The International Cyanide Management Institute (ICMI) announced today that Aura Minerals’ San Andres Mine, located in Honduras, was found in non-compliance under the International Cyanide Management Code (Cyanide Code) by auditors conducting the operation’s triennial audit. The Cyanide Code is a voluntary industry program focused on the safe and environmentally responsible management of cyanide by companies producing gold and/or silver and by companies manufacturing, warehousing, and transporting cyanide.

The San Andres Mine was initially certified in full compliance with the Cyanide Code in May 2014, recertified in full compliance in February 2018, and certified in substantial compliance in June 2021. As required under the Cyanide Code, the San Andres Mine was again audited against ICMI’s Mining Operations Verification Protocol by independent professional third-party auditors. ICMI has received and accepted the auditors’ Detailed Audit Findings Report and Summary Audit Report, which found that the San Andres Mine had not maintained compliance during the previous three years with one of the Cyanide Code’s twenty-nine Standards of Practice. The operation can return to compliance once it has fully implemented its Corrective Action Plan. The Summary Audit Report, Corrective Action Plan, and Auditor Credentials Form are available on Aura Minerals’ Signatory Page on the Cyanide Code website.

The Cyanide Code is a voluntary industry program focused on the safe and environmentally responsible management of cyanide by companies producing gold and/or silver and by companies manufacturing, warehousing, and transporting cyanide. The Cyanide Code was developed under the aegis of the United Nations Environment Programme by a multi-stakeholder Steering Committee and is amongst the most established certification programs in the mining sector. The Cyanide Code is intended to complement an operation’s existing obligation to comply with the applicable laws and regulations of the political jurisdiction in which the operation is located.

ICMI has been established to administer the Cyanide Code, promote its adoption, evaluate its implementation, and manage the certification process for operations using, producing, and transporting cyanide. A detailed list of the operations covered by signatory companies’ applications, along with the full text of the Cyanide Code and its implementing and administrative documents, are available at www.cyanidecode.org. We invite you to read our 2023 Annual Report, which can be viewed here.