Risk Management Policy

Vulcan Resources Limited ("Company")

Policy

The Company will maintain a risk management framework that will comply with Standards Australia Risk Management Standard and that seeks to:

avoid the likelihood of unacceptable outcomes and costly surprises;
provide greater openness and transparency in decision making and ongoing management processes;
provide for a better understanding of issues associated with the Company’s activities;
comprise an effective reporting framework for meeting corporate governance requirements; and
allow an appropriate assessment of innovative processes to identify risks before they occur and allow informed judgement.

The Company's Board encourages management to foster an open culture of risk awareness and development and monitoring of processes that enhance the management of risk.

Objectives

The objectives of this risk management policy are to:

provide a structured risk management framework that will provide senior management and the Board with comfort that the risks confronting the organisation are identified and managed effectively;
create an integrated risk management process owned and managed by Company personnel that is both continuous and effective; and
ensure that the management of risk is integrated into the development of strategic and business plans, and the achievement of the Company’s vision and values.

Responsibility

Management is responsible for efficient and effective risk management across the activities of the group. This will include ensuring the implementation of policies and procedures that address risk identification and control, training and reporting.

The Managing Director will be responsible for ensuring the process for managing risks is integrated within business planning and management activities.

Reporting

Reports on Risk Management should be provided to the Audit and Risk Management Committee by the Managing Director or the executives responsible for management of the individual risks.

The Audit and Risk Management Committee will be responsible for monitoring the risk management process within the group.