
We have integrated the identified risks into our Enterprise 
Risk Management system so appropriate plans can be 
developed to support our community partners and reduce 
the risk of human rights infringements.  
During 2021, we conducted a desk-top review of the World 
Gold Council Conflict-Free Gold Standard requirements to 
ensure our activities are not contributing to local conflict. 
The first level of assessment determines if any operations 
are in areas with levels of conflict that require a more 
comprehensive review. In 2021, none of our sites were 
located in conflict areas as defined by the Standard. 
What’s Next 
In 2022, we will develop a corporate-wide human rights 
due diligence framework to ensure our business has 
systems in place to identify and mitigate potential 
human rights risks. That framework will include 
guidelines for business conduct, provisions for regular 
assessments, and wider training within the Company so 
more people understand our expectations and how to 
apply these ethics in everyday operations.

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Working with Indigenous 
Communities 
Our Greenstone Project has Long-Term Relationship 
Agreements in place with five Indigenous communities 
in the region. A groundbreaking ceremony in October 
2021 to celebrate the start of construction included a 
blessing by an Indigenous Knowledge Keeper and 
remarks by the chiefs from all five Indigenous 
communities, along with remarks from the Mayor of the 
Municipality of Greenstone and the Ontario Minister of 
Indigenous Affairs.  
Active consultation and engagement with local 
Indigenous communities fosters positive relationships 
and partnerships that will enhance the sustainability 
and profitability of the mine and create long-term value 
for all stakeholders. The Long-Term Relationship 
Agreements with four First Nations and the Métis 
Nation of Ontario were the result of several years of 
respectful and productive dialogue. The principles of 
trust, mutual respect and transparency formed the 
foundation of the engagement process. These 
agreements include a range of commitments and 
shared responsibilities associated with environmental 
management, the use of traditional knowledge and 
heritage resources, employment and training, business 
and contracting opportunities, and financial 
participation. We have formed committees with 
representation from Greenstone and our Indigenous 
partners dedicated to ensuring compliance with the 
agreements as we move through the construction 
phase and prepare for operations. 
The mine will create new local and regional jobs during 
construction and operations, plus opportunities for 
indirect and support businesses in the region. Many 
Indigenous people have been hired for construction 
jobs and training programs are underway so our 
Indigenous partners have the skills to join the team 
during operations, which will provide long-term, 
meaningful employment.  
2021 Performance 
Equinox Gold acquired 60% of Greenstone in April 
2021. We have met numerous times with leadership 
from all five Indigenous communities and have enjoyed 
learning about the histories of their communities, their 
cultures and their traditional knowledge of the 
Greenstone area. 
The project team is making significant efforts to fulfill 
our commitment to Indigenous employment and 
procurement, and we expect our contractors to do the 
same. In 2021, 20% of the total working hours were 
provided by our Indigenous partners. More than 40% of 
the contract value awarded during 2021 was awarded 
to Indigenous businesses or partnerships. We are also 
providing information about the support businesses 
needed during construction and operations so 
Indigenous groups can form partnerships or new 
businesses to support the mine. At a 2021 virtual 
procurement fair, for example, we provided more than 
100 businesses with a project update, an overview of 
the types of support we need and information on how 
to participate in our procurement process.  
What’s Next 
In 2022, we will conduct a self-assessment against the 
TSM protocol on Indigenous and Community 
Relationships to help us identify any areas for 
implementation improvement. Implementation of the 
TSM Indigenous communities indicator is based on the 
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous 
Peoples and focuses on maintaining meaningful, 
respectful and collaborative engagement. 
Greenstone is also developing a training program 
program on intercultural awareness and the history of 
Indigenous peoples.

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Our Communities
Equinox Gold believes that mining projects should 
provide significant and long-term economic benefits 
and social development opportunities to local 
communities, ensuring that value generated locally 
benefits the communities affected most by our 
operations. We create employment and business 
opportunities by preferentially hiring and procuring 
locally. We also invest in infrastructure and 
development activities that will bring long-term value 
to the communities around our operations. 
Mining projects should breathe new 
life into communities, bringing 
significant economic benefits and 
social development opportunities 
that can endure well beyond the life 
of the project.
We are committed to early, frequent and transparent 
dialogue so we can identify opportunities for 
collaboration and partnership, and problem solve as 
needed. Each of our sites has a dedicated community 
engagement team and meets regularly with host 
communities to solicit feedback and find collaborative 
solutions when improvements are required. These 
meetings allow us to share information about 
upcoming activities, report on environmental and social 
performance, answer questions and discuss concerns. 
We also work with community leaders to identify 
opportunities for community development that are 
aligned with local interests and needs.    
In 2021, our Board of Directors approved the 
Company’s Social Responsibility and Human Rights 
Policy, which articulates our commitment to respecting 
the rights of all peoples and contributing to improved 
quality of life and sustainable development in the 
regions and communities where we operate. The Social 
Responsibility and Human Rights Policy commits our 
directors, officers, employees, contractors, suppliers 
and business partners to continuously evaluating and 
improving their social performance.
Partnering with Local Organizations 
to Build Community Skills and 
Income in Bahia, Brazil
As part of Equinox Gold’s commitment to support the 
long-term economic strength of the communities in 
which we operate, we fund programs and partnerships 
that support skills development and the health and 
wellbeing of local people. One example is a partnership 
program that supports the communities surrounding 
our Fazenda Mine in Bahia, Brazil.
The Partnership Program at Fazenda supports 
community projects focused on education, nature, the 
environment, culture, economic development, health 
and social transformation.  
Since 2007, the Company has contributed approximately 
85% of the funding for these projects, with a total 
investment of almost R$2.8 million. More than half of the 
projects supported have been employment and income 
generation projects, contributing to the diversification of 
local economies and development of productive 
activities other than mining. 
About 80,000 people in the municipalities of Barrocas, 
Biritinga and Teofilândia have benefited from the 354 
projects in the program. Through these projects family 
income improves, creating new opportunities and 
deepening community resiliency.  
One of the 105 supported associations is the 
Associação Desportiva Lagoa da Cruz (Lagoa da Cruz 
Sports Association, or ADELC) in the Lagoa da Cruz 
village in Barrocas. ADELC is focused on sports, 
culture, the environment and income generation. Under 
one initiative, young adults operate a furniture factory, 
recycling waste wood donated from the Fazenda mine 
site to build sofas, bunk beds and ottomans to sell in 
local shops. The initiative is creating income, reusing 
waste, building experience and transferable skills, and 
inspiring youth with career opportunities.  
ADELC also funds a youth soccer team and a 
percussion band, and incentivizes school attendance by 
using good school performance as a prerequisite for 
admission into the soccer team and musical group.   
These efforts by ADELC to engage and inspire youth 
create a lasting impact, helping to reduce 
unemployment and poverty, increase the skills of the 
local residents, celebrate local culture and improve the 
quality of life in the village of Lagoa da Cruz.

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Community Engagement 
& Development 
The core of our community engagement strategy is 
frequent and transparent dialogue with local leaders 
and community members to build a relationship based 
on mutual understanding and trust. Each community 
relationship is unique. Understanding the local culture, 
livelihoods and traditions helps to shape our 
engagement strategy so we can collaborate effectively 
with each of our community partners. We also seek to 
identify vulnerable groups that may be at heightened 
risk of marginalization and to consider those groups 
when managing the social and economic impacts of 
our operations.  
Beyond building strong relationships, Equinox Gold is 
committed to investing in the communities in which we 
operate to create tangible, lasting benefits that endure 
beyond the life of the mine. We invest in the socio-
economic development of local communities by buying 
and hiring locally, contributing to community health 
initiatives and supporting local infrastructure and 
development projects. All of our operations engage 
with local communities to identify and support 
community development opportunities, and we 
contribute to partnerships and programs that address 
social inequity.  
Our operations also generate income for government 
through taxes, royalties and other payments. We report 
on those government payments through our annual 
Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act (ESTMA) 
report.  
2021 Performance 
While COVID-19 restrictions limited our community 
engagement during 2021, we were able to hold some 
in-person meetings while maintaining health and safety 
protocols, and we also communicated with our 
stakeholders through virtual meetings or electronic 
distribution of information. 
We welcomed community leaders and government 
representatives for mine tours at Los Filos, Greenstone, 
Santa Luz and Castle Mountain during 2021, and hosted 
community meetings at Aurizona, RDM and Fazenda to 
keep residents informed and create a forum for open 
discussion about the operations. At RDM, we held 
sessions with local government and community 
organizations to better understand their priorities and 
share information about the mine. At Aurizona, we 
distributed weekly bulletins to the community and held 
regular meetings with community leaders, local 
government representatives and NGOs to discuss our 
efforts to address water-related challenges in the 
community. At Greenstone, we published weekly 
updates and regular newsletters, held information 
sessions and conducted a blasting awareness 
campaign to ensure residents were informed and able 
to ask questions about the blasting required for 
construction.  
Greenstone and our corporate office commemorated 
Canada’s first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 
to honour the lost children and survivors of residential 
schools, their families and First Nation communities. 
Across all sites we received 137 complaints in 2021, with 
environmental concerns being the most frequent. Of 
the 35 environmental complaints received, four were 
water related, 20 were about dust, seven about noise, 
three about vibration and one voicing a concern about 
deforestation. At year-end 2021, all but one complaint 
had been addressed and resolved.
Community Feedback
Environmental
Health and Safety
Land Ownership
Local Employment or 
Procurement
Commitments or Agreements
Behaviour of Company 
Employees or Contractors
Social
Other
Damage to Property

