Shandong Guoda Gold Co., Ltd. Solid Waste Pollution Prevention and Control Information Disclosure

Shandong Guoda Gold Co., Ltd.

Information Disclosure on the Prevention and Control of Solid Waste Pollution

I. Basic Information of the Unit

1. Company Profile

Shandong Guoda Gold Co., Ltd. is located at No. 668, Guoda Road, Zhaoyuan City. It covers an area of 680,000 square meters. ， Number of employees 1500 people The company belongs to the gold smelting industry. Legal representative: Sun Haofei. Unified Social Credit Code: 9137000025714066XN. The company was put into operation in November 1986 and possesses advanced production technologies such as direct cyanidation, roasting cyanidation, two-stage roasting, solvent extraction and electrowinning, hydrometallurgy of gold, hydrometallurgy of copper, acid production from tailings, waste heat power generation, and multi-element recovery from tailings. It has a large industrial scale, a full range of processes, high technical content, and good economic benefits. Currently, Guoda Company has a daily comprehensive processing capacity of 1,500 tons, with an annual output of 15 tons of gold, 40 tons of silver, 400,000 tons of sulfuric acid, and 50 million kWh of waste heat power generation. The main source of pollutants in the company is the acid production process, mainly including sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and particulate matter in the waste gas. Wastewater is treated and recycled without external discharge, and no related pollutants are produced. The company's solid waste is strictly classified, collected, and stored in accordance with the Solid Waste Law.

2. Environmental Impact Assessment Approval and Acceptance of Construction Projects

Currently, all existing projects of the company have legally and compliantly completed environmental impact assessment procedures. Details of environmental impact assessment approval and acceptance are shown in the table below:

3. Issuance and Implementation of Discharge Permits

Shandong Guoda Gold Co., Ltd. submitted an application in accordance with the national discharge permit application guidelines and obtained the discharge permit on July 20, 2020, with the number: 9137000026714066XN001X. It belongs to the key management category. The main pollutant discharge outlets of the company are located within the factory area, including 7 organized emission outlets for waste gas. All of them have standard testing platforms and outlets, and waste gas emission signs are hung in prominent locations. The company's environmental information and monitoring data are publicly available on the company's external website (URL: http://www.sdguoda.com/news/2/ ). The company submits discharge implementation reports as required by the discharge permit application.

4. Hazardous Waste Operation License

The company's hazardous waste operation license number is: Yantai Wei Zheng 011, valid from July 20, 2020 to July 20, 2025, with a total operating scale of 670,000 tons. Among them, HW48(091-002-48) 70,000 tons/year, HW33（092-003-33,336-104-33）600,000 tons/year. The approved business methods are: collection, storage, utilization***.

5. Preparation, Filing, and Material Provision of Contingency Plans

To prevent environmental accidents in the enterprise and implement the enterprise's environmental main responsibility, the company commissioned Yantai Lakai Environmental Consulting Co., Ltd. to prepare a contingency plan for sudden environmental events, which was reviewed and filed on February 23, 2019. Filing number:

370685-2016-009-M. According to the enterprise's environmental safety risk nature, targeted emergency drills for hazardous waste incidents are carried out annually and the records are archived. The entire factory and workshops are equipped with necessary emergency supplies, and environmental safety risk prevention measures are implemented. This ensures that in the event of an environmental incident in the enterprise, it can be handled quickly, promptly, and appropriately, effectively controlling the accident.

6. Clean Production Audit

Our company commissioned Yantai Lakai Environmental Consulting Co., Ltd. to prepare a clean production report, and on March 24, 2018, organized experts to conduct a review, and on October 12, 2018, passed the acceptance of the Zhaoyuan Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau (Zhaoyuan Branch of Yantai Municipal Ecological Environment Bureau).

