The International Cyanide Management Institute (ICMI) announced today that the Australian Gold Reagents’ (AGR) cyanide production plant in Kwinana, Western Australia, has been recertified as compliant with the International Cyanide Management Code (Code).
The AGR cyanide production plant was initially certified in compliance with the Code in October 2007. ICMI has received and accepted a Detailed Audit Findings Report prepared by an independent professional third-party auditor who re-evaluated this operation against ICMI’s Verification Protocol and found it in substantial compliance with the Code’s Principles and Production Practices. The operation can be fully certified once it has implemented its Corrective Action Plan and achieved full compliance with the Code
The Summary Audit Report, Corrective Action Plan, and Auditor Credentials form for the AGR cyanide production plant are available on AGR’s Signatory Page on the ICMI web site: http://cyanidecode.org/signatory_producer_australiangoldregents.php. This operation must be re-audited every three years hereafter to evaluate continuing compliance with the Code.
The Code is a voluntary industry program for companies involved in the production of gold using cyanide and companies producing and transporting this cyanide. It was developed under the aegis of the United Nations Environment Programme by a multi-stakeholder Steering Committee. The Code is intended to complement an operation’s existing obligation to comply with the applicable laws and regulations of the political jurisdictions in which the operation is located.
ICMI has been established to administer the Code, promote its adoption, evaluate its implementation, and manage the certification process. A detailed list of the operations covered by signatory companies’ applications, along with the full text of the Code and its implementing and administrative documents, are available at www.cyanidecode.org.
Date:
Wednesday, November 24, 2010