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We also received several complaints related to 
compliance with agreements. Of the 41 submissions in 
this category, 38 were associated with the heavy rain 
incident at Aurizona in March 2021. The more than 450 
mm of rain that fell in 48 hours led to widespread 
flooding in the region and a significant increase of 
turbidity in local waterways, which the community water 
treatment plant was not able to remove. In addition to 
significant support to ensure the community had access 
to clean water, as described in Water Management, as a 
sustainable community investment project Equinox Gold 
committed to installing and commissioning a new water 
treatment plant that will serve the community’s water 
needs well into the future. The new water treatment 
plant is now fully functional and we are no longer 
receiving complaints related to this event. 
All of our sites have feedback mechanisms in place so 
community members can voice their concerns. The 
system allows our communities to bring issues directly 
to site management, so we can address them in a 
timely manner and achieve effective resolution. In 2021, 
we began standardizing the reporting of those 
communications by category. Analysis of these data, 
along with responses to our materiality assessment 
survey, tells us what issues are most important at any 
given time to our communities. This allows us to 
prioritize our efforts to minimize adverse impacts and 
highlights opportunities to contribute most 
meaningfully to community development. 
More information on feedback received from each mine 
site is available in the data tables on our website.
At our Los Filos Mine, we continued working to 
strengthen our relationship with the mine’s three host 
communities with regular community outreach and 
open dialogue with community leaders. Despite our 
efforts, in May 2021 a small group of members from 
Xochipala, one of our three host communities, blocked a 
road on private land owned by Los Filos to demand 
increased benefits beyond what had been agreed in the 
long-term benefits contract. We believe all 
disagreements can and should be resolved through 
Community Involvement in Water 
Monitoring at Los Filos
In 2020, Equinox Gold and the communities of Mezcala 
and Mazapa started an environmental monitoring 
program that includes water sampling of the intermittent 
streams known as Arroyo Xochipala and Arroyo Mazapa. 
In the rainy season, from May to September, the streams 
collect water that flows from upstream of the mine, wind 
their way through the towns of Mezcala and Mazapa, and 
eventually flow into the Balsas River.
Together the Company, community representatives, 
environmentalists and sampling personnel from a 
third-party accredited laboratory collect samples from 
the streams, the Balsas River (both upstream and 
downstream of the mine) and from the communities’ 
water supplies. The results are shared through meetings 
with community representatives.
The project has allowed members of the community to 
observe water monitoring procedures and has created a 
forum for the Company to explain water quality results, 
fostering a better understanding of water resources in 
this mineral-rich area. By working together to monitor 
water quality around the mine, the community and the 
Company have built a more trusting relationship, and the 
Company has gained a deeper understanding of the local 
communities’ interests and concerns.
We plan to expand the program to include the 
community of Carrizalillo which, although located 
upstream of the mine, is interested in the opportunity to 
work more closely with the Company and better 
understand water sources in the region.
dialogue rather than confrontation. Our site team and 
the community representatives engaged in a dialogue 
process mediated by the state government and reached 
agreement and resolution in July.     
All Equinox Gold mine sites have programs and 
partnerships that support community programs and 
social development opportunities. For example, our 
Brazil operations donated more than R$4 million during 
2021 to support programs focused on healthcare, 
athletics, education and cultural events in the regions 
and communities surrounding our mines.

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Blue November – Fighting Prostate 
Cancer  
As many as one in nine men will be diagnosed with 
prostate cancer, but with early detection it is often curable. 
During the month of November, all of our mine sites held 
awareness campaigns to help fight prostate cancer.
At Santa Luz, posters and banners with information 
about prostate cancer were placed in high traffic areas, 
and special safety vests, stickers and blue ribbons were 
distributed to the team. The Santa Luz occupational 
health and safety doctor led the programs, which 
included a trivia contest, a special lunch and lectures 
about the importance of leading an active lifestyle to 
help prevent prostate cancer. Employees and contractors 
were also given educational materials about reducing 
the risk of prostate cancer and were encouraged to take 
preventive exams during the month of November.
Santa Luz and the other mine sites held similar events 
during Pink October to raise awareness about breast 
cancer. The mine sites also held community education 
campaigns during October and November to raise 
awareness about prostate and breast cancer, and the 
Mercedes mine supported mammogram testing for 
women in a local community. 
In 2021, our sites collectively spent almost $195 million 
on employee wages and benefits and approximately $7 
million in community investments, of which $1.2 million 
was invested in infrastructure projects. Of our 
procurement expenditures, an estimated 35% was spent 
with businesses in the state or province where we 
operate, of which 19% was spent with suppliers and 
contractors from the municipalities in our sites’ area of 
influence and only 5% with out-of-country suppliers.  
All of our sites carried out health education programs 
for the workforce and local communities, such as breast 
and prostate cancer awareness and prevention 
campaigns, and education campaigns about COVID-19 
prevention and vaccination.  
The Company also invested significant time and 
resources to support local communities. For example, as 
a sustainable community investment project we 
upgraded the water treatment plant and distribution 
network in Aurizona Village, we donated ambulances to 
communities near Santa Luz and Los Filos to support 
local health care, and we partnered with local 
municipalities on road rehabilitation and other 
infrastructure improvement projects.
2021 Procurement Spend
Procurement 
spend on 
out-of-country 
suppliers 
5%
Procurement 
spend on 
in-country 
suppliers 
95%
Procurement spend 
on in-state or 
provincial suppliers 
35%
Procurement spend 
on other in-country 
suppliers 
60%

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Securing Clean Water for Aurizona 
Community  
In late March 2021, the northwest region of Maranhão 
State, Brazil received exceptionally heavy rain (more than 
450 mm in 48 hours), described as a 1-in-10,000-years 
rain event. Widespread flooding in the region washed out 
many roads and increased turbidity in waterways and 
local sources of drinking water. While the operational 
structures at our Aurizona Mine were not affected, a 
small freshwater pond on our site overflowed. 
Mine site personnel reacted swiftly to support 
neighbouring communities, helping to restore road 
access and delivering both fresh water and bottled 
drinking water to supplement community supplies. We 
also offered our assistance to improve Aurizona Village’s 
water treatment plant by upgrading the filtration 
capacity to address excess turbidity from the flooding. 
Although the community’s water treatment plant was 
functional within a few days following the installation of 
upgraded filters, we received feedback that storage 
capacity and the current water treatment facility were 
not sufficient for the community’s needs. We worked 
with community leaders and local government to review 
the community’s water distribution network and in April, 
as a sustainable community investment project, 
announced our decision to upgrade the water 
distribution pipelines and install a new water treatment 
plant to replace the community’s current facility.  
Water improvement projects involved a number of 
initiatives including using ultrasound technology to 
identify breaks and leaks in the pipelines that distribute 
water to community households, repairing and flushing 
water pipelines, filling water storage tanks throughout 
the community to support households that were not 
connected to the distribution network, and installing 
additional filters and tanks in the current facility to 
improve both capacity and water quality until the new 
water treatment facility was ready for use. We also 
worked with local authorities to connect new 
households to the distribution network. 
While this work was ongoing, we installed and 
commissioned a new water treatment facility. We also 
provided training so that public authorities, along with 
community members, could assume responsibility for 
operating and maintaining the water treatment facility. 
The facility was handed over to the community on   
March 28, 2022. This is a true sustainable community 
investment project, providing new skills and employment 
opportunities and also improved water access and water 
quality to community members. 
What’s Next 
Strong community relationships require ongoing and 
deliberate attention. We have established the 
mechanisms to engage effectively with local 
communities but strive for continuous improvement in 
our communications and social performance. In 2022, 
we will establish Equinox Gold Social Management 
Standards based on TSM protocols and RGMPs that will 
cover stakeholder identification and engagement, 
impact and risk management and other key aspects of 
social performance. We will continue to contribute to 
community development opportunities and will start to 
align our areas of investment focus with the United 
Nation Sustainable Development Goals. We are also 
implementing software as part of our social 
performance management process that will allow us to 
better document engagement activities, track and 
assess community feedback, manage our social 
investments and evaluate measurable social outcomes.  
We have set the target of achieving across all operations 
a Level A rating for the TSM Indigenous and Community 
Relationships protocol indicators of Community of 
Interest Identification, Effective Community and 
Indigenous Engagement and Dialogue, and Response 
Mechanisms, with a longer-term goal of achieving TSM 
Level AAA for all indicators of the protocol. To achieve 
the Level A rating, our sites must have systems in place 
to identify and map stakeholders, register and follow up 
on engagements and communication, and formally 
respond to communities’ concerns.

