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Workplace Health and Safety
Crosshair is committed to upholding the highest standards for workplace health and safety for all employees. The company has developed a set of uranium health and safety guidelines that are based on those of Saskatchewan, which are widely accepted as industry standard. All workers undergo a safety and orientation session upon their arrival at the work site, where they are instructed on Crosshair's health and safety and environmental protection guidelines.
Radiation exposure from uranium exploration activities is generally very low, but proper measures must be followed when working around radioactive materials in order to minimize the levels of personal exposure. These include minimizing the handling of radioactive material and wearing proper personal protective equipment (PPE) when doing so. While working on site all geologists, prospectors, drillers, core technicians and core splitters wear Thermoluminescent Dosimeter (TLD) badges, which are used to measure each worker's level of radiation exposure. The TLD badges are issued by Health Canada's National Dosimetry Service, who assess and report on each worker's exposure levels.
Uranium mineralization on Crosshair's Central Mineral Belt (CMB) uranium project is typically of lower grade than that of some major uranium districts worldwide, such as the Athabasca Basin of Saskatchewan where some deposits have average grades above 5% U3O8 (ex: McArthur River, Cigar Lake).
Wildlife and Habitat Protection
Crosshair is committed to carrying out its exploration activity in a manner so as to minimize disturbance to wildlife and the natural environment. All work plans are carried out in compliance with work permits issued by the Provincial and Nunatsiavut Governments. In 2006, Crosshair contracted Sikumiut Environmental Management Limited to develop a comprehensive EPP in support of the company's various work plans on the CMB uranium project.
Crosshair strictly adheres to a non-hunting and non-fishing policy for all employees and contractors while working on site. Exploration programs and airborne geophysical surveys are planned so as to avoid sensitive periods for wildlife, such as caribou calving and post-calving periods.
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