Agnico Eagle’s mission is to run a high quality, easy to understand business, that generates superior long-term per share returns for our shareholders, creates a great place to work for our employees, and that is a leading contributor to the well-being of the communities in which we operate.Agnico Eagle’s mission is to build a high-quality, easy to understand business — one that generates superior long-term returns for our shareholders, creates a great place to work for our employees, and contributes positively to the communities in which we operate. Our business strategy has supported this mission consistently for many years. We aim to minimize our financial and political risk while using Agnico Eagle’s broad range of technical skills and experience to build long-life, manageable operations in mining-friendly regions.We invite you to leave your comments on this page. Please respect the internet community and conform to the usage guidelines and regulations of Facebook. Explicitly hateful comments, or those that directly attack other users, their character, by including a link to another website or of a religious or discriminatory nature will be removed. We reserve the right to block users who commit multiple infractions of the above-stated actions.Our exploration strategy helps fuel this growth. We focus on growing our gold reserves and production in mining-friendly regions, acquiring early-stage opportunities, and adding value through our exploration and mine-building expertise. We are well positioned to continue growing output through our internal expansion projects, potential development of the large Meliadine, Amaruq, El Barqueño and Kirkland Lake projects, and our ongoing exploration activities, as well as through potential acquisitions, joint ventures and partnerships.