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Supporting our Communities 
and our Industry
All of our mine sites and offices support social, 
environmental and education initiatives that are 
important to our communities and our workforce. Some 
examples of the initiatives we supported in 2021 are 
summarized below.
USA
•	 Funded a scholarship program for the children of 
employees 
•	 Sponsored a highway cleanup program
•	 Participated in and supported the Walk to End 
Alzheimer’s event
•	 Assisted with breast cancer awareness and survivor 
support programs
•	 Assisted with Crisis Help Center services
•	 Assisted with afterschool programs at the local Boys 
and Girls Clubs 
•	 Assisted local Food Banks to provide food programs 
for children
•	 Assisted with programs providing technical trades 
education
•	 Assisted with women’s leadership development 
programs
•	 Assisted with social equity cultural events
•	 Sponsored an organization dedicated to the wellbeing 
of women and children in the Imperial Valley
•	 Sponsored various childrens’ sports leagues 
•	 Sponsored and supported local museums
•	 Donated Joshua trees to the community of Searchlight
•	 Participated in a Christmas toy drive
•	 Supported cleanup work at Walking Box Ranch
•	 Sponsored a number of youth sporting events
•	 Supported the Nipton Town Beautification project
•	 Sponsored the Mojave Environmental Education 
Consortium, which provides funding and resources for 
K-12 teachers to teach about the regional environment
•	 Sponsored the California chapter of Women in Mining
•	 Supported the Society for the Conservation of Bighorn 
Sheep
•	 Awarded a multi-year research grant to the Desert 
Research Institute
Mexico
•	 Provided scholarships to students from neighboring 
communities at middle school, high school, university 
and post graduate levels
•	 Provided training for mining activities to community 
residents
•	 Conducted breast and prostate cancer awareness 
campaigns at the mine site and in local communities
•	 Supported community health through funding of 
health care practitioners, donation of medical supplies 
and donation of an ambulance
•	 Supported government-led COVID-19 vaccination and 
testing campaigns
•	 Provided funding for food pantries for local 
communities
•	 Sponsored local patron-saint celebrations
•	 Supported environment protection through waste 
collection and disposal, reforestation activities, and 
community wastewater treatment
•	 Supported a Christmas toy drive
•	 In partnership with contractor companies, organized 
a cinema day in local communities as well as a 
workforce soccer tournament
•	 Donated teaching material to kindergarten classes
•	 Donated used tires to be used as cattle feeders 
•	 Supported agricultural activities for neighbouring 
landowners
•	 Supported mammogram testing for women in a 
community near the Mercedes Mine
•	 Donated materials and equipment for the Week of 
Geosciences at a local school
•	 Sponsored a recycling campaign in the communities 
of Magdalena and Santana

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Brazil
•	 Constructed new water treatment facility and 
upgraded water distribution network for local 
community
•	 Significant roadwork infrastructure support to improve 
communities’ transportation and access conditions
•	 Conducted breast and prostate cancer awareness 
campaigns at the mine sites and in local communities
•	 Supported community health through funding 
of health care practitioners, donation of medical 
supplies and donation of an ambulance
•	 Supported government-led COVID-19 vaccination 
and testing campaigns
•	 Supported programs focused on protecting 
vulnerable children
•	 Participated in Young Apprentice Program to provide 
first job opportunities
•	 Supported 33 institutions with multiple Social 
Participation Projects that develop opportunities for 
local communities
•	 Invested more than R$4 million supporting 14 
institutions that develop initiatives focused on health, 
sports, cultural events and childhood development
•	 Supported sports centres and childrens’ athletics 
programs
•	 Supported environmental education programs
•	 Sponsored cultural and theatre events
•	 Funded programs that support skills development 
and entrepreneurship
Canada
•	 Supported the bursary programs of three high 
schools near Greenstone for students pursuing 
post-secondary education in fields related to 
mining, trades, environmental sciences or business 
administration
•	 Contributed to nutrition programs in all elementary 
schools across the Greenstone region
•	 Participated in the fire safety resources partnership 
with the Municipality of Greenstone Fire & 
Emergency Services Department to provide fire 
safety books to Greenstone area schools
•	 Helped our Indigenous partners and local 
employment agencies in the Municipality of 
Greenstone to secure government funding for mining 
training programs
•	 Sponsored a technician from Ginoogaming First 
Nation to participate in the Great Cycle Challenge to 
raise funds for the SickKids Foundation
•	 Donated winter clothing to children and youth from 
local Indigenous communities
•	 Supported the Geraldton Seniors Christmas Dinner
•	 Participated in Virtual Procurement Fair in 
partnership with Greenstone Economic Development 
Corporation and the Municipality of Greenstone
•	 Assisted our Indigenous partners with business 
development so they can bid for contracts with 
Greenstone Mine; over 20 joint ventures have been 
created and have obtained contracts 
•	 Funded a solar farm feasibility study in partnership 
with a local Indigenous-owned company
Corporate Office
•	 Donated to Canadian Cancer Society Daffodil Ball 
•	 Donated to St. Paul’s Foundation mental health 
campaign
•	 Awarded two scholarships through Young Mining 
Professionals for university students in a mining-
related discipline in British Columbia and Ontario
•	 Supported Canadian Institute of Mining
•	 Supported Canadian Institute of Mining-BC/Yukon 
•	 Member of Mineral Deposit Research Unit at the 
University of British Columbia 
•	 Member of Mineral Exploration Research Centre at 
the Harquail School of Earth Sciences, Laurentian 
University
•	 Sponsor of Center for Advanced Subservice Earth 
Resource Models at Colorado School of Mines 
•	 Sponsor of Society of Economic Geologists 
•	 Member and Sponsor of the Association for Mineral 
Exploration British Columbia 
•	 Sponsor of Geological Society of Nevada 
•	 Sponsor of Simexmin – Brazilian Symposium on 
Mineral Exploration

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Environment

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Equinox Gold is committed to achieving excellence in 
environmental performance. We recognize that many 
of the topics considered material to our stakeholders 
are directly related to environmental management 
practices. We implement international standards, 
principles and best practices to prevent and mitigate 
the environmental impacts of our activities, and look 
for opportunities to contribute to environmental 
stewardship initiatives and scientific research.  
We take seriously the potential 
environmental impacts of our 
activities and have robust 
management systems, policies and 
safeguards in place to ensure these 
risks are managed correctly.
The Company’s environmental management processes 
aim to protect the long-term health and viability of the 
natural environments that surround our mine sites or are 
affected by our activities. To achieve this objective, we: 
•	 Promote the reduction in usage of raw materials and 
the reuse or recycling of waste 
•	 Strive to prevent and mitigate impacts to biodiversity 
through best practice land management processes 
and partnerships with conservation groups and 
academia  
•	 Foster and maintain a culture of environmental 
responsibility within the workplace 
•	 Perform progressive reclamation activities during the 
life of each mine, and ensure closure plans consider 
the interests of host communities 
•	 Have systems in place to ensure all environmental 
incidents are reported, investigated and remediated 
•	 Resource our site teams so they are equipped to 
manage any conceivable environmental emergency 
•	 Ensure the safe and responsible management and 
storage of tailings and mine waste during the mine 
life and after mine closure 
Environment and 
Climate Change
Equinox Gold uses environmental management 
systems that conform with ISO 14001 and we are 
implementing the relevant TSM protocols and RGMPs 
across our operations. Our environmental management 
systems track compliance with legal obligations and 
other commitments, that we are proactive in identifying 
and mitigating risks before initiating work, and that we 
monitor our operations to ensure mitigations are 
effective. The systems also include auditing and annual 
review processes that promote continual improvement. 
2021 Performance
In 2021, we formalized the Equinox Gold Environment 
and Climate Change Policy, outlining our commitments 
to environmental protection, the role we play in the 
global response to climate change, and our 
expectations of both our workforce and suppliers. Our 
workforce plays a critical role in protecting our 
environment. Our training programs emphasize both 
individual and collective responsibility for 
environmental protection and set the expectation that 
Equinox Gold’s environmental management systems 
will meet or exceed international standards. 
What’s Next 
Equinox Gold is committed to managing energy use 
and promoting efficiency across the business by 
identifying energy-intensive activities, seeking greater 
efficiency or alternative energy sources, including low 
carbon energy sources, and setting measurable targets 
related to energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. 
We will also add key performance indicators for water, 
climate change and biodiversity to our reporting 
initiatives.