7. Construction of Pollutant Treatment Facilities and Generation and Treatment of Pollutants

The company's wastewater, noise, and waste gas pollution control facilities are well-constructed and operated. The company's pollutant treatment processes and pollutant treatment facilities have established and posted job responsibilities. The company has standardized the construction of automatic waste gas monitoring equipment and installed network connections for real-time data upload. In 2021, the company revised its self-monitoring plan according to the discharge permit application and commissioned Yantai Ludong Analysis and Testing Co., Ltd. to conduct monitoring according to the monitoring plan. The frequency and types of pollutant monitoring are strictly formulated in accordance with the content of the discharge permit monitoring.

8. Generation, Storage, and Disposal of Solid Waste

The company has 1 hazardous waste storage site and 1 hazardous waste storage room. The hazardous waste storage site and storage room are built according to standards, with signs, markings, and systems posted on the walls, and fire-fighting and metering equipment is complete. The company classifies and collects hazardous waste, stores it in separate areas, and strictly reports and registers it in accordance with hazardous waste standardization management. The company has complete and detailed standardized hazardous waste management accounts, including generation accounts, storage accounts, and transfer accounts. The records are complete, and hazardous waste transfer strictly follows the joint-note system. All generated hazardous waste is transferred to enterprises with hazardous waste operation licenses for proper disposal.

II. Summary of Business Operations

(A) Acceptance, Utilization, and Disposal of Hazardous Waste

In 2021, the company accepted a total of 480.92 tons of hazardous waste, including 419.04 tons of cyanide tailings (092-003-33) and 61.88 tons of inorganic cyanide waste liquid (336-104-33). A total of 21,646.13 tons of accepted hazardous waste was utilized throughout the year. This includes 21,584.25 tons of accepted cyanide tailings (092-003-33) and 61.88 tons of accepted inorganic cyanide waste liquid (336-104-33).

• Generation, Utilization, and Disposal of Newly Generated Hazardous Waste

Shandong Guoda Gold Co., Ltd. generates hazardous waste including cyanide tailings ( 092-003-33), waste oil ( 900-249-08), asbestos waste (900-030-36), waste paint cans (900-041-49), acid sludge ( 261-139-24 ), waste catalyst ( 261-173-50), waste personal protective equipment (900-041-49), waste fluorescent tubes (900-023-29), laboratory waste liquid (900-047-49), laboratory reagent bottles, crucibles (900-047-49) waste filter cloth (900-041-49), waste fuel oil sludge (900-221-08) The company's generation, transfer, and storage of hazardous waste are detailed in the table below.

• General solid waste generation situation

The company's general solid waste is industrial gypsum, mainly generated from the neutralization treatment of acidic wastewater. In 2021, the company's general solid waste was sold to a cement plant. In 2021, the amount of industrial gypsum generated was 49609.4 tons, the amount disposed of was 4271.4 tons, the amount sold was 45048.73 tons, and the remaining 289.27 tons were temporarily stored.

III. Daily Environmental Management and Internal Inspection

(1) Daily Environmental Management

Shandong Guoda Gold Co., Ltd. has established a leading group for environmental protection work, and the company's environmental management personnel 48 people, 10 engineers. The company has established a complete environmental management system, totaling 8 major items, covering all aspects of environmental management. Among them, there are 7 special management systems for hazardous waste, mainly including "Responsibility System for Hazardous Waste Pollution Prevention and Control", "Hazardous Waste Transfer Consignment Note System", "Shandong Guoda Gold Co., Ltd. Facility Operation Record Management System", "Guoda Company Shift Handover Management System", "Hazardous Waste Analysis Management System", "Internal Supervision Management System", and "Testing Center Characteristic Pollutant Detection Plan and Implementation Details".

(2) Internal inspections include the following 3 aspects:

1. Compliance with the licensing conditions stipulated in the "Management Measures for Hazardous Waste Operation Permits"

According to the "Management Measures for Hazardous Waste Operation Permits," In 2020, the hazardous waste operation permit was applied for in strict accordance with this method, and in 2021, hazardous waste was accepted and utilized in strict accordance with the scope of the operation permit throughout the year. In 2021, the scope of the hazardous waste operation permit did not change, and no hazardous waste was operated outside the scope of the operation permit. The operation of hazardous waste throughout the year was legal and compliant, and no illegal situations occurred.

