AWARDS: NAP receives safety, exploration honours

TORONTO – North American Palladium has been honoured twice, for both its outstanding safety performance as well as its exploration achievements.

In recognition of the Lac des Iles mine's outstanding safety performance in 2011, LDI has been selected by the John T. Ryan Safety Trophy Committee, which is comprised of mines inspectors and association executive directors, as the recipient of the 2011 John T. Ryan, Ontario Regional Safety Trophy in the metal mine category. The award recognizes LDI's safety excellence demonstrated by all employees throughout 2011 who achieved the lowest reportable injury rate among Ontario's metal mines. The award will be officially presented to Brad Corrigan, LDI's general manager.

In addition, LDI's exploration group was presented the Bernie Schnieders Discovery of the Year Award for 2011 in recognition of the group's exceptional exploration achievements in discovery of mineralization in the underground zones at LDI. The award was presented on behalf of the Northwestern Ontario Prospectors Association to John Corkery, director of exploration, at the Northwestern Ontario Mines and Minerals Symposium held in Thunder Bay on April 3, 2012.

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