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Environmental Education for RDM 
Employees and Surrounding 
Communities 
Since 2015, Equinox Gold has run an environmental 
education program for our workforce and the 
communities near our RDM Mine. The program is 
designed to foster engagement with employees and the 
community, and to improve their understanding of how 
the mine operates and the care we take to protect the 
environment. We strive to share our conservation 
knowledge and also learn from local communities, so 
that together we act as responsible stewards of the 
land, water, flora and fauna.
During 2021 we were unable to deliver many of our 
planned community events due to COVID-19 
restrictions, but we were able to host some activities 
with residents of five local communities focused on the 
local biome, water springs and soils. During these 
events, the RDM team facilitated workshops on soils and 
water spring conservation and worked with local 
residents to develop environment-focused educational 
materials.
We also delivered environmental education sessions to 
our workforce, with special events to acknowledge 
World Water Day and Environment Week. World Water 
Day events included a discussion about the importance 
of conscious use of water, showing data on water 
consumption in the workplace and at home. During 
Environment Week, among other activities, workshops 
were held on topics such as agriculture and livestock, 
water and soil conservation, ecosystem recovery, waste 
reduction and recycling. The workforce was also 
engaged in a discussion about the social and 
environmental impacts generated by the mine’s 
activities, and the role we all play in minimizing and 
mitigating our environmental footprint.
We look forward to resuming a full environmental 
education program with a broader range of local 
communities in 2022, as COVID-19 restrictions are 
reduced.
22 DE MARÇO
DIA MUNDIAL
DA ÁGUA
Hoje é o dia de
refletirmos sobre 
a importância do 
uso consciente e 
da proteção dos 
recursos hídricos.
O que você tem
feito para preservar 
a água de hoje e 
do futuro?
ARÇO
MUNDIAL
ÁGUA
dia de
os sobre
ância do
sciente e
ção dos 
hídricos.
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ra preservar
e hoje e
o?

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Incident Management
A core element of managing our environmental impact 
is tracking the frequency and nature of environmental 
incidents. Our Incident Reporting Guidelines ensure 
appropriate reporting, investigation, level of control 
and response are applied to all incidents. Having a 
clear, easy-to-follow classification system allows any 
employee or contractor to record a wide variety of 
environmental incidents, including non-conformance 
with internal procedures, and encourages reporting of 
all incidents so action can be taken to prevent 
recurrence. All of our operations and projects report, 
investigate and remediate environmental incidents. The 
reporting guidelines ensure consistent categorization 
of incidents across all jurisdictions and allow us to 
share lessons learned through incident investigations 
so we can continually improve.
Since 2020, we have provided quarterly environmental 
performance updates on our website. We use a rating 
system that classifies incidents as ‘low,’ ‘minor,’ 
‘moderate,’ ‘major’ or ‘catastrophic.’ Incidents classified 
as moderate or above are considered ‘significant.’ This 
category includes: 
•	 Cyanide spills outside of normal containment area 
•	 Wildlife deaths due to cyanide 
•	 Death of species with special protection status 
according to local jurisdiction 
•	 Environment-related regulatory non-compliance that 
triggers regulatory reporting
•	 Spills that trigger regulatory reporting
•	 Confirmed abnormal monitoring results detecting 
cyanide outside of a cyanide facility, or a breach of 
permit conditions
	
2021 Performance  
There were no ‘major’ or ‘catastrophic’ incidents at any 
of our sites in 2021. We achieved a Significant 
Environmental Incident Frequency Rate of 0.68, which 
was 58% better than our 2021 target of 1.6 and also 
58% better than our 2020 performance.  
A significant achievement during 2021 was formalizing 
reporting guidance and requirements for all operations 
and projects. During the year, we recorded 126 
environmental incidents, of which 13 were classified as 
‘moderate’ and therefore categorized as ‘significant’ 
incidents based on our internal rating system. 
2021 Environmental Incidents by Category
Wildlife Deaths
Cyanide Related Wildlife 
Deaths
Cyanide Spills
Hydrocarbon Spills
Other Spills
Regulatory Non-compliance
Other Non-compliance 
(internal) 
Other Incidents
Low  
Minor
Moderate  
Major  
Catastrophic  
2021 Environmental Incidents by Consequence Ranking
There were no incidents classified as Major or Catastrophic in 2021.

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Eight of the incidents categorized as significant were 
cyanide-related wildlife deaths, though none of the 
species are listed as endangered. These incidents were 
reported to regulators and appropriate mitigating 
action plans have been implemented, including 
diversion techniques (supply of fresh water in safer 
areas) or hazing techniques (such as flashing lights or 
noises to warn animals away from production areas). 
Other mitigations include regular monitoring and 
covering of solution ponding that could attract wildlife. 
At Castle Mountain, more than $200,000 has been 
spent on mitigative actions to resolve these issues 
since the mine commenced operations in late 2020.
Other incidents included four regulatory non-
compliances. One of these occurred at Aurizona when 
an exceptionally heavy (1-in-10,000-year) rainstorm 
caused widespread flooding in the region and a 
freshwater pond on the Aurizona site overflowed. 
Other regulatory non-compliances included the 
exceedance of permitted lime use at Castle Mountain, 
elevated levels of ammonia discharged from the 
effluent treatment plant at Greenstone and surpassing 
the daily water use limit at RDM. Following 
investigation, mitigations were implemented to prevent 
recurrence including improved monitoring of lime and 
other regulated substances at Castle Mountain, 
additional mixing of water from blasting areas prior to 
treating site water, and changing a faulty water meter 
at RDM. All of these incidents were reported to the 
regulators. Only the Aurizona event resulted in fines, 
which Equinox Gold is disputing with regulators.   
At Castle Mountain, a power outage and high wind 
event contributed to a minor release of leach solution 
containing very low concentrations of cyanide. Most of 
the solution was contained to secondary concrete spill 
containment but a small portion of solution was blown 
(by high winds) outside the containment structure. The 
incident was reported to regulators and no fine or 
permit violations were issued.   
What’s Next 
For 2022, we have set the target of achieving a 
Significant Environmental Incident Frequency Rate per 
million worked hours of 1.60, similar to last year’s target 
when Greenstone was not owned by Equinox Gold. We 
will continue to report, investigate and remediate 
environmental incidents. We will also complete the 
implementation of software to provide integrated 
environmental performance and risk management 
tracking that will allow us to better manage incident 
reporting and standardize the documentation and 
investigation of incidents.   
2021 Environmental Incidents Categorized 
as Significant 
Cyanide Related Wildlife 
Deaths  
Cyanide Spills
Regulatory Non-
compliance

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Energy Management 
and GHG Emissions
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have become a focus 
for Equinox Gold, the mining industry and society at 
large. Investors want to understand the risks to their 
portfolios from climate change, both ‘physical risks’, 
such as sea-level rise impacting sites close to the coast, 
and ‘transition risks’, such as increased cost of energy 
driven by carbon taxes or emissions-limiting 
regulations. Governments, investors and society are 
demanding industries become more energy efficient 
and move toward decarbonizing their operations by 
reducing their reliance on hydrocarbon fuels. 
Government signatories to the 2015 Paris Agreement 
reached a landmark agreement to combat climate 
change and to accelerate and intensify the actions and 
investments needed for a sustainable low carbon 
future. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on 
Climate Change, global temperature increase must not 
exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius this century to avoid 
catastrophic impacts from climate change. To achieve 
this, global GHG emissions must be cut in half by 2030 
and reach net-zero by 2050. All industries are expected 
to contribute positively to global efforts to both 
combat and adapt to climate change. At Equinox Gold 
we recognize that we have a role to play and we are 
developing short-, medium- and long-term energy and 
GHG targets. 
Since 2020, the Company has been taking steps 
toward establishing a climate change strategy with the 
objective of reducing our energy consumption and 
GHG emissions. As a first step we are focused on 
maximizing energy efficiency at the site level, as this is 
also an important part of cost management. We use a 
systematic approach to identify the main sources of 
energy use and consequent GHG emissions at our mine 
sites, and use these data to set reduction targets and 
review and report on progress. Concurrently, we are 
investigating potential alternate energy sources for 
each site. 
Equinox Gold is committed to sourcing power from 
renewable sources whenever feasible. All of our operations 
with the exception of Castle Mountain are on grid power. 
Power for Phase 1 of Castle Mountain operations is 
generated through diesel generators. We will switch to grid 
power for Phase 2 operations. At sites where grid power is 
not sourced from renewable energy sources such as hydro 
or solar, we are reviewing the potential to install our own 
clean energy power source, for example installing solar 
power plants at Castle Mountain and at some of our Brazil 
sites. We are also upgrading to energy-efficient trucks at 
some sites and implementing systems to monitor and 
more efficiently manage fuel consumption, and use a 
biodiesel blend (diesel blended with vegetable oil derived 
from soybeans) at our Brazil sites, which provides a 10% 
reduction in scope 1 emissions compared to diesel fuel.
2021 Performance 
Establishing a management approach to GHG emissions 
and energy performance management was a focus for 
Equinox Gold in 2021. We defined governance policies, 
collected base line data, assessed risks, set short-term 
targets and enhanced internal and external reporting. We 
also formed the Energy and GHG Management 
Committee, comprising senior management from both 
our corporate and operations teams. Its mandate is to 
ensure we progress toward our objectives related to 
energy efficiency and GHG emission reduction. 
In addition, we hired a third party to review the physical 
climate-related risks at all of our sites. The study looked 
at a 30-year time horizon and considered several 
parameters including drought, flood, increased risk of 
wildfires, sea level rise and temperature extremes. Our 
sites were considered at low risk for almost all these 
parameters, although higher risk of drought and 
wildfires were identified for Castle Mountain and 
Mercedes. We are working to ensure those sites 
understand these risks and have the necessary controls 
and resources in place. 
A notable improvement in GHG efficiency occurred at 
Mesquite, where replacing the majority of the truck 
fleet with larger and more fuel-efficient trucks resulted 
in a GHG emissions reduction of 35% compared to the 
previous fleet.