2. Self-inspection against the "Evaluation Indicators for Standardized Environmental Management of Hazardous Waste"

Self-inspection was conducted according to the "Evaluation Indicators for Standardized Environmental Management of Hazardous Waste", and the specific situation is as follows: (1) Operating license system: In 2021, the company strictly followed the provisions of the hazardous waste operating license to conduct business operations. In 2021, the hazardous waste operated was 092-003-33 and 336-104-33. (2) Identification system: In 2021, the company set up standardized hazardous waste identification marks in accordance with national and local relevant standards, set up hazardous waste identification marks at hazardous waste generation, storage, and utilization facilities and sites, and the labels on hazardous waste packaging and containers were complete, detailed, and prominently located. The storage site set up a process flow chart for hazardous waste in the production process. (3) Management plan system: In 2021, a management plan was formulated based on the actual waste generation situation of the company, and the corresponding content was filled in on the provincial solid waste platform and submitted to the Zhaoyuan branch for filing. The company strictly followed the requirements of the management plan for major changes in the types and quantities of waste generated, and for major changes in the entrusted utilization and disposal units and utilization and disposal methods. In 2021, the company made a total of 15 changes to the management plan filing (including adding waste generation categories and adding entrusted utilization and disposal units). (4) Sewage discharge permit system: In 2021, the company strictly followed the requirements of the sewage discharge permit to fill in and submit the sewage discharge permit execution report, and included the waste generation categories in the sewage discharge system. (5) Account book and reporting system: According to the standardized management requirements for hazardous waste, the company truthfully reported at the beginning of the year through the Shandong Provincial Solid Waste and Hazardous Chemicals Informatization and Intelligent Supervision System; the content was complete; and the reported data was true. (6) Transfer system: The company's hazardous waste transfer strictly followed the hazardous waste transfer consignment note system. In 2021, all hazardous waste acceptance and transfer by the company were within Shandong Province, and there was no transfer or acceptance from other provinces. Based on the actual situation, in 2021, the company adopted a combination of online and offline transfer methods to ensure the legal and compliant transfer of hazardous waste. (7) Emergency plan filing system: In 2019, the company compiled an emergency plan for environmental emergencies and a special emergency plan for hazardous waste, and completed the filing. At the beginning of 2021, the company formulated a hazardous waste emergency drill plan and scheme, and organized a drill in June 2021, with drill videos, sign-in sheets, and drill summaries. (8) Storage facility environmental management: The company has two hazardous waste storage sites, with complete project environmental impact assessment procedures and project completion acceptance. In 2021, the hazardous waste storage situation was consistent with the environmental impact assessment, and there was no exceeding the standard storage. (9) Business training:

