SRC Announces Carbon Emissions for Q3 of 2022

Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - November 30, 2022) - Stakeholder Gold Corporation (TSXV: SRC) ("Stakeholder" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the calculation of Scope 1,2 and 3 emissions produced across the Company's operations in Q3 of 2022.

The World Resource Institute's greenhouse gas protocol (GHG Protocol) establishes a framework for calculating Scope 1, 2 and 3 carbon emissions. The framework for classifying carbon emissions can be summarized as follows:

SCOPE 1	SCOPE 2	SCOPE 3
Direct	Supporting Activities	Suppliers & Contractors
Fuel Combustion	Purchased Electricity	Purchased Goods & Services
Company Vehicles	Heat & Steam	Business Travel
Fugitive Emissions	Retail Logistics Fleet	Employee Commuting
		Waste Disposal
		Use of Solid Products
		Transport & Distribution (Upstream / Down)
		Investments
		Leased Assets & Franchises

 

Stakeholder has calculated the following Scope emissions for operations during Q3 of 2022.

Scope 1

	July	August	September	TOTAL
1 Quarry Ops. Diesel	12,864 kg CO2	10,720 kg CO2	8,576 kg CO2	32,160 kg CO2
Fugitive Emissions	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
2 Vehicles (Gasoline)	2,466 kg CO2	2,295 kg CO2	2,351 kg CO2	7,112 kg CO2
1 Vehicles (Diesel)	665 kg CO2	1,230 kg CO2	820 kg CO2	2,715 kg CO2
3 Vehicles (Ethanol)	22 kg CO2	n/a	28 kg CO2	50 kg CO2
4 Butane Fuel C4H10	78 kg CO2	156 kg CO2	0 kg CO2	234 kg CO2
Total	16,095 kg CO2	14,401 kg CO2	11,775 kg CO2	42,271 kg CO2

 

¹ Using 2.68 kg of CO₂ / litre of diesel (C₁₂H₂₃) consumed in operations
² Using 2.3 kg of CO₂ / litre of gasoline (C₈H₁₈) consumed in operations
³ Using 0.0 kg of CO₂ / litre of ethanol (C₂H₅OH) consumed in operations
⁴ Using 3.0 kg of CO₂ / kg of butane (C₄H₁₀) consumed in operations

Scope 2

	July	August	September	TOTAL
Water Gen. *	306.32 kWh	598.90 kWh	598.90 kWh	1,504.12 kWh 0 kg CO2
Wind Gen. *	5.62 kWh	10.98 kWh	10.98 kWh	27.58 kWh 0 kg CO2
Solar Gen. *	0.06 kWh	0.12 kWh	0.12 kWh	0.31 kWh 0 kg CO2
Total	312 kWh	610 kWh	610 kWh	1,532 kWh 0kg CO2

 

* CEMIG DISTRIBUIÇÃO S.A. power generation complex (Water 98.18% - Wind 1.8% - Solar 0.02%)

Scope 3

	July	August	September	TOTAL
Business Travel	1,500 kg CO2	1,500 kg CO2	1,500 kg CO2	4,500 kg CO2
Employee Commuting	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Waste Disposal	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
1 Transportation 1	66,946 kg CO2	13,101 kg CO2	48,667 kg CO2	128,714 kg CO2
2 Processing *	519 kg CO2	102 kg CO2	377 kg CO2	998 kg CO2
3 Transportation 2	13,872 kg CO2	2,715 kg CO2	10,084 kg CO2	26,671 kg CO2
Investments	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Leases & Franchises	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Total	82,837 kg CO2	17,418 kg CO2	60,628 kg CO2	160,883 kg CO2

 

* ENERGIAS do BRASIL S.A. power generation complex (81% - Renewable in 2021)

¹ Transportation 1 Transportation of quarry block to client purchasing station
² Processing Cutting and polishing of quarry materials at client processing sites
³ Transportation 2 Transportation of refined quarry tiles to overseas markets

The Company is also pleased to announce the successful completion of a 2022 tree planting initiative on the Company's Cormier Road Reforestation and Rewilding Project in the Botsford area of New Brunswick, Canada. The Company has successfully planted 32,089 trees in the following quantities:

• 18,900 Red Spruce

• 9,350 Eastern White Pine

• 3,836 White Spruce
  32,089 Total

Cormier Road Reforestation and Rewilding Project (October 2022)

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The Company estimates that the lifecycle growth of these trees will sequester 12,836 Tonnes of CO₂ from the atmosphere. With these estimates the Company is 10X carbon negative for 2022, sequestering 10X more carbon from the atmosphere than the sum of Company emissions from all sources.

"The company calculates that during Q3 of 2022 its operations released 203,154 kg (203.154 Tonnes) of CO₂ emissions from all sources compared with 274,523 kg (274.523 Tonnes) in Q2 2022," stated Christopher Berlet, CEO of Stakeholder.

"This year we have undertaken a rewilding and reforestation tree planting initiative on a property that had been clear cut in the Botsford Area of New Brunswick, Canada. Our calculations support that the lifecycle sequestration of carbon from the 32,089 native species trees which we have planted will exceed by a factor of 10 the sum of carbon emissions from all sources of our business in 2022. This would mean that the company is carbon negative for 2022 by a factor of 10X, sequestering 10 times more carbon from the atmosphere with our tree planting initiatives than the sum of carbon that is released by all sources from corporate activities."

Further information can be reviewed at: WWW.SRC.LIVE

The Company reports blue quartzite sales for Q3 of $698,108 CAD vs. Q2 sales of $659,296 CAD and gross margin for Q3 of $595,758 CAD vs. a Q2 gross margin of $558,784 CAD. Net profit margin for Q3 of 2022 has been calculated at 85% for the quarter.

For the nine months ended September 30^th, the Company has reported revenue of $1,953,500 CAD with a gross margin of $1,654,655 CAD and an overall profit margin of 85%.

About Stakeholder

Stakeholder Gold Corp. is a junior resource company developing cash flow from the production and sale of exotic Blue Quartzite at its wholly owned Blue Quartzite quarry in Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Stakeholder Gold Corp. also has 100% ownership of the Ballarat Gold Project which holds 7,442 hectares of claims located in the heart of the White Gold District of the Yukon Territory, Canada. The Company's Ballarat Project claim group includes an area extending over 10 km of the road construction route for the Northern Gateway Road which is being built to service the White Gold District. The Ballarat claim group also includes title to 10 claims located within the nearby Coffee Project which is being developed by Newmont Corp. south of the Yukon River.

For further information please contact:

Stakeholder Gold Corporation
Telephone: (416) 525 - 6869
cberlet@stakeholdergold.com

Forward Looking Information

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