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Surpassing GHG Emissions 
Reduction Targets at Mesquite Mine
Equinox Gold set GHG reduction targets for the first 
time during 2021. Achieving these targets was part of 
the senior management compensation strategy. We 
believe setting – and achieving – annual GHG targets for 
improved energy efficiencies will provide the foundation 
for the processes and technical expertise required to 
achieve our long-term decarbonization goals. 
Our initial short-term target was a GHG reduction of 
11,412 tCO2e (tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent), 
equivalent to 4.5% of the total 2020 tCO2e. Data 
analysis showed that more than 90% of Equinox Gold’s 
potential GHG reduction could be achieved by replacing 
the truck fleet at Mesquite.
During late 2020 and throughout 2021, Mesquite 
replaced its fleet of 16 haul trucks, which were 
manufactured in 2007-2010 and powered by Tier 2 
engines, with 10 new 2019 trucks with Tier 4 engines. 
Tier 4 diesel engine standards meet the strictest U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency emissions 
requirement for off-highway diesel engines. They are 
designed to decrease emissions by essentially bringing 
off-highway equipment up to the same standards as 
highway trucks and buses. The new trucks are also 
larger than the previous fleet; because they can carry 
more rock per load, fewer haul trips are required.
The combination of fewer trips and trucks with cleaner 
burning engines provided a significant reduction in air 
emissions. The replacement achieved tailpipe emission 
reductions of 93% of particulate matter, 65% of nitrogen 
oxides, 90% of volatile organic compounds, 35% of 
sulfur dioxide and 35% of carbon dioxide equivalents.
These changes resulted in a total GHG emissions 
reduction of 35% compared to the previous trucks, a 
decrease of 12,457 tCO2e during 2021. This single 
project exceeded the companies GHG reduction target 
set in early 2021. The company’s total GHG saving was 
almost 13,000 tCO2e, more than 10% better than the 
reduction target.
During the year, we made progress on plans to use 
solar and wind power at several of our Brazil sites, 
which would reduce GHG emissions and result in cost 
savings. We also advanced studies reviewing the 
potential to use solar power at Castle Mountain.  
In 2021, we also created a new energy and GHG 
emissions dashboard that allows our teams to observe 
and track trends over time, and reported our GHG 
emissions data for the first time to the Carbon 
Disclosure Project (CDP). The report is available in the 
Our Environment section of our website. 
What’s Next 
Our 2022 target is to achieve TSM Level A rating for 75% 
of the indicators of the Climate Change protocol across 
all operations. We will continue to advance studies and 
projects to achieve efficiencies in energy use with the 
intention of improving the GHG emissions intensity of our 
operations. We will also develop energy management 
standards to help our sites improve their energy 
efficiency and promote a culture of energy awareness.
We have initiated work to understand the costs 
associated with a range of percentage GHG emission 
reductions by 2030 compared to “business as usual” 
across the Company’s portfolio of assets. We will develop 
a cross-company GHG abatement plan and expect to set 
short-, medium- and long-term reduction targets in 2022. 
We have also initiated scoping studies to determine 
abatement potential and costs, and will run GHG 
emissions workshops at our sites as first steps to achieve 
this goal. 
A detailed discussion of the risks and opportunities 
identified through a third-party risk review and the 
short-term GHG targets we have established will be 
available in our first Task Force on Climate-Related 
Disclosures (TCFD) report, to be published in 2022.

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Energy Consumption
In 2021, our total energy use was 6.06 million gigajoules 
(GJ), as summarized below by both source and site. 
These data include energy consumption from 
operations activities and exclude energy consumption 
related to construction activities at Santa Luz and 
Greenstone. Diesel used in haul trucks for open-pit 
mining is the largest energy consumer at our sites. 
Electricity is used at our heap leach operations to 
pump barren solution to the heap leach pads, and is 
used in milling operations to crush and grind rock to 
liberate gold. RDM had the highest energy intensity in 
2021 due to a significant stripping campaign to provide 
better access to the ore zone, which increased the 
amount of energy used to remove waste rock 
compared to gold produced.
2021 Energy Consumption by Site (GJ)
Mesquite
Castle 
Mountain
Los Filos
Mercedes 
Aurizona 
Fazenda 
Pilar
RDM
Gigajoules (GJ)
0
1,500,000
1,000,000
500,000
2021 Energy Consumption by Source (GJ)
Diesel  4,042,665
Electricity - Grid 1,644,035
Explosives  102,441
Gasoline  37,045
Propane  82,704
2021 Energy Intensity by Site* (GJ per oz gold produced) 
Mesquite
Castle 
Mountain
Los Filos
Mercedes 
Aurizona 
Fazenda 
Pilar
RDM
Gigajoules (GJ) per oz gold produced
0
15
10
5
20
* Energy consumption (GJ) by sites that were in production in 2021.
6.06 
million
gigajoules

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GHG Emissions
Our GHG emissions in 2021 were 395,000 tCO2e 
(tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent), as summarized 
below by both source and site. These data are 
calculated by multiplying the energy consumption by 
the current emission factors that are specific to each 
fuel source. We have used the factors available in the 
TSM Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions 
Management Reference Guide. Fuel composition and 
2021 GHG Emissions by Source (tCO2e)
associated emission factors vary between countries, 
most significantly in Brazil where using a 10% biodiesel 
blend results in a reduction in Scope 1 emissions. With 
respect to electricity, our Brazil sites and Mesquite Mine 
benefit from receiving power from a relatively clean 
grid source (greater portion of renewable power 
sources), although a drought in Brazil in 2021 led to a 
decrease in hydroelectric generation, which was 
replaced by natural gas fired power plants.
Diesel  263,227
Electricity - Grid  109,781
Explosives  4,840
Gasoline  3,077
Propane  5,053
2021 Scope 1 and Scope 2 Emissions (tCO2e) 
Scope 1  276,197
Scope 2  109,781
2021 GHG Emissions Intensity by Site*
(tCO2e per oz gold produced)
1.2
0.8
0.4
0
Tonnes CO2e per oz Gold Produced
Mesquite
Castle 
Mountain
Los Filos
Mercedes
Aurizona
Fazenda
Pilar
RDM
*	 GHG emissions from sites that were in production in 2021.
2021 Scope 1 and Scope 2 Emissions by Site 
(tCO2e)
125,000
100,000
75,000
50,000
0
25,000
Tonnes of CO2e
Scope 1	
Scope 2	
Mesquite
Castle 
Mountain
Los Filos
Mercedes
Aurizona
Fazenda
Pilar
RDM 
385,978  
tonnes of CO2 
equivalent
395,000  
tonnes of CO2 
equivalent