At the beginning of 2021, the company formulated a training plan and conducted three training sessions on the "Solid Waste Law" normative documents, the company's hazardous waste management system, and the operating procedures for hazardous waste utilization facilities. The training content was comprehensive, and the training records were complete. Through specialized hazardous waste training, the business level of the company's hazardous waste management personnel and on-site operators has been greatly improved. (10) Environmental Impact Assessment System: The company's hazardous waste utilization process and hazardous waste storage sites strictly implement the environmental impact assessment system, with complete procedures. In the post-evaluation of the 1200t/d expansion project in 2019, a special chapter on solid waste was added, the hazardous waste generated by the company was further classified, and it was comprehensively included in the environmental impact assessment for legal evaluation. The types, quantities, and stages of hazardous waste generated by the company are clearly and accurately described. (11) Storage Facility Environmental Management: The company has a total of three hazardous waste storage sites, mainly hazardous waste storage rooms, standardized hazardous waste storage sites, and solid waste sites. They store scattered hazardous waste, direct cyanide tailings, and roasted cyanide tailings respectively. The ground of the storage sites is hardened and leak-proof, the storage sites are surrounded by walls, wind and dust prevention nets are installed around them, and sunshade boards are installed above. Drainage channels are set up around the site to collect washing wastewater into the sedimentation pool and collection pool within the site for dust suppression spraying on the ground. (12) Accident Prevention and Handling Mechanism: The company has established an accident emergency command center, with its office in the safety and environmental protection department. An emergency plan for sudden environmental accidents has been formulated, and the "Accident Prevention and Reporting System" has been compiled. It ensures that accidents are handled properly and reported promptly. In 2021, the company did not experience any environmental accidents. (13) Utilization and Disposal Facility Environmental Management: The company's three hazardous waste utilization facilities have complete environmental impact assessment procedures and have passed the "three simultaneous" acceptance. The operating systems all operate according to the environmental impact assessment design process, and the operating requirements meet the relevant standards. According to the monitoring requirements for key pollution sources in Shandong Province, the company has formulated a monitoring plan and relevant systems, installed automatic online monitoring facilities for SO2, NOx, and dust, and entrusted qualified companies to conduct regular monitoring of other pollution indicators and issue reports. It also publishes the results on the company's external website according to self-monitoring requirements. The frequency and indicators of the company's pollutant monitoring meet the requirements, the regular environmental monitoring reports are complete, and the pollution control meets the relevant standards. According to the relevant requirements of the "General Rules for Identification of Solid Waste", the company identifies the properties of the solid waste (iron powder) after utilization, samples it for toxicity monitoring, and the results meet the leaching toxicity identification standards and are not classified as hazardous waste. (14) Operational Environmental Management Requirements: According to the company's "Hazardous Waste Analysis Management System", the company analyzes the hazardous characteristics of hazardous waste with unclear properties, with the main indicators being cyanide and arsenic. The company's testing center issues hazardous waste sample analysis sheets. In 2021, the hazardous waste sample analysis sheets received by the company were detailed and complete. The company regularly inspects and maintains relevant facilities and records the operation of equipment and facilities. (15) System for Recording and Reporting Business Conditions: In 2021, the company established business accounts for hazardous waste, including detailed hazardous waste analysis records, acceptance records, utilization and disposal records, records of newly generated hazardous waste, internal inspection records, facility operation and environmental monitoring records, personnel training records, accident records and reports, and emergency plan drills records, etc. 9 and The hazardous waste business situation is truthfully recorded, and the data is accurate. Before the 5th of each month, the monthly business report is submitted to the solid waste system platform and the written monthly business situation is submitted to the Zhaoyuan branch according to the requirements. (16) Environmental Pollution Liability Insurance: According to Article 99 of the "Solid Waste Law", the company legally pays environmental pollution liability insurance, with an effective period from September 2020 to September 2021 and from October 2021 to October 2022. (17) Information Release: According to the requirements of Article 29 of the new "Solid Waste Law", in 2021, the company has legally completed the disclosure of information on the prevention and control of hazardous waste pollution. The information disclosure website is http://www.sdguoda.com/news/510.html.

3. Implementation of relevant technical standards and regulations

The company's generation, storage, transportation, and utilization of hazardous waste follow relevant technical standards, including "Technical Specifications for Cyanide Slag Pollution Control in the Gold Industry", "Pollution Control Standard for Hazardous Waste Storage", "Shandong Provincial Regional Comprehensive Emission Standard for Air Pollutants", " Comprehensive Emission Standard for Air Pollutants ". The generation and storage of hazardous waste follow the requirements of the technical standards and regulations in "Technical Specifications for Cyanide Slag Pollution Control in the Gold Industry" and "Pollution Control Standard for Hazardous Waste Storage", and the emission concentration of pollutants during utilization follows "Shandong Provincial Regional Comprehensive Emission Standard for Air Pollutants", " Comprehensive Emission Standard for Air Pollutants ". In 2021, the company's hazardous waste management in the four aspects of production, storage, transportation, and utilization met the relevant technical standards and regulations, and the operation was legal.

Shandong Guoda Gold Co., Ltd.

January 12, 2022