Goal-listed Caledonia Mining has launched its 2025 environmental, social and governance (ESG) report, highlighting progress made on the firm’s flagship Blanket mine, in Zimbabwe.
Caledonia studies that it strengthened its environmental efficiency by enhancing water effectivity, securing a long-term solar energy provide and decreasing incident threat by extra built-in administration of key environmental techniques.
The corporate says its strategy shifted from particular person initiatives to built-in techniques, masking tailings governance, extra water administration, drought resilience and underground air high quality, including that that is mirrored in materially improved environmental efficiency indicators for the yr.
CEO Mark Learmonth notes that, in 2025, the corporate targeted on strengthening the foundations that assist long-term efficiency, embedding ESG extra deeply into the way it manages threat, allocates capital and makes strategic choices.
“As our enterprise evolves, disciplined governance, efficient threat administration and clear accountability stay important to sustaining worth for all stakeholders.”
Caledonia studies that its native provider spend for the yr amounted to $31.9-million, in contrast with $16.5-million in 2024, whereas neighborhood improvement funding amounted to $1.6-million in 2025, in contrast with $1.4-million in 2024.
The corporate studies a complete harm frequency charge of three.47, in contrast with 4.39 in 2024, with 5 lost-time accidents.
“Security continues to be our most elementary precedence. The lack of a colleague in the course of the yr is deeply regretted and reinforces our dedication to eradicate threat by stronger controls and improved oversight,” says Learmonth.
In the meantime, Caledonia decreased complete water consumption to 2.32-million cubic metres, in contrast with 2.8-million cubic metres in 2024, enhancing water depth to 2.8 m3/t milled and 30.49 m3/oz of gold produced.
The corporate recycled 1.01-million cubic metres of course of water, up from 695 383 m3 in 2024, with recycling exceeding two-thirds of plant water use within the second half of the yr.
Caledonia additionally decreased complete gasoline consumption from 3.3-million litres in 2024, to 2.62-million litres in 2025, regardless of elevated grid electrical energy utilization.
The corporate additionally noticed a discount in environmental incidents to 87 within the fourth quarter of 2025 from 176 within the fourth quarter of 2024, with no degree 1 or degree 2 environmental incidents recorded in the course of the yr.
Moreover, Caledonia additionally accomplished the sale of the 12.2 MW photo voltaic plant whereas retaining a long-term energy buy settlement, making certain about 20% to 21% of Blanket’s electrical energy continues to be provided from photo voltaic – over 26 GWh in 2025.
“As Caledonia continues to transition right into a multi-asset gold producer, our ESG framework will stay central to how we ship progress responsibly. Our focus is on sustaining a disciplined, clear and sensible strategy – making certain that we shield our licence to function whereas delivering long-term worth for our stakeholders,” says Learmonth.