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Water Management
Water is an important resource in mining. Two of the 
main uses are in processing to extract gold from ore 
and for dust suppression on haul and access roads. 
Water scarcity therefore represents a risk for our 
operations, and we strive to reduce our fresh water use 
and to reuse water where possible. 
We also recognize that water is a critical resource for 
our local communities, for agriculture and for the flora 
and fauna surrounding our mines. To address our 
shared interests in water management, Equinox Gold 
works in collaboration with local stakeholders to 
address concerns and water-related challenges for 
both the Company and communities.
Water management is a focus for many aspects of our 
business, including production, regulatory compliance, 
geotechnical stability, tailings management and 
environmental stewardship. Many of our mines operate 
in arid and semi-arid regions, or in regions with a 
distinct wet and dry season. We store water to mitigate 
water scarcity during the dry season, and in the rainy 
season we have to manage excess water and storm 
events. Thus, water and effluent management are core 
components of our sustainability efforts and ESG 
strategy. Our Environment and Climate Change policy 
requires our site teams to understand and address 
water-related risks and impacts at the local and 
catchment levels. 
Equinox Gold uses a water balance to understand the 
various inputs and outputs of water at each site. This 
requires an in-depth understanding of the hydrology, 
climate and hydrogeology of the site as well as the 
production needs of the mine.
We closely monitor compliance with our permitted 
water allocations, and work to ensure we are 
minimizing the use of water by recycling and reusing 
where possible. We constantly reuse water through our 
heap leach pads and reclaim water from our tailings 
storage facilities. We also work to protect water quality 
through effluent management. The majority of Equinox 
Gold’s sites are zero-effluent discharge sites, which 
means no water impacted by operations leaves the site 
and excess water is instead either stored for later use 
or evaporated. Where we are required to discharge 
water, we ensure water quality complies with permitted 
standards before discharge. We also use evaporators to 
reduce excessive water inventories in areas with a 
positive water balance.
Our sites carefully manage chemicals used in the 
mining and processing of ore. We monitor water quality 
in both surface and groundwater sources to detect if 
any mine-related contaminants have or may impact 
water bodies that are outside mining areas. 
Contaminants can move through the air in dust 
particles or become mobilized in water. To eliminate or 
mitigate the impact of operations on local water 
quality, we have procedures in place to reduce dust and 
ensure that any water-born contaminants are either 
contained on site or treated to appropriate water 
quality standards before any effluent is discharged. 
We are aware that climate change may impact both 
our mine water balance and our structures, such as 
water storage and tailings storage facilities. We are 
adapting to climate change by regularly updating our 
design parameters to account for increasingly intense 
rainfall events. We also design our drains and water 
structures with a significant amount of contingency for 
added assurance that our site structures can maintain 
integrity even through extreme weather events.
The International Cyanide Management Code (ICMC), 
of which Equinox Gold is a signatory, requires 
monitoring programs to detect cyanide in both surface 
and groundwater. During 2021, the Company certified 
two new mine sites in compliance with ICMC. Los Filos, 
Mesquite and Fazenda are now certified. RDM, 
Aurizona and Castle Mountain are expected to be 
certified by early 2023. Greenstone and Santa Luz are 
expected to be certified within three years of achieving 
commercial production, as required by the International 
Cyanide Management Institute.

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2021 Performance
In 2021, across the Company we withdrew 5.6 million 
m3 of water from external sources (for operations and 
human consumption). Water efficiency rates across 
the Company ranged from 6.4 m3 per ounce of gold 
produced at Los Filos to 23.4 m3 per ounce of gold 
produced at Castle Mountain.
Water withdrawn by the sites varies depending on the 
type of process used to extract gold from the ore, the 
size of the mine, the climate and the geographic 
location. Mesquite is located in a semi-arid area with 
high evaporation and extremely low rainfall and the 
mine uses heap leach processing for gold extraction, 
which generally uses more water than a mine with a 
mill and leach circuit. Los Filos uses far less water than 
Mesquite, despite being a large heap leach mine, 
because the region has a distinct wet season that 
supplements water used for processing. This is the 
same case for Aurizona, where water that falls during 
the rainy season is stored and used during processing, 
decreasing reliance on external water sources.  
What’s Next 
Going forward, we will increase the number of 
reporting indicators across the organization to include 
key performance indicators for water management, 
including water use intensity. We have established a 
2022 target to achieve TSM Level A rating for at least 
75% of the indicators of the Water Stewardship 
protocol across all operations. This will require sites to:
•	 Increase engagement with stakeholders about the 
site’s commitments and management approach to 
water, and seek solutions to shared water challenges 
at the catchment level
•	 Enhance controls based on identified risks to 
surface water and groundwater
•	 Increase engagement with stakeholders in the 
watershed to better understand the local use of 
water resources 
•	 Look for opportunities to participate in watershed 
governance groups
2021 Water Withdrawn by Site (m3)
Water Withdrawn (m3)
6,000,000
4,000,000
2,000,000
0
Mesquite
Mercedes
Aurizona
Fazenda
RDM
Castle Mountain
Los Filos
* 	 High water stress area as 
classified by the World 
Resources Institute’s 
Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas.
2021 Percentage of Fresh Water Withdrawn in Regions 
with High or Extremely High Baseline Water Stress
High water stress areas*
(Mesquite and Mercedes)  
2,136,156 m3
All other sites 
3,496,971 m3
2021 Water Withdrawn Intensity by Site* 
(m3 per oz gold produced)
m3 Water Withdrawn Per oz Gold Produced
* 	 Water withdrawn from sites that were in production in 2021.
25
20
10
15
5
0
Mesquite
Castle 
Mountain
Los Filos
Mercedes
Aurizona
Fazenda
RDM

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Waste Rock and 
Tailings Management
Two core elements of our responsible mining strategy 
are to protect the health and safety of our workforce 
and local communities, and to minimize and mitigate 
our impact on the environment. That includes ensuring 
mine waste, such as waste rock and tailings, is safely 
managed, and that all of our waste rock and tailings 
storage facilities (TSFs) are properly designed, 
physically and chemically stable for long-term storage, 
and routinely inspected and audited. We are also 
committed to communicating regularly and openly 
with local communities to address any concerns related 
to our waste rock and tailings facilities.
Waste Rock  
Mining generates waste rock, which is the material that 
is displaced but not processed because it contains little 
to no valuable mineralization. Each of our operations 
has waste rock storage facilities. At our underground 
mines, we use waste rock as backfill underground to 
minimize the amount of waste rock that is brought to 
the surface. For our open-pit mines, we store waste 
rock in storage facilities that are engineered to be both 
geotechnically and geochemically stable. When the 
facility is no longer in use, the waste rock is 
rehabilitated to comply with the agreed end land use.
Tailings 
Tailings are a mixture of ground rock and process 
effluents that are generated in a mineral processing 
plant. Equinox Gold is committed to upholding high 
standards and practices for the management of our 
TSFs and takes guidance from internationally 
recognized protocols, including the International 
Council on Mining and Minerals’ Global Industry 
Standard on Tailings Management and the TSM Tailings 
Management protocol. 
Equinox Gold has eight TSFs in Brazil and two in 
Mexico. We ensure that our workforce, consultants and 
contractors are qualified, well trained and aware of 
potential risks associated with tailings so they can 
successfully carry out their responsibilities with regard 
to construction, operations and management of the 
facilities. Local and international specialists design all 
our TSFs based on internationally recognized 
engineering practices. We use only ‘centreline’ or 
‘downstream’ construction methods, and we conduct 
regular internal and third-party inspections and audits 
to ensure our TSFs are in full compliance with all 
regulatory requirements.  
We regularly monitor water levels within the dams, 
inspect for any seepage from the dams or around the 
foundations of the dams, and monitor for any 
movement of the dams to ensure the facilities are 
performing as designed. Data are compared against 
normal operating parameters by our Resident Tailings 
Engineer at each site and, in the event of any 
significant deviation, the design engineer (‘Engineer of 
Record’) and the federal mining agency would be 
alerted. The Accountable Executive Officer (our Vice 
President of Technical Services) and Equinox Gold’s 
Chief Operating Officer would also be notified of any 
significant deviation and the results of any 
investigations that are conducted. In Brazil, in 
compliance with regulations from the National Mining 
Agency (ANM), which is responsible for overseeing the 
safe operation of TSFs in Brazil, each of our operating 
TSFs is equipped with an audible early warning system 
that would alert both our team and nearby 
communities to any instability issues. 
2021 Performance 
In 2021, we reviewed and updated our waste 
management systems and processes and also started 
training and implementation of the TSM Tailings 
Management protocol. We also published our first 
Tailings Management Overview Report, which includes 
technical details and other information about each of our 
TSFs. This report will be updated in the first half of 2022. 
We conduct regular inspections of our existing TSFs 
and have Independent Tailings Review Boards (ITRB) to 
oversee design and construction of new TSFs that are 
being constructed at Aurizona and Greenstone. Both 
ITRBs met during the year to review plans and progress 
for the new TSFs. In addition, independent engineering 
reviews were conducted at our Brazil TSFs in 2021.

