Fortuna publishes its 2025 Sustainability Report
Vancouver, 28.05.2026 (PresseBox) - Fortuna Mining Corp. (NYSE: FSM | TSX: FVI) - https://www.commodity-tv.com/ondemand/companies/profil/fortuna-mining-inc/ - is pleased to announce the publication of its eighth annual Sustainability Report, highlighting 2025 progress across governance, corporate strategy, risk management, and operational performance.
The report outlines Fortuna’s continued focus on the sustainability priorities most material to its business and stakeholders, reflecting a year of portfolio consolidation, strengthened systems, and operational discipline.
Jorge A. Ganoza, President, and CEO, stated, “2025 was a year of meaningful progress for Fortuna, as we strengthened our operational and sustainability performance while advancing key strategic growth priorities. At the same time, we faced a tragic reminder that our commitment to Zero Harm must remain unwavering. Sustainability is embedded in every aspect of our business, guiding decision-making and reinforcing our long-term commitment to our people, our communities, and responsible mining.”
Julien Baudrand, Senior Vice President of Sustainability, commented, “In 2025, we focused on reinforcing the systems, controls, and behaviors to ensure sustainability performance is consistently delivered across our operations. We made tangible progress in critical risk management, water and tailings governance, and climate change action. These efforts strengthen our ability to manage current and future risks proactively while supporting the development of new projects.”
Strategic highlights
During 2025, Fortuna continued to strengthen its sustainability management culture through the implementation of several key initiatives, including:
- Reinforcing Fortuna’s Health and Safety approach through the Critical Risk Management program, active field leadership initiatives and practical training programs.
- Advancing our renewable energy projects helping reduce energy costs in the context of rising fuel prices and our GHG emissions, including the solar plants at the Lindero and Séguéla mines. Progressing on tailings management practices in alignment with the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM).
- Integrating the Diamba Sud Gold Project into Fortuna’s sustainability framework and advancing programs to ensure a high level of readiness before construction.
Governance
- 63% of directors have expertise in safety, sustainability, and ESG
- 5% of Board members are women
- 30% of executive short-term incentive compensation is tied to sustainability performance
- One fatal incident involving a subcontractor
- Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR): 0.00
- Total Recordable Injury Frequency Rate (TRIFR): 0.74
- 100% of operating mines certified under ISO 45001
- Zero confirmed cases of human rights violations or corruption
- 4,286 total workers (employees and contractors)
- 14% female employees
- 18% female representation in management positions
- 93% national employees
- Zero significant community disputes or non-technical delays
- US$258 million in contributions to governments
- US$4.36 million invested in community programs
- 33% of employees from local communities
- Zero significant environmental spills
- Zero water-related regulatory non-compliance incidents
- 100% of operating mines certified under ISO 14001
- Carbon intensity: 0.41 tCO₂e per gold equivalent ounce
- 17% of energy consumption from renewable sources
- Water consumption intensity: 0.19 m³ per tonne
- 65% water recycled or reused
In 2026, Fortuna’s sustainability priorities remain focused on strengthening operational discipline, risk management, and long-term resilience across the business. Key priorities include:
- Continuing to improve effectiveness and consistency of Critical Risk Management, with particular emphasis on field verification activities and contractor Health and Safety performance.
- Advancing water and tailings governance while continuing the integration of physical climate risk considerations into mining operations and development projects.
- Consolidating sustainability systems across the portfolio, including readiness initiatives at Diamba Sud, to ensure social and environmental considerations are embedded from the earliest stages of development.
- Reinforcing the behaviors, systems, and capabilities that support the Company’s social license to operate, particularly in areas where water stewardship, land use, and community expectations intersect.
As part of its commitment to transparency, Fortuna prepares its disclosures using internationally recognized standards and guidance frameworks, including SASB, IFRS S1, GRI, and TCFD, while continuing to advance toward alignment with IFRS S2. The Company also provides expanded sustainability data through its Sustainability Data Book and Interactive Analyst Center, offering detailed site-level and corporate performance information.
Fortuna’s 2025 Sustainability Report is available on our website at www.fortunamining.com
Questions and feedback are welcomed at: [email protected]
About Fortuna Mining Corp.
Fortuna Mining Corp. is a Canadian precious metals mining company with three operating mines and exploration activities in Argentina, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Guyana, and Peru, as well as the Diamba Sud Gold Project located in Senegal. Sustainability is integral to all our operations and relationships. We produce gold and silver and generate shared value over the long-term for our stakeholders through efficient production, environmental protection, and social responsibility. For more information, please visit our website at www.fortunamining.com
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
Jorge A. Ganoza
President, CEO, and Director
Fortuna Mining Corp.
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Forward-Looking Statements
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