Boliden — Environmental & Social Information 2017

Jun 30, 2017

Report of payments to government agencies

This report has been prepared in accordance with Swedish law (2015:812) on the reporting of payments to government agencies and refers to the 2016 financial year. Boliden AB is presenting this report because the Boliden Group includes companies that conduct extractive industry operations. All extractive industry operations are conducted within Business Area Mines and the report consequently only details information relating to that Business Area.

All amounts are in SEK million. In accordance with § 6 of the above mentioned law, all payments of amounts below SEK 860 thousand have been omitted.

Payments by country

Country	Taxes levied on the income, production or profits of Production companies 1 ) entitlements		Royalties Dividends	Signature, discovery and production bonuses	Licence fees, rental fees, entry fees and other considerations for licences and/or concessions		Payments for infrastructure improvements Total
Sweden	-	253	-	-	-	6	-	259
Finland	-	137	-	-	-	-	-	137
Ireland	7	-	28	-	-	-	-	35
Total	7	390	28	-	-	6	-	431

Payments by government agency and country

Government agency
Mining Inspectorate Västerbotten County	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	5
Council	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
Swedish Tax Agency	-	253	-	-	-	-	-	253
Total, Sweden	-	253	-	-	-	6	-	259
Finnish Tax Agency	-	137	-	-	-	-	-	137
Total, Finland	-	137	-	-	-	-	-	137
Department of
Communications,
Climate Act and
Environment	7	-	28	-	-	-	-	35
Total, Ireland	7	-	28	-	-	-	-	35
Total	7	390	28	-	-	6	-	431

1) Tax paid in Sweden refers to Boliden Mineral AB. Boliden Mineral AB comprises the Rönnskär smelter and Group-wide functions.

For a total summery of the Groups tax paid, see Note 17 of the 2016 Annual Report.

Payments at project level are not reported because all payment obligations have arisen at company level.