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Designing the Path to Safe Closure 
of a Tailings Storage Facility 
At our Fazenda Mine in Brazil, we have begun the work 
required to permanently close and reclaim one of its 
legacy tailings storage facilities. The facility operated 
from 2000 to 2013 but is no longer required for mine 
operations. We intend to have the facility closed and 
reclaimed by the end of 2022.  
In preparation for closure, engineering and 
environmental studies were conducted on samples of 
tailings and potential cover materials, such as mined 
waste rock, old heap leach materials and geosynthetic 
plastics, to find the best cover system to be placed on 
top of the tailings to prevent erosion and provide the 
best growth substrate for plants.
Based on these studies, we plan to cover the tailings 
with three layers of rock and soil to create a foundation 
for vegetation growth. The first layer will be waste rock, 
which prevents water from within the tailings from 
wicking up towards the soil cover. Old heap leach 
materials will be spread next. The material has been 
tested to confirm that any residual processing chemicals 
have broken down over the years from exposure to sun 
and rain, and they are safe for reuse. This design has the 
added benefit of repurposing waste rock and heap leach 
material that would otherwise be placed in a waste rock 
storage facility. The waste rock and soil layers will be 
sloped to encourage future precipitation to drain off into 
several collection channels that will remove water from 
the facility. Finally, the area will be capped with a layer of 
topsoil, and we will replant with native plants from our 
nursery and seeds from our seed bank.  
Equinox Gold will monitor the reclaimed tailings storage 
facility over the remaining operational life of the 
Fazenda Mine and beyond, and will apply the learnings 
and experience gained from reclamation and monitoring 
of this facility to eventual reclamation of the facilities at 
our other mines. 
During 2021, we undertook significant stripping 
campaigns at Mesquite, Los Filos and RDM to open up 
access to new ore bodies, and as a result generated 
more waste rock compared to gold production at those 
projects than at the other mines. 
2021 Production of Gold, Waste Rock and Tailings 
by Site
Gold Production (oz)         Waste Rock (Mt)          Tailings (Mt)
150,000
75,000
50,000
125,000
100,000
25,000
0
Mesquite
Castle 
Mountain
Los Filos
Mercedes
Aurizona
Fazenda
RDM
Gold (ounces)
Waste Rock / Tailings (M tonnes)
60
30
20
50
40
10
0
What’s Next 
We will continue implementation of the TSM Tailings 
Management with plans to achieve Level A rating for 
75% of the indicators by year end 2022, and Level A for 
all indicators by year end 2023. To achieve this we will:
•	 Ensure all sites have effective processes to 
communicate our approach and commitments in 
relation to tailings management 
•	 Ensure our tailings management system conforms 
with the tailings management framework described 
in the Mining Association of Canada Tailings Guide 
•	 Ensure all sites have tested emergency response 
plans and emergency preparedness plans in 
conformance with the Tailings Guide 
We are also undertaking testwork and reviewing 
alternative disposal techniques, such as thickening or 
filtering of tailings, which would increase long-term 
stability of the tailings and also reduce the water used 
at our operations by increasing water recapture and 
reuse. At RDM, we are installing a thickener in the 
process plant to improve water reuse by up to 25%.

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Biodiversity
Equinox Gold is committed to protecting the species 
and habitats of the areas in which we operate and 
promoting conservation of local biodiversity. We 
adhere to all local and federal regulations and apply the 
RGMP on Biodiversity, Land Use and Mine Closure, as 
well as the TSM Biodiversity Conservation Management 
protocol. We give special consideration to locally 
threatened species and critical habitats at all Equinox 
Gold sites.  
Equinox Gold operates near some important ecosystems 
including the Amazon Preservation Area in Maranhão, 
Brazil and the Caatinga in Bahia, Brazil; Zopilote Gorge 
near our Los Filos operations in Mexico; and the Mojave 
National Preserve in California, USA. Equinox Gold 
carefully manages its activities to minimize and mitigate 
both short- and long-term adverse impacts on the flora 
and fauna in these areas. Prior to commencing 
construction and operations, we develop a baseline 
inventory of flora and fauna to understand the biota of 
significance, both ecological and cultural. With this 
understanding, we develop management plans to 
mitigate or eliminate harm where possible. 
At all of our mines, our biodiversity management plan 
includes monitoring and reclamation of habitats for 
local protected species. Before we disturb the land we 
conduct biodiversity impact assessments to understand 
our site’s characteristics, allowing our local teams to 
ensure that native fauna and significant floral elements 
are identified and relocated during clearing procedures. 
We also maintain plant nurseries to grow native species 
that will be used for progressive reclamation.  
In Brazil, as required by law, we create conservation 
areas by purchasing undisturbed land to protect 
natural ecosystems. Not only do we protect these 
conservation areas from development, hunters, 
poachers and illegal small-scale mining activity, they 
also allow us to document the biological wealth of 
these areas and their importance and to contribute to 
the maintenance of regional biodiversity, while 
minimizing the impact to local populations of 
important species of fauna and flora. 
Protecting the Bat Population Near 
Mercedes 
Bats play an important role within Mexico’s ecosystems, 
particularly as pollinators of local plants including 
agave. In the communities around Equinox Gold’s 
Mercedes Mine, sap is harvested from agave plants and 
used to make bacanora, a popular alcoholic beverage 
that is important to the economy in Sonora State, 
Mexico. The bats are also a critical contributor to local 
agriculture, consuming pests that can damage crops. 
Decommissioned mine shafts provide excellent habitat 
for a wide variety of bat species. At Mercedes, a 
comprehensive program initiated in 2008 focuses on 
the identification and monitoring of bat populations in 
the region. A variety of methods including physical 
surveys, ultra-acoustic detection, video recording, 
automatic cameras with infrared and thermal sensors 
and an electronic bat counter are used to track the 
numbers, distribution, behaviours and migration 
parameters of 20 bat species that live in or migrate 
through a Bat Protection Area near the mine. Mercedes 
sponsors the program and the mine’s environmental 
team actively participates in the monitoring programs, 
helping to protect local species and contribute to global 
research about bat migration and behaviours.

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Near Santa Luz we have purchased and now protect 
compensatory land in the Caatinga region, the only 
exclusively Brazilian biome; a large part of its biological 
heritage cannot be found anywhere else in the world. 
We have also protected habitat near Castle Mountain 
for the desert tortoise.
In adherence to our Environment and Climate Change 
Policy, we seek partnerships with local communities, 
NGOs, government and academia to achieve positive 
biodiversity outcomes. At Castle Mountain, for example, 
we have partnered with local communities and NGOs 
to protect local bighorn sheep and golden eagles. At 
Mercedes, our efforts have focused on the protection 
of important bat species. 
2021 Performance 
At Castle Mountain, we partnered with the Californian 
Big Horn Sheep Conservation Society to install 
watering points for big horn sheep within our mining 
lease. The Castle Mountain team also established a 
partnership with the town of Searchlight in Nevada to 
transplant Joshua trees into their community. This 
initiative expands beyond regulatory requirements to 
salvage the species from mine lands, while enhancing 
community green spaces with the Joshua tree, which 
has become an iconic symbol of the American desert.
Conserving Wildlife in California 
The Desert Bighorn Sheep Wildlife Project is a 
partnership with species experts such as the Society for 
the Conservation of Bighorn Sheep (SCBS) that work in 
the area near our Castle Mountain Mine in California, 
USA. From the arid desert of the Mojave to the snowy 
heights of the Sierra Mountains, California is home to 
many distinct populations of bighorn sheep.
In 2021, Castle Mountain’s employees and about 30 
SCBS volunteers installed a new wildlife guzzler system 
at the mine site – an artificially created water source 
that allows the animals to find consistent freshwater in 
the otherwise arid region. The Desert Bighorn Sheep 
rely on these guzzlers, particularly during drought years.
Castle Mountain is also conducting golden eagle surveys 
as part of our baseline environmental studies. The 
golden eagle is a protected species that requires careful 
monitoring and management. In 2021, we partnered 
with experts from the American Eagle Research 
Institute, which outfits the eagles with GPS devices that 
can track the eagles’ movements for up to three years, 
allowing more detailed monitoring of their behaviour.
We also mitigate any potential impacts to the 
threatened desert tortoise at both our Castle Mountain 
and Mesquite mines.  We ensure that all of our 
operational areas are fully fenced with ‘tortoise-proof’ 
mesh and enforce stringent speed limits on access 
roads to reduce risk from vehicles. Our site employees 
are trained to identify and report tortoises found onsite 
and trained biologists are employed to identify tortoise 
dens, so the tortoises can be relocated to suitable 
habitat outside the mine boundaries.

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What’s Next 
In 2022, Castle Mountain reached an agreement with 
the Desert Research Institute to establish a 
collaborative long-term program to advance and 
analyze the success of Joshua Tree seedling 
germination, transplantation and survivorship.  
We will increase the number of reporting indicators 
across the organization to include key performance 
indicators for biodiversity, such as protected species 
and critical habitats, and have set a 2022 target to 
achieve TSM Level A rating for at least 75% of the 
indicators of the Biodiversity Conservation protocol 
across all operations. Level A rating requires: 
•	 Demonstrated senior management commitment to 
achieve identified biodiversity outcomes 
•	 Communication on our commitment to biodiversity 
conservation to relevant employees, contractors and 
local stakeholders 
•	 Clear roles, responsibilities and accountabilities for 
implementation of the commitment 
•	 Having a plan or management system to manage 
potential impacts on biodiversity
Reclamation          
and Closure
Equinox Gold is committed to being a responsible 
steward of the lands on which we operate, not only 
during operations but also through mine closure. While 
mining has an inevitable impact on the land, we strive 
to minimize our impact by performing progressive 
reclamation activities during the life of mine. When we 
are finished working in an area we immediately begin 
reclaiming the land, replanting as appropriate or 
implementing closure plans that have been established 
in collaboration with regulators and local communities.
Our closure plans prioritize public safety and 
environmental protection. They are in place to ensure 
that local communities, governments and the Company 
do not face long-term environmental impacts, risk or 
liabilities. Our goal is to return the land as closely as 
possible to its original state. That starts with protecting 
the long-term health and viability of the natural 
environment surrounding or affected by our activities 
throughout the mine’s operating life. We also research 
the best techniques to achieve our closure 
commitments so we can optimize the closure process, 
sometimes partnering with local universities or other 
parties to achieve these goals. 
As part of the permitting process, all Equinox Gold 
sites have long-term closure plans that are updated 
during each stage of development to ensure successful 
reclamation when operations cease. We study and 
learn from the international mining community to 
identify and adopt relevant best practices, which 
includes conserving seed banks and setting aside 
reclamation materials such as organics and top soil that 
we will use for closure. We also maintain a site nursery 
with plants that are salvaged during the clearing 
process or grown from locally sourced seed that can be 
used to replant areas as they are reclaimed. When 
undertaking reclamation, we set vegetation density and 
species targets that mirror the surrounding natural area 
so we can monitor the success of our reclamation 
activities.

