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Exhibit 95.1

 

MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE

 

Pursuant to Section 1503(a) of the recently enacted Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”), issuers that are operators, or that have a subsidiary that is an operator, of a coal or other mine in the United States are required to disclose in their periodic reports filed with the SEC information regarding specified health and safety violations, orders and citations, issued under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (the “Mine Act”) by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (the “MSHA”), as well as related assessments and legal actions, and mining-related fatalities.

 

The following table provides information for the year ended December 31, 2021.

 

Mine  Mine Act §104 Violations (1)   Mine Act §104(b) Orders (2)   Mine Act §104(d) Citations and Orders (3)   Mine Act §110(b)(2) Violations (4)   Mine Act §107(a) Orders (5)   Proposed Assessments from MSHA (In dollars $)   Mining Related Fatalities   Mine Act §104(e) Notice (yes/no) (6)   Pending Legal Action before Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (yes/no)
Bunker Hill Mine   2    0    0    0    0    125    0    0   No

 

(1)The total number of violations received from MSHA under §104 of the Mine Act, which includes citations for health or safety standards that could significantly and substantially contribute to a serious injury if left unabated.
  
(2)The total number of orders issued by MSHA under §104(b) of the Mine Act, which represents a failure to abate a citation under §104(a) within the period of time prescribed by MSHA.
  
(3)The total number of citations and orders issued by MSHA under §104(d) of the Mine Act for unwarrantable failure to comply with mandatory health or safety standards.
  
(4)The total number of flagrant violations issued by MSHA under §110(b)(2) of the Mine Act.
  
(5)The total number of orders issued by MSHA under §107(a) of the Mine Act for situations in which MSHA determined an imminent danger existed.
  
(6)A written notice from the MSHA regarding a pattern of violations, or a potential to have such pattern under §104(e) of the Mine Act.