The International Cyanide Management Institute (ICMI) announced today that Australian Gold Reagents’ (AGR) Asia Supply Chain has been recertified in full compliance with the International Cyanide Management Code (Cyanide Code). 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.
AGR is a signatory to the Cyanide Code as both a cyanide producer and separately as a consignor/transporter. As a consignor/transporter, AGR organizes and manages supply chains comprised of companies it has contracted to transport cyanide. ICMI has received and accepted a Summary Audit Report and a Detailed Audit Findings Report prepared by an independent professional third-party auditor who evaluated AGR’s Asia Supply Chain against ICMI’s Transportation Verification Protocol and found the operation in full compliance with the Cyanide Code’s Transport Principles and Standards of Practice. The Summary Audit Report and Auditor Credentials Form are available on Australian Gold Reagents’ Transporter Signatory Page on the ICMI website. The Asia Supply Chain must be re-audited every three years to evaluate continuing compliance with the Cyanide Code.
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.
Date:
Monday, June 24, 2024