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2021 Performance 
During 2021, all Equinox Gold operations carried out 
progressive reclamation activities at our mine sites, 
reclaiming a total of 114 hectares of land.
Aurizona Wetland Protection and 
Seedling Nursery
Our Aurizona Mine is located near wetlands that are 
part of the Brazilian Amazon biome. These wetlands are 
host to an extraordinary diversity of plants and animals 
and are fundamental to the conservation of global 
biodiversity and protection of the Amazon ecosystem.
We have programs in place to monitor the health and 
diversity of flora and fauna in the region, including a 
partnership with the Ecos de Gaia Institute. This 
partnership includes flora and fauna relocation and 
rescue programs, monitoring the health of local 
ecosystems and relocating native plant and animal 
species to increase diversity in areas that have been 
reforested.
As part of our commitment to environmental protection 
and progressive site reclamation, Aurizona rehabilitates 
areas that have been previously used for exploration or 
mining activities. To support its reforestation efforts, 
Aurizona has a seedling nursery for native species with 
the capacity to produce more than 18,000 seedlings a 
year from a native seed bank. Since 2018, nearly 9,000 
seedlings have been planted in areas surrounding the 
mine, beginning the reforestation process across more 
than 118,540 m2 of land. 
This program has been aided by a committed 
composting effort by site employees. Every day our 
employees separate compostable material from other 
waste streams in our meal rooms. During 2021, almost 
39,000 kilograms of food waste was diverted to 
composting, making useful fertilizer from waste. 
Aurizona also donates seedlings to neighbouring 
communities and its employees, which helps to support 
reforestation efforts and also provides community 
education on the importance of biodiversity and 
environmental protection, to ensure the long-term 
health of the Brazilian Amazon biome.
Progressive Reclamation at Los Filos 
During 2016-2021, progressive reclamation at Los Filos 
has been carried out to ensure the physical and 
chemical stability of the waste rock piles. To control 
erosion, the team reshapes the slopes, constructs water 
diversion channels and installs mats of biodegradable 
material. Other work to maintain physical stability 
includes hydroseeding with grasses and reforestation 
with species native to the region, with about a 90% 
success rate. Finally, we incorporate findings from 
environmental studies to achieve soil restoration efforts 
and re-establishment of native flora and fauna so the 
area can revert to its natural ecosystem.
In total 121 hectares of waste rock have been reshaped 
and 84 hectares have been hydroseeded, reforested and 
had structures installed to guard against wind and rain 
erosion. Successful re-establishment of vegetation has 
resulted in a noticeable increase of biological activity in 
the reclaimed areas. Our monitoring programs show 
that many species of insects, birds, mammals and 
reptiles have established themselves or have used 
reclaimed areas to move from one habitat to another.
What’s Next 
In 2022, Equinox Gold operations will carry out 
progressive reclamation activities and we will continue 
to align our practices, systems, and standards with the 
RGMP on Biodiversity, Land Use and Mine Closure. We 
will also ensure closure plans are reviewed and updated 
for all sites.
April 2017
May 2021
May 2021

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Cautionary Notes
Cautionary Notes And Forward-Looking Statements
This ESG Report contains certain forward-looking information and forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities 
legislation and may include future-oriented financial information. Forward-looking statements and forward-looking information in this edocument 
relate to, among other things: the strategic vision for the Company and expectations regarding exploration potential, production capabilities and 
future financial or operational performance; the Company’s ability to successfully execute its ESG strategy and achieve its ESG objectives; and the 
Company’s ability to successfully advance its growth and development projects, including the construction of Greenstone and the expansions at 
Los Filos, Aurizona and Castle Mountain. Forward-looking statements or information generally identified by the use of the words “believe”, “will”, 
“advancing”, “strategy”, “plans”, “budget”, “anticipated”, “expected”, “estimated”, “on track”, “target”, “objective” and similar expressions and 
phrases or statements that certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”, or “should”, or the negative connotation of such terms, are intended to 
identify forward-looking statements and information. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking 
statements and information are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on forward-looking statements since the Company can give no 
assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. The Company has based these forward-looking statements and information on the 
Company’s current expectations and projections about future events and these assumptions include: Equinox Gold’s ability to achieve the 
exploration, production, cost and development expectations for its respective operations and projects; prices for gold remaining as estimated; 
currency exchange rates remaining as estimated; construction of Greenstone being completed and performed in accordance with current 
expectations; expansion projects at Los Filos, Castle Mountain and Aurizona being completed and performed in accordance with current 
expectations; tonnage of ore to be mined and processed; ore grades and recoveries; availability of funds for the Company’s projects and future 
cash requirements; capital, decommissioning and reclamation estimates; Mineral Reserve and Mineral Resource estimates and the assumptions on 
which they are based; prices for energy inputs, labour, materials, supplies and services; no labour-related disruptions and no unplanned delays or 
interruptions in scheduled construction, development and production, including by blockade or industrial action; the Company’s working history 
with the workers, unions and communities at Los Filos; all necessary permits, licenses and regulatory approvals are received in a timely manner; 
and the Company’s ability to comply with environmental, health and safety laws. While the Company considers these assumptions to be 
reasonable based on information currently available, they may prove to be incorrect. Accordingly, readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance 
on the forward-looking statements or information contained in this document. 
The Company cautions that forward-looking statements and information involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that 
may cause actual results and developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements and 
information contained in this ESG Report and the Company has made assumptions and estimates based on or related to many of these factors. 
Such factors include, without limitation: negative publicity with respect to the Company’s handling of environmental matters or dealings with 
community groups and Indigenous populations, whether true or not; fluctuations in gold prices; fluctuations in prices for energy inputs, labour, 
materials, supplies and services; fluctuations in currency markets; operational risks and hazards inherent with the business of mining (including 
environmental accidents and hazards, industrial accidents, equipment breakdown, unusual or unexpected geological or structural formations, 
cave-ins, flooding and severe weather); inadequate insurance, or inability to obtain insurance to cover these risks and hazards; employee relations; 
relationships with, and claims by, local communities and indigenous populations; the Company’s ability to obtain all necessary permits, licenses 
and regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all; changes in laws, regulations and government practices, including environmental, export and 
import laws and regulations; legal restrictions relating to mining including those imposed in connection with COVID-19; risks relating to 
expropriation; increased competition in the mining industry; a successful relationship between the Company and Orion; and those factors 
identified in the section titled “Risks Related to the Business” in the Company’s Annual Information Form dated March 24, 2022, for the year ended 
December 31, 2021, and those factors identified in the section titled “Risks and Uncertainties” in the Company’s Management’s Discussion and 
Analysis dated March 23, 2022, for the year ended December 31, 2021, both of which are available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on EDGAR at 
www.sec.gov/edgar. 
Forward-looking statements and information are designed to help readers understand management’s views as of that time with respect to future 
events and speak only as of the date they are made. Except as required by applicable law, the Company assumes no obligation to update or to 
publicly announce the results of any change to any forward-looking statement or information contained or incorporated by reference to reflect 
actual results, future events or developments, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting the forward-looking statements and 
information. If the Company updates any one or more forward-looking statements, no inference should be drawn that the Company will make 
additional updates with respect to those or other forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements and information contained in this 
document are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement.
Data Review and Technical Content
Doug Reddy, MSc, P.Geo, Chief Operating Officer for Equinox Gold and a qualified person under National Instrument 43-101, has reviewed and 
approved the content of this document. Georgina Blanco, MPhil, PhD, VP External Affairs and Social Responsibility for Equinox Gold, has reviewed 
and approved the content of this document related to human rights, Indigenous relationships, and community engagement and development. 
John Marshall, VP Human Resources for Equinox Gold, has reviewed and approved the content in this document related to employment practices 
and workforce composition. Kelly Boychuk, P.Eng., VP Technical Services for Equinox Gold, has reviewed and approved the content in this 
document related to tailings management. Dennis Wilson, EP, VP Health, Safety and Environment for Equinox Gold, has reviewed and approved 
the content of this document related to health and safety, water management, and environmental performance.
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